Matt Villano

Government groups and credit bureaus warn average citizens never to share their Social Security Numbers unless it’s absolutely necessary, but that hasn’t stopped Todd Davis from plastering his all over cyberspace and the airwaves on radio and TV. His number: 457-55-5462. Davis, CEO of LifeLock, an identity theft prevention company based in Tempe, Ariz., temps […]

Contrary to what you and thousands of other innocent e-mailers might have read in your inbox last month, I am not selling pills to temporarily cure erectile dysfunction, I am not offering discounts on prescription drugs and I do not know where to find designer watches.   Instead, I was “spoofed,” apparently an IT security […]

To understand a certain market sector, industry observers often create lists of its top vendors. When it comes to Software as a Service, however, pinning down the market is like pinning down a Sumo wrestler—nearly impossible. Because SaaS is a delivery mechanism – as opposed to a product itself – it spans a number of […]

In the high-tech worlds of corporate computing, networking and data storage, fake suddenly is in. No, we’re not talking about nose jobs, Botox, tummy tucks or liposuction. And please, get your minds out of the gutter—we’re certainly not speaking of breast implants (at least not here). Instead, the trend du jour is virtualization, a broad […]

It was Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” who uttered the famous question “What’s in a name?” in her biting commentary on names as meaningless conventions. If only she were around to comment on IT services: What would fair Juliet say about the evolution of Software as a Service? That’s right, SaaS, that software […]

Network security company CyberGuard Corp. has its eye on security technology for Linux deployments with its purchase of Australian SnapGear for $16 million in stock and cash. Both companies build special-purpose servers that run protective firewalls and Virtual Private Network connections. SnapGear, whose U.S. headquarters is in West Jordan, Utah, also develops embedded Linux security […]