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Actual IT February 2010 |
Introduction With winter still bringing more snow, commonIT brings you fresh news about the company and its partners, and its point of view on events on the internet, Cloud Computing and the security of web browsers. Welcome to the February 2010 edition of Actual IT! |
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News from commonIT |
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Version 1.4 of Virtual Browser delivers more innovation |
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Virtual Browser release 1.4 was introduced on February 10th, and it will be the last intermediate release before version 2.0. Key new features in version 1.4 include support for hardware authentication (USB tokens, smartcards) based on the PKCS#11 API; RADIUS support, facilitating OTP authentication; support of external PKI servers for certificate-based authentication; enhancements to the management of security policies for storage zones; and configuration backup and restore tools.
See the release notes |
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CommonIT facilitates migration to the Cloud |
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In our new white paper, “Easing the migration to Cloud Computing”, Eric Domage, security research manager with IDC, explains the importance of secure end-user access to cloud services. The white paper continues with a closer look at the issues the Cloud-based enterprise needs to address to ensure trouble-free end-user access to corporate applications, and Thierry Auger, CSO of French media group Lagardère gives his point of view. Find out why we call Virtual Browser the secure universal client for the Cloud.
Download “Easing the migration to Cloud Computing” |
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ICTjournal reports on commonIT’s entry into the Swiss market |
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The February edition of ICTjournal, the Swiss enterprise IT monthly, features a report on commonIT following our first steps into the Swiss market with our partner Navixia, one of Switzerland’s leading information security solutions integrators.
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The commonIT ecosystem |
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An invitation from Devoteam, commonIT and Sourcefire |
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Devoteam, European leader in network and system infrastructure consulting, is organizing a breakfast briefing on the theme “Security and Virtualization, a dangerous duo?” on Tuesday March 16th in Paris. David Dupré, Director of Marketing and co-founder of commonIT, will take the opportunity to present the innovative approach taken by the Virtual Browser solution. Click here for full details |
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A Virtual Browser seminar with EXAPROBE |
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On Friday March 5th 2010 commonIT partner and network security experts EXAPROBE will be holding a seminar in Lyon to present the Virtual Browser solution. A technical overview of our enterprise browser solution running on a dedicated virtual server in the cloud will take place after lunch.
To sign up All events |
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Virtual Browser training |
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The next technical training sessions for Virtual Browser channel partners will take place on March 11th and March 25th 2010.
Interested? Send email to info@commonit.com |
Life at commonIT |
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Actual-IT, the paper edition |
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To mark the first birthday of commonIT, the January edition of Actual IT was issued in a four-page print edition featuring interviews with the four co-founders, previews of how we see the market and the company evolving over the coming year, and some light-hearted fun.
Download a pdf of January’s Actual IT |
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commonIT is growing |
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commonIT is strengthening its technical capabilities with new recruits in R&D and pre-sales engineering. We are constantly seeking new talent and will be happy to hear from you if you’re ready to make a commitment to a dynamic, growing startup like commonIT. |
IT market - the commonIT point of view |
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Microsoft facing a crisis with Internet Explorer vulnerabilities |
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“We would love to put Internet Explorer 6.0 behind us, but we simply can’t. For an enterprise, deploying a new navigator is a huge job. As long as Microsoft offers support for Windows XP (up to 2014), Internet Explorer 6.0 will also be supported.” So says Bernard Ourghanlian, Director of Security for Microsoft France, responding to the latest vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. A position which provides perfect validation for the Virtual Browser solution.
Find out more |
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French and German governments say “don’t use Internet Explorer” |
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Following Microsoft’s announcement of a vulnerability affecting every release of Internet Explorer back to version 6.0, for the first time ever, official national IT security agencies have explicitly warned against using the product. Some two-thirds of internet users browse with IE, meaning the potential for damage is huge.
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About commonIT |
| CommonIT develops secure access solutions for Cloud Computing, delivered via a network of value-added partners. The Virtual Browser solution by commonIT is the first secure universal client solution for the Cloud, allowing the enterprise to reduce the management overheads of web-based applications while facilitating their migration to the Cloud. Virtual Browser, the Secure Universal Client for the Cloud, resolves the issues of security, mobility and compatibility for stress-free migration to Cloud Computing for the enterprise and end users. |
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