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Symantec Reports pcAnywhere Vulnerability Yesterday Symantec surprised many of us with an announcement to disable its’ pcAnywhere software. It seems the irrelevant source code that was stolen in 2006 wasn’t so irrelevant to hackers. Now the anti-virus software you use to protect yourself from threats is what hackers are using to attack you. Read More
A Day In The Life Sometimes I think back of products that were so completely stupid that you had to wonder how colossal the big jump had to be, to go from somebody’s great idea to complete consumer failure. Read More
Google Says Goodbye To User Privacy Just because a multi-billion dollar company has a “don’t be evil” philosophy, doesn’t mean it has your best intentions in mind. Yesterday Google announced the company’s new privacy policy. If you thought Facebook liked to ignore your privacy, Google just +1ed them. Read More
Google+ Allows Nicknames Argument and critique regarding protection of personal identities online has caused Google+ to soften their policy on using real names on registered accounts. Read More
The Downsides Of Read-Only Filesystems Previously I discussed the benefits of using read-only filesystems to restore your computers. While it is a great concept, there are some drawbacks: Read More
Let’s Get Digital: Goodbye Textbooks, Hello iBooks! It was only a matter of time after the iPad was released that I expected to hear news that it would revolutionize the textbook industry. While it took a little longer than I had thought, that day finally came last week. With 350,000 digital textbooks sold in 3 days, it looks like an A+ for Apple! Read More
Facebook Ads To Take Over News Feed At the moment, advertisements on Facebook are reserved for the right side of the page, where you can glance but still avoid them. However, they will soon become a regular part of your news feed. Facebook will be integrating ads into your daily news feed in an attempt to produce revenue, though the backlash might [...] Read More
Google’s Green Investment Google has made a $94 million investment in an earth-friendly project; four solar photovoltaic projects, stationed near Sacramento, California. Read More
Are Headphones A Hazard? Studies are showing that accidental deaths of individuals plugged into their music devices have tripled since 2004. Read More
Are Robots Replacing Teachers and Parents? Yet kids are searching for the same things they needed decades ago: fun, interaction, patience, knowledge transfer. Read More
Faronics Blog Selected as a Finalist in Info Security’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category. These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar [...] Read More
It’s The End Of An Era…For Everything We are told print advertising is dying, email is dying, PR is dying, and even the web is dying. One of the biggest and most high profile items on the geriatric list is the PC. Read More
When We Don’t Use The Technology We Buy If you are wondering what has killed your IT budget over the last few years you might want to look closer at whether you are using the tools you are paying for. Read More
Is Facebook Making You Depressed? I can’t remember the last time I logged into Facebook and didn’t see at least one status update of “I love my life!” Everyone I know has a perfect life—must be nice! The truth of the matter is they don’t, but these posts can lead to what is commonly being known as “Facebook depression.” Read More
A World Without Wikipedia As of 9 p.m. PT last night, the English pages of Wikipedia wouldn’t give you results for your searches. Instead you’d get a dark splash screen asking you to “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge.” Why? Wikipedia has blacked out for 24 hours to raise awareness and protest pending U.S. anti-piracy bills. Read More
Webinar: How to Harness Technology in the Classroom Learning environments have changed dramatically in the Digital Age. Learning in the 21st century requires harnessing technology to enhanced student performance. Using computers in the classroom has been linked to increased communication, interaction, and collaboration. Sounds like a winning idea! But how are IT Departments managing the security and availability of open machines with multiple users? Not to mention the challenge of keeping students focused on learning can feel nearly impossible with the countless distractions of social networking, web surfing, instant chat, and gaming. How can IT Administrators and teachers effectively manage this double-edged sword? Read More
Webinar: 2012’s Top Social Media Threats Social media has also become big business for cybercrime. One third of all SMB network infections were initiated by malware originating in social media sites. While social networking poses serious threats to network security, only 29% of IT professionals believe they have adequate protection. Read More
Mapping Data With Deep Freeze One of the frequent questions that we find when talking to customers is how Deep Freeze handles your data once it’s installed on a computer. Read More
EDUCAUSE 2012 Join Faronics at EDUCAUSE 2012 for the best thinking in higher education IT. Representatives from all 50 states and over 51 different countries participated either online or at the face-to-face event. The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is the one event not to be missed. The conference attracts 3,500 to 4,000 key decision makers in higher education IT from the United States, Canada, and around the world. EDUCAUSE 2012 will be held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, November 6-9, 2012. Don't miss your opportunity to engage with our team! Read More
Faronics Blog Selected as a Finalist in Info Security’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category. These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar [...] Read More
[Webinar] It’s Risky Business: 2012’s Top Social Media Threats Social media has become a powerful business tool today. With over 800 million Facebook users worldwide, it makes sense that businesses want to join the conversation. Social media has also become big business for cybercrime. One third of all SMB network infections were initiated by malware originating in social media sites. While social networking poses [...] Read More
[Webinar] 5 Things Your AV Won’t Stop Every day the news is filled with headlines of malware, data loss and breaches. It’s obvious the trend is on the rise. With over 60,000 unique malware samples discovered each day blacklisting technology like your Anti-Virus can’t keep up. Read More
[Webinar] Managing Insider Threats: 4 Risks You Need to Mitigate Event Date: Thursday, November 3rd at 10am PT / 1pm ET Organizations are investing in IT security solutions to protect their networks. CIOs are creating organization-wide policies to protect workstations and company data alike. And within these policies lies a usage component for acceptable employee behaviors. It’s always a struggle to strike a balance between [...] Read More
Faronics Earns Energy Savings Award, Helps Customers Trim Costs and Protect the Environment Faronics earned top honors from PG&E in the schools market category for saving its education customers more than 1.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity last year. Read More
Canadians Say Yes To Mobile Banking Canada was the on the top of the list of online and mobile bankers in 2010, with approximately 65% of Internet users using the Internet to do their banking Read More
Symantec Reports pcAnywhere Vulnerability Yesterday Symantec surprised many of us with an announcement to disable its’ pcAnywhere software. It seems the irrelevant source code that was stolen in 2006 wasn’t so irrelevant to hackers. Now the anti-virus software you use to protect yourself from threats is what hackers are using to attack you. Read More
A Day In The Life Sometimes I think back of products that were so completely stupid that you had to wonder how colossal the big jump had to be, to go from somebody’s great idea to complete consumer failure. Read More
Google Says Goodbye To User Privacy Just because a multi-billion dollar company has a “don’t be evil” philosophy, doesn’t mean it has your best intentions in mind. Yesterday Google announced the company’s new privacy policy. If you thought Facebook liked to ignore your privacy, Google just +1ed them. Read More
Google+ Allows Nicknames Argument and critique regarding protection of personal identities online has caused Google+ to soften their policy on using real names on registered accounts. Read More
Webinar: How to Harness Technology in the Classroom Learning environments have changed dramatically in the Digital Age. Learning in the 21st century requires harnessing technology to enhanced student performance. Using computers in the classroom [...]
Webinar: 2012’s Top Social Media Threats Social media has also become big business for cybercrime. One third of all SMB network infections were initiated by malware originating in social media sites. While social networking poses [...]
EDUCAUSE 2012 Join Faronics at EDUCAUSE 2012 for the best thinking in higher education IT. Representatives from all 50 states and over 51 different countries participated either online or at the face-to-face [...]
ISTE 2012 ISTE's 33rd annual conference and exposition will return to "America’s Finest City," and Faronics will be there once again. The event provides professional development and networking [...]
PETE & C 2012 The Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE&C) is a statewide event that provides quality programs focused on technology in the educational field. Each year, hundreds of [...]
Faronics Blog Selected as a Finalist in Info Security’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards SAN RAMON, CA, January 20, 2011 — Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category. These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and [...]
Faronics Earns Energy Savings Award, Helps Customers Trim Costs and Protect the Environment SAN RAMON, CA, September 30th, 2011 — Faronics, a global leader in PC power management software, has received a 2010 Energy Savings award from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for its innovative solution that allow end users to manage PC energy consumption and pare costs. Faronics Power Save software significantly reduces workstation power usage [...]
Classroom Collaboration Has Never Been Easier Thanks to Faronics Insight 7.6 SAN RAMON, CA, August 30th, 2011 — Faronics announced today the release of Faronics Insight 7.6. The latest version of the popular classroom management software features strengthened teacher control and administration, enhanced student monitoring, and improved support for assorted technology platforms including Ubuntu Linux, Multipoint Server 2011, and Vernier LabQuest. Instructors can now monitor students [...]
Faronics Innovative Solutions Solve Ever-Evolving Security Issues Others Don’t SAN RAMON, CA, August 16th, 2011 — Research shows the world’s top five security software vendors are losing significant market share to other industry players, including Faronics, whose innovative solutions target ever-changing threats that some security software might miss. Market share for the top five vendors dropped to 44.3 percent in 2010 from 60 percent [...]
Faronics’ Deep Freeze Selected as Finalist for the 2010 CODiE Awards SAN RAMON, CA, March 9th, 2010 — The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has announced that Faronics Deep Freeze has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious CODiE Awards in the Best Security Solution category. Deep Freeze automatically restores workstation configurations with every reboot, reducing support incidents up to 63%. All products that [...]
