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January 16, 2012 - January 20, 2012

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Hardware News

Dell has unveiled a new disk-based backup appliance that can perform data deduplication and replication tasks. The DR4000, Dell's first deduplication appliance, uses inline deduplication and compression features to reduce data during backups of both physical and virtual servers. The DR4000 comes in 2.7TB, 5.4TB and 9TB models and can achieve up to a 15:1 data reduction ratio, allowing the boxes to store up to 100TB in a 2U (3.5-in high) array.

The price for SSDs (solid state drives) that are going into PCs are expected to fall below $1 per gigabyte during the second half of 2012, further boosting adoption, according to market research company IDC. In 2011, the price per gigabyte was about $1.56 and 2011 was already a record year, with revenue more than doubling year over year due to strong growth in the enterprise and client segments.

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ATMs/Kiosks

Diebold's 4G LTE-enabled ATM – the first ATM concept in the world to utilize 4G technology – was just demonstrated during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). In collaboration with Verizon, Diebold integrated 4G LTE technology to create a new, additional channel for communication to and from the ATM. With the addition of the 4G LTE channel, the ATM also has the potential to communicate directly with third parties, such as service providers or monitoring centers.

Visa and Better ATM Services announced the ability to dispense Visa Gift cards in addition to cash at existing ATMs. An in-market pilot program is currently underway offering Visa Gift cards at walk-up and drive-through ATMs in select locations throughout Arizona. Under the pilot program, ATM menu screens now include a "Purchase Visa Gift Card" option and prompt to designate the value to load on each card. Cards are available with no activation fee in $25 denominations during the pilot. The new ATM-dispensed Visa Gift card is made of a durable yet thinner material, which allows cards to easily pass through the cash mechanisms of ATMs.

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Kaspersky Lab released a free smartphone security application to keep your contacts, email and banking information from falling into the wrong hands. Available through the Android Market, Kaspersky Mobile Security Lite lets you block sources of unwanted calls and text messages, and offers a basic level of protection for your Android-based smartphone. By sending a text message to your missing phone — using any other phone or computer — you can remotely lock, block and track the device itself, or wipe all your information from your phone’s memory.

At last week's Consumer Electronics Show, next-generation radio chips were on display that deliver Wi-Fi connections that measure their data rates in gigabits per second. The next-generation Wi-Fi comes in two different frequencies: 5GHz, for what will eventually be the IEEE 802.11ac standard, and 60GHz, for what will eventually be 802.11ad. The former can reach data rates of 1.3 gigabits per second, the latter, up to 7Gbps.

Sprint Nextel has tripled the number of smartphones it offers with near-field communication (NFC), as the carrier and its rivals work to convince consumers to make mobile payments mainstream. Sprint is among those betting big on the idea that people will want to use their smartphones as credit cards. Sprint and others at the recent Consumer Electronics Show were touting NFC's side benefits, which include mobile coupons and digital-key replacement.

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Dome9 Security offers automated management of firewall settings on servers in physical and virtual environments with the aim of keeping servers locked down with less manual configuration. Dome9's service seeks to automate some of that security by setting and enforcing policies on firewalls that are native to virtual or physical server operating systems. The company says the service can lock down firewall ports, allowing access only to specified users during specified time windows but closing them at all other times. Administrative ports, for example, can be shut down by default and enabled per server on demand for a specific period of time and for a particular administrator or group. The service also enables creating different privilege sets for different administrators or groups.

Centrify Corporation offers their Centrify Suite 2012 which centralizes privilege access management as well as audits user session activity for increased security and compliance of cloud and on-premise systems. The suite includes DirectControl 5.0, DirectAuthorize 2.0, DirectManage 5.0, DirectAudit 2.0 and DirectSecure 1.2 which work together to enable secure authentication, single sign-on, privileged access management and user session auditing. The software employs Hierarchical Zones and Computer Roles to help make it easier to consolidate complex UNIX and Linux identity environments into Active Directory, and logically manage relationships between users, groups and computer roles in a cross-platform system environment.

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Security:

Compliance and InfoSecurity – Applying the Right Resources

Anitian - http://www.anitian.com Read Andrew M. Plato's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/Anitian.pdf

Awareness Technologies - http://www.awarenesstechnologies.com Read Brad Miller's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/Awareness.pdf

CSI - http://www.csiweb.com Read Dan Holt's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/CSI.pdf

CTERA - http://www.ctera.com Read Don Fuller's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/CTERA.pdf

DigitalPersona - http://www.digitalpersona.com Read Jim Fulton's comments:   http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/DigitalPersona.pdf

Easy Solutions - http://www.easysol.net Read David Sylvester's comments:     http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/EasySolutions.pdf

Harland Financial Solutions - http://www.harlandfinancialsolutions.com Read Jeff Marshall's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/HFS.pdf

Hyland Software - http://www.onbase.com Read Steve Comer's comments:   http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/Hyland.pdf

Integrated Media Management - http://www.immonline.com   Read Nish Shah's comments:   http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/IMM.pdf

Millennial Vision - http://www.mviusa.com Read Scott Cowan's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/MVi.pdf

Network Box - http://www.networkboxusa.com   Read Pierluigi Stella's comments:   http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/NetworkBox.pdf

Ongoing Operations - http://www.ongoingoperations.com   Read Robbie Wright's comments:   http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/OGO.pdf

ProPay - http://www.propay.com Read Dr. Heather Mark's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/ProPay.pdf

Red Rock Information Security - http://www.redrockis.com Read Randy Brinks' comments:     http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/RedRock.pdf

S1 Defense - http://www.S1defense.com Read Bruce C. Smalley's comments: http://www.banktt.com/roundtable/S1Defense.pdf

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Pinnacle Financial Strategies, a company that provides cash rewards programs has released studies which, it says, indicates consumers strongly favor such cash-based rewards. Their numbers show that 61% of consumers say that they want cash rewards most of all and 63% indicate a willingness to switch financial institutions to get them. The Houston-based firm acknowledges that cash-back rewards are the most expensive or among the most expensive kinds of rewards that card issuers can offer, but argues that they are worth the additional expense given the better value proposition they offer.

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According to the latest Online Banking Report, online banking growth remains relatively flat, growing less that 5% in 2011, while mobile banking expanded by more than 40% last year. The report looked back at 2011 and documented the top ten innovations or trends of the year:

• Ad-supported banking gains a foothold
• BillGuard launches transaction monitoring tool
• Capital One acquires ING Direct USA
• Mobile banking goes Android
• P2P lending doubles
• PFM turns its attention to debt management
• Square re-engineers off-line POS
• Social media-fueled banking backlash
• Truly virtual banks arrive
• Youth banking gets a powerful new entrant

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Sophos announced the availability of Sophos Virtual Web Appliances providing Web protection, a streamlined management experience and deployment flexibility in virtual environments. Sophos Managed Appliances include remote monitoring and automated maintenance at no additional charge. The firm says that this approach combines the benefits of virtualization and on-premise control with the cost savings of a managed service, reducing overhead and complexity.

EarthLink recently launched the EarthLink Complete suite of business voice, data, and Internet solutions, including: EarthLink Complete Data, EarthLink Complete Voice, EarthLink Complete Security, EarthLink Complete Equipment, and EarthLink Business Mobile. The suite can customize a private multi-location network, prioritize network traffic utilizing multiple access technologies to meet the customer's specific requirements and guarantee critical network performance, Users can configure a blend of access technologies for connectivity, including DSL, T1 and Ethernet, all of which provide Quality of Service (QoS).

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VXi Corporation has unveiled three new headset products at the recent CES, including the VXi UC ProSet for contact centers and offices. The company says that these new headsets can block 87% of all background noise, while delivering crisp, natural audio.

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