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March 23, 2007 | Comments: (0)

SMB Tech News Today; 3/23

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* Child recovery on USB. Okay, it's not really SMB, but it's a good public service announcment. The AmberAlert.com missing child recovery site announced that it's put together a Child ID Kit that fits on a USB thumbdrive. (Source: InfoWorld)
* Symantec to debut new mobile management suite next week. It's based on stuff licensed from Bluefire. Has AV, firewall, anti-malware, all for various mobile devices. They'll be showing it at next week's CTIA show. (Source: NetworkWorld)
* But they'll have competition from XML standards. To accomplish much the same thing as Bluefire (mobile and desktop mgmt on one platform), the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) is publishing new papers covering new XML-based Web services specs that should be able to accomplish cross-platform management without the need two switch consoles. (Source: TechWeb)
* New tools for becoming a Big Brother Boss. Comes from Ascentiv LLC and it's called BeAware. The name is aimed at the boss, who needs to be aware of what his employees are doing--not the employees who need to be aware that the boss is watching. (Source: Dark Reading)

Posted by Oliver Rist on March 23, 2007 07:24 AM

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