Businesses with broader network concerns can look to platforms from SMB-focused companies such as Check Point Software, Trend Micro and Imperva, which offers a free, downloadable tool that scans databases for security vulnerabilities.
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Free anti virus products are available from known companies such as AVG, Avira, Panda Software, or Trend Micro.
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With Workday, the larger trend of software moving to the cloud has come in to focus.
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Of course, even if NetSuite stumbles, Ellison has already profited from the trend toward software as a service.
With many other companies offering enterprise flash storage hardware and software we believe that the trend of flash memory company acquisitions will only accelerate in the coming months.
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But with its new thin client offerings--the first products to come out of its acquisition of hardware firm Neoware last year--HP is hoping to tap into a growing trend sparked by software offerings from companies such as VMware and Microsoft: virtualization.
But with its new thin client offerings--the first products to come out of its acquisition of hardware firm Neoware last year--HP is hoping to tap into a growing trend sparked by software offerings from companies such as VMware (nyse: VMW - news - people ) and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ): virtualization.
The approach aligns with the trend toward SDN (software-defined networking) and NFV (network function virtualization) among telecommunications operators, thanks to its elastic and virtualization-friendly cloud architecture.
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McAfee mainly competes with Symantec, Trend Micro, LANDesk Software and Microsoft in this segment and offers products like Endpoint Protection, Data Protection and Mobile Phone Security.
"It's part of a growing trend to integrate hardware, software and services, " says Ross Rubin, director of consumer technology industry analysis for the NPD Group.
The 54-year-old is a cofounder and CEO of Trend Micro, the number three antivirus software firm worldwide and the biggest in Asia.
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But now the trend has reached the darker corners of the software universe.
One of our box office draws is Eva Chen, the cofounder and CEO of Trend Micro, the No. 3 antivirus software firm worldwide and the biggest in Asia.
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Besides open source, Eazel is thus also riding the other big trend that is changing the computer industry: software will increasingly be delivered as an online service and on a subscription basis.
In the race to the starting line, BlackBerry pulled out all the stops in order to deliver an app library that's 70, 000 strong, but now the firm's looking to Trend Micro in an effort to keep malicious software at bay.
Throughout its early years Trend Micro faced frequent accusations of hacking to boost its software sales.
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Since I run an enterprise social software company, I obviously think this is an important and beneficial trend.
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Software from companies including AVG, Bitdefender, ESET, Norton and Trend Micro detected between 65 and 90 percent of malware.
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Charities and for-profit software companies such as Blackbaud and Active Network are capitalizing on the trend, offering ready-made personal fundraising sites with blogs, payment capability and more.
The growing trend toward cloud computing appears to have put many of the more established software vendors on the defensive.
The magazine's playfulness, however, disguises a potentially disruptive trend: giving individuals the power to change hardware just as they do software.
If you believe that the network trend still has legs, consider shares of a smaller company on the software side: Opnet Technologies.
Replacing on-premises BI or analytic systems may be difficult and counterproductive, but the trend is clearly toward turning to cloud-based solutions to augment this software.
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If you believe that the network trend still has legs, consider shares of a smaller company on the software side: Opnet Technologies (nasdaq: OPNT - news - people ).
At the time he pointed to Hewlett-Packard as an example: It had announcemed that it was exploring jettisoning its struggling PC business in favor of investing more heavily in software, where it sees better potential for growth as a prime example of this trend.
One major trend dominating CES 2010 is the massive uptick in manufacturers showing off e-reader devices, software and technology.
As the networking world transitions towards flatter and more scalable software-defined architectures to better a commodate the growing need for data, Juniper is looking to embrace the trend in a way that stops its hardware business from being commoditized completely.
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Our small and independent business owners want to see these cuts take place, they want to see a reversal in trend in Washington, and when they feel this trend has begun to reverse itself, they will begin to hire, invest in plant equipment and software and hardware.
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