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    ZestCash closes $73 million in funding 19 January, 2012 23:10:40

    ZestCash, a startup that aims to disrupt the "payday" loans market with new search and data analysis techniques for underwriting loans, has closed a US$73 million round of funding.
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    9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012 11 January, 2012 07:32:00

    While there are sure to be a lot of new networking and IT companies that emerge in 2012, these nine stood out for their potential to deliver game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields, including Cloud computing, enterprise search, and mobile application development. (These are in addition to seven hot Cloud companies and seven storage companies to watch that we highlighted last year.)
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    Nine hot technology startups to watch in 2012 06 January, 2012 06:33:00

    While there are sure to be a lot of new networking and IT companies that emerge in 2012, these nine stood out to us for their potential to deliver game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields, including cloud computing, enterprise search and mobile application development.
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    Mobile startups: Tip of the iceberg, say venture capitalists 16 September, 2011 04:46:00

    Got bad posture? Stick an adhesive sensor on your back and let your smartphone remind you to stop slouching. That's a new mobile solution, called LUMOback, presented this week during DEMO Fall 2011 in Silicon Valley.
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    Data center startup Plexxi lands $20 million more 30 July, 2011 02:43:00

    Stealthy data center start-up Plexxi has landed another $20 million in funding as it continues development of a network fabric to tie together applications, compute and storage.
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    Cloud computing start-up creates secure tunnel between data center and Amazon cloud 02 March, 2010 09:32:00

    A start-up that moves VMware-based applications to the Amazon cloud and creates a secure tunnel between a customer's data center and the cloud service is launching a public beta trial Monday.
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    Meet 3Com's new boss -- not the same old boss 30 January, 2007 13:56:27

    When 3Com CEO Scott Murray stepped down abruptly in August 2006, after just seven months on the job, 3Com veteran Edgar Masri was called in to take over his old company. Masri led successful enterprise, carrier and network access business units at 3Com in the 1990s. When the company shed these businesses in an ill-fated transformation attempt in 2000, Masri left the firm and became a venture capitalist at Matrix Partners, and later COO at WiMax firm Redline Communications.
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    Open source companies to watch 04 September, 2006 09:34:02

    Open source software is a given in most enterprise data centers, so it's not surprising to see the ranks of open source companies and projects swell. It's not just Linux anymore - community-developed software is offering alternatives for everything from databases to application servers to network management to disaster preparedness. How do you know which open source approach is right for you? We've pulled out a few start-ups that you might not be familiar with, but we think should be on your radar.
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    Survivor III 11 May, 2001 13:26:28

    We return to six businesses we profiled last year to see who is still standing and who has been kicked off E-Com Island.
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    iWant Lets Customers Dictate Needs 15 May, 2000 09:18:52

    iWant's marketplace lets consumers dictate their needs online and gives sellers direct access to potential customers. The company: iWant.com Inc., Founded February 1999. Website Launched September 1999. Location Burlington, Massachusetts. Leadership Shabbir Dahod, president and CEO. Employees 28. Mission To facilitate one-on-one communication between buyers and qualified sellers.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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