News

• IT both a challenge and opportunity for SMEs: Survey

  Technology is posing both a challenge and an opportunity to the Australian small to medium enterprise (SME) market, new research has claimed.

• RIM BlackBerry Torch 9860 and BlackBerry Bold 9900 launching on Optus

  Optus will become the first carrier to offer the BlackBerry Torch 9860 and the BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone handsets when they go on sale on 1 September.

• Microsoft Security Essentials struggles in antivirus tests

  Microsoft's popular free antivirus program Security Essentials has put in a mediocre showing in the latest quarterly tests from German test outfit AV-Test.org, finishing second bottom out of 22 products.

• Fortinet unhappy with tests showing firewall flaw

  Security vendor Fortinet has hit back against tests by NSS Labs that showed one of its high-end firewalls along with products from other vendors could be hacked using a 'TCP split handshake attack'.

• Google, MYOB lure 4100 SMEs into free website service

  More than 4100 local businesses have taken up Google and MYOB's "getting Aussie business online" joint marketing campaign in the three weeks since its launch.

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  Google, MYOB getting Aussie business online for free

  Google and MYOB have teamed up to launch a new service designed to help local businesses get online with a free website, domain name and $75 worth of advertising credits.

• Google to use Return Path anti-phishing system

  Google has joined Yahoo, software site Tucows and filtering firm Cloudmark in signing up to use Return Path's now formally launched Domain Assurance service which the company claims will turn the screw on phishing and brand-hijacking spam.

• DrayTek's best-selling 2820 router gets SME overhaul

  DrayTek has overhauled its best-selling 2820 series 'pro' broadband modem-routers, adding a raft of features designed to make the product more appealing to SMEs.

• LogMeIn shows Android remote control app

  LogMeIn has added Android support to the latest version of its Rescue remote control software, the latest sign that developers are trying hard to make the platform a more rounded prospect for the business sector.

• iPhone app shows data centre DDoS alerts

  Customers of data centre provider ControlCircle are being offered a free smartphone app that can alert them to serious issues such as ongoing DDoS attacks in real time.

• Victoria to open up procurement to SMEs

  The Victorian Department of Business and Innovation (DBI) is moving to increase small and medium business’ access to government procurement opportunities through the rollout of an eQuotation system.

• VMware seeks to make cloud provision easy for SMEs

  Vmware is set to address the problem that many SMEs find when it come to using cloud services - the lack of expertise in-house. At its VMworld Europe conference, the company is releasing the beta of a service called Go Pro, which will enable customers who are unused tp server virtualisation by simplifying connections to the clouds.

• Salmat develops SME solution

  Salmat has shared insights into the company’s move to the SME market, saying marketing across a number of different IT platforms has been the key to the company’s success.

• Visual Networks introduces monitoring software for SMEs

  Visual Network Systems has released VPM Xpress, a cut-down version of its network monitoring of its VPM product. The tool combines data from a variety of sources into a single view enabling enterprises to isolate and repair problems at an earlier stage.

• Facebook poses security risk at work, study finds

  A third of US SMEs claim to have experienced malware or virus infection as a result of staff using social media websites, Panda Security's first Social Media Risk Index survey has found.