Malcom Lewis the SVP and General Manager at Spreebird. Craig and Malcom will discuss Social Media and Black Friday and how Websites, Email and Mobile can get you daily deals from thousands of merchants. About 1 in 4 smartphone owners will use a mobile device for holiday shopping, according to an annual holiday survey by Deloitte. About 59% will use their phones to compare or check prices, 46% will use phones to check product availability, and 41% will get coupons through their handsets.        Mobile search, for example, matches local businesses’ products and services with the needs of busy household managers, empowering consumers by providing valuable search environments for discovering local deals, saving time and money, and shopping smarter, during the heaviest shopping season of the year.

Nick Swinmurn the Founder of Rankd. Craig and Nick will talk about Black Friday and how you can use RNKD as a fun way to earn VIP status, discounts and rewards from the brands you love by showing them which products you already own.

Kevin Johnson the CEO at E-Bates. Craig and Kevin will discuss E-commerce and Digital Marketing. From niceties to necessities, members of Ebates benefit from incentives at top-name merchants for everything from furniture to fashion and appliances to airfare hassle-free shopping with Ebates that includes no rebate forms to fill out and no points or miles to redeem, the site supports a strong community of savvy shoppers across the country and around the world.

Amar Hanspal the SVP of Platform Solutions at Autodesk. Criag and Amar will discuss how Autodesk has taken advantage of the iPhone, iPad and the infinite computing power available in the cloud to offer companies of any size access to high performance visualization, simulation, analysis and collaboration technologies including AutoCAD WS and the Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer App. Additionally, Mobile and web technologies are also making it possible for Autodesk to offer a new audience of amateur designers, home owners, students and casual creators access to professional strength design tools through SketchBook, Homestyler and TinkerBox.

Todd McKeller the VP North America for Mobiles Republic. Craig and Todd discuss Apps what makes them successful. Mobiles Republic quickly established a reputation for innovation and excellence in developing successful apps for the smartphone market as well as award winning apps for feature phones including the prestigious Sony Ericsson Content Award. News Republic delivers 10,000 news stories a day from over 180 major news providers, but allows users to create topic-specific “My News” streams that filter this mass of information down to the exact stories that interest them.  For example, if you create a “My News” stream for “Paul Westcott,” that stream will capture every article about Paul Westcott for you.

Michael Wong the CEO and Founder of CooTek. Craig and Michael will discuss how to enrich the functionality of your mobile devices. TouchPal Keyboard, based on CooTek’s multiple patented technology, offers a good substitution to stock mobile device keyboards. After using TouchPal  Keyboard for a while, users often find they can type faster than ever on a virtual keyboard.

Bob Schena the CEO and Co-Founder of Rajant Corporation. Craig and Bob will discuss portable wireless mesh networks that offer secure communications-on-the-move through by being able to rapidly reconfigure and adapt in real-time. Rajant’s kinetic mesh networks are a new approach to portable wireless networks where all of the components of the networks including the nodes are constantly in motion.

Sonpreet Bhatia the Co-Founder of MyCityWay. Craig and Sonpreet will discuss MyCityWay which was designed to help anyone navigate and explore the world’s cities, like never before. for example: To find a Chinese restaurant in your neighborhood, locate the nearest wireless hotspot, or buy tickets for the next showing of a blockbuster movie or even to Connect with other users to find the perfect lunch spot, keep tabs on apartments for rent, or check a live traffic feed before you leave the office.

Andy Zimmerman the Chief Marketing Officer at Brainshark. Craig and Andy will discuss how to conduct business on the go cloud-based software lets users create online and mobile video presentations – using simple business tools like PowerPoint and the telephone – and then share and track their content anytime, anywhere improving the reach and results of their business communications, while dramatically reducing communications costs.

Catherine D’Amato the Executive Director at the Greater Boston Food Bank. Craig and Catherine will discuss how the Greater Boston Food Banks distribution of food has increased from 8 to 35 million pounds of food per year and how they are using Social Media to raise awareness and involve people in their mission. They have released an app called Give a Doodle.

Todd Porter – VP Product Innovation and Marketing at QUMU. Craig and Todd will discuss Mobile Video Solutions that engage and inspire employees, improve productivity, and reduce costs Regardless of audience size, viewer device, or network configuration, Qumu simply makes video work. Only Qumu delivers the Freedom to work with existing infrastructure; the Power to reach everyone; and the Control to do it right.

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The FBI has confirmed that it’s investigating claims by at least three young celebrities, Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, and singer Justin Timberlake, that their phones have been hacked.  Turns out that smart phones aren’t too smart when it comes to security and that celebrities seem to follow that same trend.

The two nude photographs of Scarlett Johansson became widely available in the US after links to them were posted on an aggregator site this week and photos and texts between Kunis and Timberlake have been available for some time.

The FBI’s rapid involvement in the case is the most interesting twist.  Cell phone hacks have been ongoing for well more than a decade, and there’s been little that has been done by law enforcement or congress to curb the assault — which may be a good thing.  Technology always leads society’s response to that technology.

If you’re not a celebrity, it doesn’t mean that you’re safe.  The contents of your phone’s contacts list, documents, email, etc. have been available to professional hackers for years and although the security technology embedded in our smart phones is getting better, it will likely be a couple of years before using our phones is reasonably safe.

Your phone can be hacked via its Bluetooth connection, WiFi connection and even over the airwaves you use to talk.  Hackers have demonstrated devices which allow them to have the same access privileges as your phone’s provider — which means that they can get at everything and anything on your phone without your permission, and without even your knowledge.

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• Hacker Ring Appears to Make Good on Celebrity Threat (wired.com)

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This time every year, the world’s largest hacker convention convenes in Las Vegas.  Hundreds of network security professionals, both “White Hat” and “Black Hat“, discuss security vulnerabilities which can be used to take over everything from cell phones through Defense Department computers.

This isn’t the type of conference you attend with cell phone, tablet and Internet-connected laptop.  It’s the type of conference where you turn off every electronic device you have and leave them at home.  Hacking has been the name of the game for almost 20 years at Def Con.

The scariest hacks out of Def Con?

• Siemens S7 hacks. NSS researcher Dillon Beresford demonstrated how to hack a Siemens S7 computer, gain read-and-write access to the memory, steal data, run commands, and shut the computers off.
  The scariest part?  These are the computers that are used to run big business, utilities and government systems.
• Botnets of computers which are used to steal information, now can be controlled by almost untraceable telephone calls.  Researchers Itzik Kotler and Iftach Ian Amit demonstrated a VOIP-based control infrastructure with text-to-speech feedback.
• Broadband-over-power technology monitoring allows criminals to break into homes, businesses and control power and other infrastructure.
• A spy drone made from off-the-shelf electronics was demonstrated at both Black Hat and Defcon by its creators, Richard Perkins and Mike Tassey.
• Hijack cars via their cell phone interfaces.  Remember that OnStar in your car and the new cell-phone controlled cars?  The one which the Secret Service removes from all cars it’s protecting?   A demo at Black Hat hacked a Subaru Outback car alarm, unlocked the doors, and started the vehicle, all using text messages sent over phone links to wireless devices in the vehicle.
• It’s possible to acquire a person’s Social Security number using nothing more than a photo publicly available in online social-network databases, face-recognition software, and an algorithm for deducing the numbers.

Is this the new electronic future we’ve all been waiting for?

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Our cars are getting easier to use, coming stacked with features and, as it turns out, are becoming more and more vulnerable to attack.  The integration of cellular phones into our phones and the country’s infrastructure  is getting dangerous.

Just this past week, Don Bailey revealed that he could use a simple text message to unlock certain car doors and do much more.  He said in an interview with CNN at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas that the same technique could also be used to attack industrial systems, the power grid and the water system.

“I could care less if I could unlock a car door,” he said. “It’s cool. It’s sexy. But the same system is used to control phone, power, traffic systems. I think that’s the real threat.”

As insecure technologies continue to be used by companies who are unaware of the security implications of their products, our country is at severe risk.  Foreign governments, organized crime or even a small, dedicated crew of hackers looking to make a name for themselves, could quite literally destroy our economy.

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The US has a problem with cyber attacks, and those attacks seem to be originating from China.  Or maybe Russia.  Or…  Well, they are a problem.

McAfee has said that hundreds of servers have been attacked by what has to be described as professional hackers who appear to be looking for ways to get at secrets.  From government weapons systems and our diplomatic papers through the Associated Press and computer programs from companies like Google. On top of that, they’re looking for financial information from just about everybody.  And it keeps getting worse.

Don’t think that they’re not interested in your, or your company.  These hackers are quite interested in finding information which they can provide to your oversees competitors just as much as they’d like your bank account information.  Most people here in the US don’t consider that, due to the fact that there are no Intellectual Property rights in China and the fact that the Chinese government runs the entire economy, that they are very likely behind these exploits in an attempt to give their People’s Liberation Army every manufacturing advantage possible.

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In today’s world most of the companies are dispersed in different geographical location and information is exchanged through emails, it is very critical to have a secured way to communicate and exchange files. Most of the enterprises are looking ways to protect their data beyond anti-virus and firewalls.

Daily more identity thefts, security breaches are happening in different parts of country. It’s doubling day by day and companies are trying to develop new products to kill this problem. You can read latest news on security breaches below. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/02/data_breaches_skyrocket/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/ohio_hospital_hack/

Consumers have had hard time protecting their personal data, which is kept on their hard disks. Sometimes, these above news make them panic and persuade to look for more secured way of storing data. It is very difficult to protect the data loss and data theft.

But to some extent it can be prevented by incorporating latest encryption codes. Here is a solution that offer simple and easy to use for small businesses and consumers. Secure Zip by PKWARE combines file compression with encryption and an X.509 digital certification process to provide simple, effective email security without an expense security infrastructure…something small businesses can’t even entertain.

It is free for consumers / individual users for limited period. It can save and send secure documents directly from your Microsoft Office Suite. It is tightly integrated with other office email clients so that your email attachments are safe and secured. You can try the product by just providing your email id.

Securezip will protect all your stored data and transmitted data. SecureZIP is the industry-leading security and compression utility that zips and unzips files, greatly reducing transmission times and storage requirements, while securely protecting data in transit and at rest.

SecureZIP allows you to exchange data securely with a wide variety of systems including mainframe, midrange, server and desktop systems. It protects mail server gateways too. SecureZIP supports both passphrase and digital certificates, offering flexible security that meets varying requirements within business environments.

SecureZIP also improves processing efficiencies and security. Application Integration1 streams data directly in and out of the application. Other products require the zip file to be extracted into a data file before it can be read by an application. Application Integration eliminates this step, improving operational efficiency by reducing the number of steps needed to process data and security by not staging decrypted data to disk. Digital certificates also authenticate the file’s sender to assure recipients that the communication received can be trusted and has not been altered or tampered with in any way.

SecureZIP automatically installs an X.509 digital certificate and provides global directory services so files can be securely exchanged with others without requiring passwords. When a user sends an email and attachment, SecureZIP retrieves the public key of the recipient from the SecureZIP Global Directory and encrypts the information using that key. The recipient can then open the encrypted file using their private key.

More than 25,000 companies, including 60% of the Fortune 100, are using SecureZip. SecureZip recently launched its new and updated version SecureZip12.1. You can also have the review of this product at PC Magazine.

Jim Peterson
Chief Scientist
PKWARE

Jim Peterson – A biography

Jim Peterson is the Chief Scientist at PKWARE. Jim has been developing commercial software products for over 20 years. Since joining PKWARE in 1994, he has held various leadership roles in product development. He continues to drive the evolution of .ZIP technology, focusing on ensuring the ZIP format remains a secure and interoperable standard. Prior to joining PKWARE, Mr. Peterson held engineering roles at several companies where he was responsible for designing and developing healthcare management, warehouse automation, and financial accounting applications.

About PKWARE and SecureZIP

PKWARE, Inc., the largest global software company providing ZIP solutions, is the creator and continuing innovator of the ZIP standard for file compression. PKWARE products are used to ensure the security and portability of data across all major platforms. Hundreds of global organizations in financial services, banking, retail, healthcare, government, and manufacturing use PKWARE services daily.

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More than 100,000,000, yes that’s one hundred million, email addresses and passwords have been stolen over the past two and a half months.  That makes 2011 one of the worst years in recent memory for the large-scale theft of email and password information.  It is likely to lead to substantial financial problems for people around the world.

Here’s What Happened

Sony PlayStation Flubs Up

In April of this year, 77 million customer records were stolen via the PlayStation Network Intrusion.  This intrusion was so bad that Sony had to shut down and then re-engineer major components of its money-making online gaming system.  It’s been alleged that credit card information, and more, was stolen from Sony.

Count: 77 Million Email Addresses, Passwords and Names

Sony Online Entertainment Hacked

Then came May 2nd of this year.  Now Sony Online Entertainment was hacked and ultimately 25 Million customer records were stolen, including more than 12,000 foreign credit card numbers.

Count: 25 Million Email Addresses, Passwords, names and as many as 25 Million Credit Card Numbers

Sony BMG Greece Falls

Although a comparatively spartan theft, Sony BMG Greece lost some 8,500 email addresses and password hashes.  Now the password hashes are not necessarily a big deal, as they usually cannot be used to break into your account on another machine, but… come on sony!

Count: 8,500 Email Addresses

Sony Music Japan

I’m not Sony hater, in fact I love some of the technology they’ve introduced over the years, but come on!  Even I’m starting to notice a pattern here.

Last month, on May 23rd, Sony Music Japan’s site was hacked.  Apparently the data that was stolen did not “contain names, passwords or other personally identifiable information” (according to Sophos).

The next day, hack number 16 for Sony.  Sony Ericsson Canada lost email addresses and passwords, and that information was posted on pastebin.  Quoting Sophos:

“The attacker claims that he used standard SQL injection techniques to acquire the database. I think it is fair to say it appears that Sony has not learned anything from the previous 12 attacks.

“SQL injection flaw? Check. Plain text passwords? Check. People’s personally identifiable information totally unprotected? Check.

“Idahc is the same attacker who targeted the Canadian Sony Ericsson site in May, 2011. In his note on pastebin he states: “I was Bored and I play the game of the year : ‘hacker vs Sony’.” He posted the link to pastebin with the simple note “Sony Hacked: pastebin.com/OMITTED lol.”  (Read more Here.)

I guess the good-ish news here is that if you were one of those whose information was compromised you can rest assured that Sony has already attempted to contact you.

Count: Hundreds of accounts’ information

SonyPictures.com Falls

It continues on June 2nd, when LulzSec claims it stole more than 1 Million User Names, Passwords, Email Addresses and personal information from the SonyPictures.com web site.  Turns out that none of the information was encrypted and it was all in plain text, ready for use.

Count: 1+ Million User Names, Passwords, Email Address and more.

Acer Falls

Even though Sony’s been hit hard this year, they’re not the only ones with hacker problems.

Acer Europe has apparently fallen prey to the Pakistan Cyber Army, which has claimed that it stole 40,000 records from their database which include customer names, physical addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.

What to Do?

You can check to see if your information was compromised.  Unfortunately, we don’t have a full list of the accounts which were compromised, nor details about all of the information which was stolen.

You can check the small subset of data which is available here, here and here.  This is another great reason to use one-password-per-site and even to have multiple email addresses that you use.

If you’ve ever logged into the SonyPictures.com website it’s time to change your password.  It’s been compromised.

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• Sony Pictures attacked again, 4.5 million records exposed (nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
• Even Gmail Can Get Hacked (webpagefx.com)
• Gmail Accounts Under Attack (eset.com)

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Sony‘s in it deep, now.  With lawsuits threatened by State Attorneys General and now 100 million credit cards having been stolen by thieves, millions of people are wondering what happens when the bad guys get your credit card information.  The answer is, it probably gets sold for less than the price of an on-line game.

Sony this week announced a second breach of its systems, this one targeting Sony Online Entertainment, the company’s game development and distribution arm. Sony uncovered the hack while investigating last month’s intrusion into the PlayStation Network that compromised personal information on 77 million users, included the encrypted credit card data belonging to 12 million of them. The new attack adds another 24.6 million users, with 20,000 credit card and bank account numbers.  Full Article at Wired.com

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New York’s attorney general has issued a subpoena against Sony seeking information on the data breaches that shut down the PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment, Bloomberg reports.

Citing “a person familiar with the probe,” Bloomberg says New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wants details on “what Sony told customers about the security of their networks, as part of a consumer protection inquiry.”  Article in USA Today.

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You may not be familiar with CrowdSourcing, or the free, new software that’s designed to help remove unnecessary and damaging components from your Windows PC, but this looks very promising!

SlimWare Utilities officially launched SlimComputer this week which allows its users to collaborate together to determine which software on your computer is going help your performance, and which programs slow things down considerably.  CrowdSourcing is a new approach to building communities of people working together to solve problems, and is one of the biggest innovations in human interaction.

Check out this article about SlimComputer at USATODAY.com.

From this week’s review and comment on the news.  Here’s some free software that can make a big difference on the security for your computer:

- http://www.slimwareutilities.com/

• SlimComputer – to turn off the unneeded programs, toolbars and promotions that come pre-installed on a new PC
• SlimClearner -  is the world’s first software that lets you clean and optimize Windows systems using a crowd-sourced approach. SlimCleaner uses aggregated-cloud feedback to recommend optimal settings for programs, start-ups and services.
• SlimDrivers – uses crowd-sourcing to spider and aggregate millions of devices to keep the device drivers up-to-date. Using a cloud-based system, SlimDrivers not only detects when a driver needs updating, but also identifies the proper executable for your system and initiates the driver install automatically.

- https://browsercheck.qualys.com/

• Checks and identifies security issues in your browser.  Very nice software.  It detected some plugins on my machine that were out-of-rev.

- http://www.cloudmarkdesktop.com/

• Protects your inbox from spam, phishing and viruses.
• Filtering for IMAP, POP, Exchange and Web mail accounts

You’ve probably got enough information already, but if you’d like to read more:

Free software tools can add to your anti-virus protection

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Currently more than 52% of Internet users are exposed to this problem due to ISPs who haven’t properly updated their DNS (Dynamic Name System) servers, but there’s a way you can tell if you’re at risk.

Visit www.doxpara.com and click on the “Check My DNS” button on the upper right side of the page.  It will run a series of tests for you, automatically, and tell you if your machine is at risk.  There’s another checker at DNS-OARC and one at the lower left corner of DNSstuff, but you don’t have to run all three.

Business personnel must check their DNS to ensure that there are not problems that could expose personal or proprietary data to criminal enterprises abroad.  Failure to do so could result in criminal prosecution for the company themselves  — it’s unlikely the true criminals will ever be caught.

PC Mobilizer - Mobile Access to Your Desktop

PCMobilizr is a remote access solution that allows easy and instant access to any PC desktop from any Internet-connected computer or handheld device. You can access all of your computer’s programs, email, files and network resources, view your computer screen and control the keyboard and mouse remotely. Using PCMobilizr is like working from the computer.

PCMobilizr is the easiest way to bring your computer with you.

PCMobilizr is easy to use: Download it to your phone (check whether your phone is compatible) and computer and it will be up and running in less than 5 minutes. Enjoy full functionality and complete access to any application, files, programs and network resources on your computer. You can connect to your remote computer from anywhere you are. The PCMobilizr software was optimized for use on your mobile device and provides intelligent scaling and panning in order to make a large screen fit on your mobile device.

Simple installation: PCMobilizr provides a very simple configuration process that gives you easy access to your remote computer. The software can be setup in a matter of minutes. Practically no technical knowledge is required, for example you don’t need to know your computer’s network address, and you simply connect using your username and password. As well the software even works if your computer is located behind a home router or corporate firewall.

Secure connection: PCMobilizr is designed to provide secure connections, all data is encrypted with SSL certified by GeoTrust from your mobile device all the way to your computer, using well known Internet protocols for complete secure communications.

For whom: PCMobilizr is ideal for frequent business travellers or anyone on the move. With PCMobilizr, all of the contents from your computer are always available right in your pocket from your mobile phone. It is perfect for keeping access to all of your computer contents close to you while on summer vacation or during shortened summer office hours.

So, next time if you forget to carry your documents, you can use PCMobilizer to access them. Try now!!

Rob Woodbridge
President and CEO
Rove Mobile
https://www.pcmobilizr.com/

Rob Woodbridge – A biography

Rob Woodbridge is the President and CEO of Rove Mobile. He is a successful entrepreneur with proven leadership skills and in-depth knowledge of technical, business and marketing strategies. Most recently the VP Operations at Magmic Games, Rob brings over 15 years of experience in business development and leadership to Rove. Rob has put his expertise to work for clients as diverse as Nortel Networks, Infospace, Xerox and Royal Bank. He has founded four companies and grown them to profitability; and coached over 35 technology companies in raising over $140M in venture financing.

Rob is the proud father of twin boys, and a huge Springsteen fan who had the honour of playing the Boss’ guitar on stage.

Rove develops mobile enterprise software that enables network administrators to access their company servers via their mobile phones, and resolve issues from wherever they may be without being tied to a computer. More than 5000 companies use Rove Mobile software, including more than 100 of the Fortune 500.

Rove extended this expertise to the consumer world by recently introducing PCMobilizr, which allows anyone to easily access all of the files on their home or office computers from their phone.

Carbonite offers unlimited backup space for a flat low price which has revolutionized the market for consumer and small business backup services. So far, they have backed up and protected more than 2.5 billion files and restored more than 160 million lost files for customers in over 100 countries.

Founded in 2005, Carbonite believes that computer users should not have to think about backup. They strive to serve as their customers’ trusted partner in protecting and preserving their irreplaceable data by providing an affordable, reliable, secure and easy-to-use online backup service. Carbonite is available to consumers and small business through numerous channels, including its corporate website, major US retailers and international distributors.

David Friend – A biography
David Friend, Chairman & CEO, Co-founder, has been a successful technology entrepreneur for over 25 years. He previously co-founded five companies: Sonexis, FaxNet, Pilot Software, Computer Pictures Corporation and ARP Instruments. He has been featured in USA Today, Tech Capital, The Boston Globe, Mass HiTech, Fortune, Forbes and Tom Peter’s best-selling management book, The Pursuit of Wow!

David has been a lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and is an active supporter of music and the arts in Boston. He is a trustee (emeritus) of the New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

David holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Yale University and attended the Princeton University Graduate School of Engineering where he was a David Sarnoff Fellow. He is an avid marathoner, distance cyclist, windsurfer, and hiker.

The solution also offers added control over removable storage devices. In detail, the product can:

• ZENworks Endpoint Security Management provides administrators control over the use of local optical media (CD-R/W, DVD+/-R/W) and all attached storage devices (USB thumb drives, MP3 players, flash memory cards, zip drives, and other removable media types). Administrators can set policy-based restrictions on device access privileges, which protects the integrity and confidentiality of data on the endpoints, while simultaneously protecting the endpoint from the introduction of malware and of any other unauthorized activities.
• ZENworks Endpoint Security Management delivers granular control over which devices are allowed, blocked, or set to “read only.” A separate utility is also available for capturing device names and serial numbers in a master list that can then be imported into a policy.
• ZENworks Endpoint Security Management protects against the introduction of local storage devices that can copy data without leaving an audit trail. These transactions are blocked by either completely disallowing use of such devices everywhere, or by disallowing their use based on an endpoint’s network location. Storage devices can be placed in read-only mode or fully disabled, while the endpoint hard drive and all network drives remain accessible and operational.
• ZENworks Endpoint Security Management includes reports and alerts to notify administrators and security officers of potential threats. Reports can include relevant location information, the names of files transferred to removable storage devices, their sizes, who transferred them, and when the file was transferred and to what device.

Richard Whitehead
Director, Product Marketing at Novell
Richard Whitehead – A biography

Richard Whitehead is director of product marketing for the Systems & Resource Management (ZENworks) business unit within Novell. The business unit is responsible for developing enterprise systems management from the desktop to the data center.

With over 15 years experience in the software industry, Richard has worked for Novell in a variety of roles, including engineering, product management and product marketing. He has also held senior positions in product management and marketing for Citrix, Franklin Covey, and WordPerfect.

Richard is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a BS in Design Engineering Technology and Mathematics.

Novell is a global infrastructure software and services company headquartered in Waltham, Mass. The company provides leadership in Linux and Open Source, Identity Management and Security, Systems Management, and Collaboration, which helps customers with their IT Management to operate and integrate mixed source environments.