LAS VEGAS – John McAfee, a pioneer of antivirus software, made a surprise appearance at a hacker conference here to warn that smartphone apps spy on consumers.
He also mentioned death threats from people in Belize, smoking marijuana while listening to a Bible recording, the age of consent and the popular computer program that, until recently, bore his name.
Read MoreThe Pinnacle Group, today announced it has been named to the 2014 Solution Provider 500 (SP500) list by The Channel Company’s CRN. The list ranks the top revenue-generating technology integrators in the U.S. and Canada whose forward-thinking approach to the channel has helped them evolve and thrive in today’s cloud and services-driven IT era. The list spans eight categories from hardware and software sales, to managed IT services. The Pinnacle Group placed 390 in the annual ranking.
Revenue size is determined by the amount of annual products and services sold over the course of 2013. Companies with no public documentation were required to submit a notarized affidavit attesting to their 2013 revenue.
Read MoreKevin Johnson is a professional hacker — albeit a self-described ethical one. As head of the security consulting firm Secure Ideas, his job involves probing into organizations’ networks and applications to identify vulnerabilities. And what he sees in healthcare terrifies him.
Johnson, who will moderate a panel – “Frontline Perspective: Combating Cyber Crime in Healthcare” – at the HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News Privacy and Security Forum June 16-17 in San Diego, has conducted tests for health insurance companies, hospitals and medical app companies. For the majority of them, he said, “security sucks.”
Read MorePhysical desktop computer infrastructures no longer make sense for the corporate world. While virtual desktop infrastructure seems like a promising alternative, in reality it is too costly and complex for most companies. Read this white paper to learn how – by moving virtual desktops to the cloud, instead of an internally deployed and managed data center – companies can realize all the promised benefits of virtual desktops without the exorbitant capital costs and management issues.
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