Adaptec has announced plans to acquire network-attached storage (NAS) vendor Snap Appliance, in a deal worth US$100 million ($91 million in cash and $9 million in assumed stock options).
Microsoft has provided further details of its plans to release Network Access Protection as a solution to block viruses from entering the network and corrupting desktops.
Network Appliance has joined forces with Trend Micro, Secure Computing, Symantec, Websense and Webwasher to combat ever increasing phishing attacks which have been hampering businesses for some time now.
Security software vendors used to sell their products by spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt about the faceless hackers that might be trying to penetrate your company's network at this very moment. Now the threat is much more in our face...