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The rise of AI needs to be controlled, report warns

March 13, 2018 Guest Poster Comments Off

Much ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilled on the vast range of extraordinary opportunities enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Now, a team of 26 AI experts, including from Oxford, Cambridge

New Year’s Podcast Series: Jim Chalmers of ESET Canada

February 20, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off

ESET Canada channel chief on a big year for ransomware, and for his company, as well as forecasts for what’s to come in 2018.

Jason Stein, vice president of channels for Kaspersky North America

Kaspersky Lab targets SMBs with Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365

February 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Kaspersky Lab is highlighting the next-gen capabilities in this offering, such as machine learning, a neural network-based anti-phishing engine, and sandboxing.

Sophos beefs up Intercept X zero-day malware solution with advanced machine learning

January 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Technology from last year’s Invincea acquisition by Sophos gives Intercept X massively scalable machine learning, which far exceeds the number of data sets machine learning has traditionally processed.

SonicWall makes biggest set of solution announcements in their history

September 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

SonicWall makes five major announcements, including a new firewall OS, a new firewall platform, a new family of Wave 2 access points, a new mobile access OS, and a cloud analytics application.

BackupAssist adds CryptoSafeGuard ransomware protection to software

August 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

The new BackupAssist technology uses algorithms to detect corrupted files, then locks off the backups, to prevent their being corrupted, and blocks future ones until the problem is fixed.

ioFABRIC adds cost optimization capability to pooled automatic data fabric solution

August 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Toronto startup ioFABRIC has refined its messaging to focus on customer concerns about clouds and hybrid clouds, and backed that up by extending their solution’s capability with Vicinity 3.0.

Cylance to sell home security product – through the channel

August 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

CylancePROTECT Home Edition will eventually be marketed broadly online to consumers, but their initial launch is focused on their commercial channel, to sell along with the commercial product for employee home use.