This will provide a trusted software environment capable of utilizing security from the hardware level up, in a consistent, open and accessible manner.

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There's also the issue of whether employees can be trusted when servers and software are no longer onsite.

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States will benefit if they use software and technology made by trusted companies, it suggests.

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The company wants to have "trusted agents"--bits of software that communicate with Cisco wares--inside other firms' products.

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AOL, which will eventually add data-encryption, content-security and trusted-partner features to their own messaging software.

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Office 365 brings together cloud versions of the most trusted productivity and collaboration products with the latest version of Microsoft's client software and companion Web applications.

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As the tablet "means business, " it comes with a bunch of pre-installed utilities for those that need a slate for more than browsing and media, including the Trusted Platform Module, as well as Intel's Active Management Technology and Anti-Theft software.

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ZTE's Trusted Delivery Model provides for a thorough end-to-end security evaluation of ZTE's software, firmware and hardware throughout the equipment life cycle.

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