Friday, November 20, 2009

e-fense, the Developer of the Helix3 Suite of Security Software Announces New Cyber Criminal Investigative Training

e-fense is partnering with renowned investigator Charles Tendell, CEO of eCSI to provide training to the computer forensics and cyber security community. With e-fense’s extraordinary Helix3 products and eCSI’s commitment to share the knowledge in conducting proper investigations this strategic partnership will benefit all.

"...Our belief is that what we are missing is the hands-on training in how best to use those tools in critical moments,” said Lauren LaFortuna, Managing Director of e-fense.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- e-fense is partnering with renowned investigator Charles Tendell, CEO of eCSI to provide training to the computer forensics and cyber security community. With e-fense’s extraordinary Helix3 products and eCSI’s commitment to share the knowledge in conducting proper investigations this strategic partnership will benefit all.

Seize the Data
Seize the Data
“2009 has been an extraordinary year at e-fense,” said CEO, Steve Bederman. e-fense has literally re-architected the entire company. In an earlier press release they had announced that many of the services and software products would be distributed utilizing both a direct sales model and a small but elite group of master distributors. Bederman says, “e-fense had diligently worked on its product line for over 8 years. We started doing investigative services and migrated to software to assist our own investigations. Once we successfully developed our products, they became recognized for their ease of use and innovative approach to data gathering and forensics. We had no intention to dilute our efforts with just any strategic partnerships. Rather, we have selected a small group of the better of the best.”

Today, e-fense announced the partnership for all training services with Electronic Crime Scene
Investigations, eCSI. “We believe that there are currently many wonderful data capture and forensic tools available on the market. This especially is so for AccessData and e-fense products. Our belief is that what we are missing is the hands-on training in how best to use those tools in critical moments,” said Lauren LaFortuna, Managing Director of e-fense. The selection of eCSI is the strongest play we can make to convince law enforcement, private investigators, and corporate compliance officers that we mean business. Charles Tendell, CEO of eCSI explained, “eCSI was founded on a promise to be a leader in accurate and innovative investigations. There is no room for error in this age of cyber crime. I have personally led many investigations while using and developing tools to assist in and ensure that effort. Helix3 products are outstanding, but without proper investigative cyber training, it isn’t always enough.” This partnership assures everyone that e-fense and eCSI will become the leading resource for a wide range of training. The training courses will be available for both onsite and web based sessions.

eCSI is Denver’s premier digital investigation firm, specializing in electronic crime scene investigations, eDiscovery, and computer forensics. While averaging three new cases weekly, we run across new and exciting technologies all the time. Our examiners possess a unique drive and intuition that when combined with years of field tested experience and training, have proven time and time again to be well above our competition. Our vision in partnering is to provide the highest quality, most efficient, well-rounded training possible.

We take great pleasure in our commitment to this mission, and in turn, our clients, colleagues, partners and even our competition appreciate doing business with us.

For more information about Helix3 cyber security software visit e-fense.com

To enroll in an eCSI Helix3 training session, visit ecsinvestigations.com

About e-fense
e-fense is headquartered in Colorado with offices in Washington DC and England. e-fense was founded in 2000 by a team of computer forensic, incident response and counter intelligence experts. Product lines include Helix3, Helix3 Enterprise, Live Response and Aperio (worldwide patents pending). e-fense is a world leader in products serving a wide range of clients including federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as leading private sector security, legal and information technology professionals around the world.

About eCSI
Electronic Crime Scene Investigations was originally formed in January 2006 as a freelance network security and forensics consulting company. With over 12 years of industry experience eCSI strives to provide the best, most cost effective services possible. Our goal is to simplify the life of our clients by becoming a partner in all of their security, network management, e-discovery, data recovery and forensic needs. By focusing on client service and striving for client satisfaction, we develop quality, long-term relationships that continue to add value to our company. Through our proven processes, we leave no questions unanswered and no need un-met. We take great pleasure in our commitment to this mission, and in turn, our clients, colleagues, partners and even our competition appreciate doing business with us.

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FlightStats Upgrades Best-selling Android Flight Tracker and Launches Free Version for All Android Phones

FlightStats for Android 2.0 offers new options to create trips, save flights, find empty seats on next available flights, and view global airport delays. FlightStats Lite gives Android phone users a free flight tracking option.

Portland, OR (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- FlightStats today published a free global flight tracking application to the Android Market and upgraded FlightStats for Android, the best selling Android flight tracking app, with new features for air travelers.

Airport delay maps  show current conditions for N. America, Europe, Oceania and E. Asia
Airport delay maps show current conditions for N. America, Europe, Oceania and E. Asia

FlightStats Lite 1.0

FlightStats Lite for Android is a new application and is now available as a free download from the Android Market. It leverages Android's user interface and local database to make it easy to search for flights, airport information and airline contacts. An auto-suggest features for airline and airport names keeps data entry to a minimum. Results are displayed on Mobile.flightstats.com Web pages. Android's ability to run browsers and applications simultaneously makes the user experience seamless. Navigation between the app's search functions and the mobile Web results pages is as simple as pushing the phone's "back" button.

"FlightStats for Android 2.0 and our new free Android app are just the start," said Jeff Kennedy, Conducive Technology Corp. CEO. "We have big plans for Android and many new services queued up for Android users."
New Features for FlightStats for Android 2.0

For users that want to organize their flights in advance and store them for use on the day of travel, FlightStats for Android 2.0 adds a new Trips feature. Users can create trips and save flights associated with those trips. A widget can keep those trips on the Phone's home screen and provide quick updates of flight status for all flights associated with a trip.

In addition version 2.0 helps travelers shorten layovers and avoid getting stranded with a unique flight availability feature that shows empty seats on flights leaving in the current time period. The Next Available Flight feature can also show elite travelers what flights offer the possibility of an upgrade by showing empty seats by fare class.

Version 2.0 also includes FlightStats airport delay maps. These maps show departure delays at airports across an entire region. These are the only maps of their kind showing airport conditions in Europe, East Asia, Oceania, and North America. The app also includes a US FAA delays map.

Version 2.0 is available as a free upgrade for existing FlightStats for Android users and for $6.99 for new users. Both applications may be found in the Android Market when viewing the market using any Android Phone.

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Invodo Launches Video Program for Industry-Leading Online Retailers

‘Flagship Retailer’ program gives retailers more videos at lower cost.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- Invodo®, the hub for eCommerce video, announced today the launch of a program designed to help selected online retailers get more product video coverage. The offering is targeted at industry-leading online retailers to help them acquire the customized video content they need while offsetting the costs of their video program.

Participating retailers actively work with Invodo to recruit manufacturers. Invodo creates custom video content for the manufacturers to syndicate to the retailer’s site. The result is more videos for the retailer’s product pages at a lower cost, while the manufacturers get broader exposure across the retailer’s site.

“Everybody wins here - this program is a gain for retailers, manufacturers and consumers.” - Invodo CEO Craig Wax
“We’re excited to work with retailers to get more video content in front of consumers at a lower cost,” said Invodo CEO Craig Wax. “Everybody wins here - this program is a gain for retailers, manufacturers and consumers.”

About Invodo
Invodo is the de facto hub for eCommerce video, connecting manufacturers and retailers through the largest product video library in the world.

The immediacy of video drives conversion for retailers, consideration for manufacturers, and satisfaction for consumers. With a library of over 20,000 product videos from more than 2,000 manufacturers, Invodo syndicates the content consumers look for in making purchase decisions to over 1,000 eCommerce sites.

Based in Austin, TX, Invodo is funded by Sevin Rosen and S3 Ventures. Visit www.invodo.com or call 512.279.4800 to learn more about Invodo and its product video syndication services.

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Number of Unsafe ‘iDEAL Webshops’ Grows Explosively

Only twelve per cent protect their personal data sufficiently

Of all 13,607 web shops only twelve per cent offer sufficient security

Amsterdam, Holland (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- The number of unsafe web shops offering the payment method iDEAL is more rapidly growing than the number of their safe counterparts, as is shown by research from Networking4all, provider of security certificates. Of all 13,607 web shops only twelve per cent offer sufficient security. Provider iDEAL does not care. “That is not our job.”

News ImageConsumers and even web shop owners are not always aware of this. They assume that a secured transaction is enough. Although iDEAL’s payment method may be secured, the other actions on the web shop’s site are not. Provider iDEAL is well up on this, but does not take any steps. Worse still, administrator Currence does not seem to care. “The way web shops are secured makes no difference to us. We only provide the electronic payment method. Of course we tell the web shops they should pay attention, but we cannot force them to. That is not our job, but that of the web shop owners themselves”, says spokesman Bob Goulooze.

The protection of personal data is legally obligatory. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) advises web shop owners to use an SSL Certificate. The Dutch DPA should see to this, but they too say they will only take action in structural cases. However, each case is one too many; the Networking4all research shows that, amongst others, well-known web sites such as that of the Dutch Railway Services (Nederlandse Spoorwegen), theme park Madurodam and Kras.nl have not been secured sufficiently. A malevolent person can easily ‘tap’ consumers’ personal data from these sites. This may have serious consequences for the victims: the interception of data may even result in deliberate theft or identity fraud.

The research also shows that, of the approximately one thousand web shop owners that have joined the home shop association Thuiswinkel.org, only 39 per cent of the web shops with the home shopping hallmark offer a secured connection. Nevertheless, at the beginning of 2009 Thuiswinkel.org demanded that every member be secured from 1 January 2010. Not everyone will be able to meet that deadline, which is why Thuiswinkel.org has postponed it to 1 April 2010. Wijnand Jongen, managing director of Thuiswinkel.org, comments: “If these web shops have not sufficiently secured their sites after that date, they will lose their license.” One would expect shops with the home shopping hallmark to have things well organized, since the hallmark is supposed to be issued for good reason.

All in all one could say that in The Netherlands little value is attached to the protection of personal data, neither by a major payment method like iDEAL nor by the Dutch Data Protection Authority. This is something which causes great concern.

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Internet Marketing Leader Uses Automated Data Mastering To Drive Product Selection To Millions Of Online Items

DataLens System helps Market America scale-up while improving customer experience.

Westminster, Colo. and Greensboro, N.C. (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- Market America, a leading product brokerage and Internet marketing company, specializing in One-to-One Marketing and Silver Creek Systems®, the pioneer and leader in automated Data Mastering, including product data quality, integration and governance solutions, announced today that the Market America website now has a product selection of several millions of online items. This represents not only a significant scaling increase of the Market America product selection in less than a year, but also a major improvement in online customer experience and searchability. This massive scaling is enabled by automated data mastering solutions from Silver Creek Systems.

“Product selection and website usability have been a major focus for Market America in the last 12 months and we’re very happy with the results. We already have several million items online and are planning to hit 50 million very soon,” said James Ridinger, president and CEO of Market America. “The leading-edge automation solutions from Silver Creek Systems has allowed us to make huge strides towards our goal of being the ultimate online shopping destination and revolutionizing the publishing and advertising industries. We could not have achieved this level of scalability without the DataLens System.”

Product selection and website usability have been a major focus for Market America in the last 12 months and we’re very happy with the results. We already have several million items online and are planning to hit 50 million very soon.
The DataLens® System uses semantic-based technology to perform real-time, automated Data Mastering services to standardize, validate, match and repurpose data as a plug-in to existing systems or processes such as search. Semantic recognition recognizes and standardizes data irrespective of format or source and delivers it back in a format compliant with enterprise data standards, including those defined by a Master Data Management strategy. This approach has been shown to be faster, cheaper, more scalable and more tolerant of variable data than traditional data integration and data quality methods.

Data Mastering is critical to a wide range of businesses and industries including electronic commerce where consistent standardized product information is critical to online search and a great customer experience. Automated Data Mastering can standardize and enrich product information from any source, allowing companies such as Market America to scale-up the number of products and sources they handle rapidly and in a cost-effective manner while improving the effectiveness of their online search.

“Market America is a great example of a company that sets it sights on a goal and then goes after it aggressively,” said Barbara Mowry, President and CEO of Silver Creek Systems. “Market America was amongst the first to embrace this level of scaling of their product selection – a trend that is now the norm amongst major retailers. They have been an exemplary user of our solutions and we are delighted that they are using them to achieve such impressive results.”

About Silver Creek Systems
Silver Creek Systems’ automated data mastering solutions enable enterprise-wide standardization and integration of the information that drives critical aspects of MDM, PIM, systems migration, data quality and governance. Its DataLens® System uses next-generation semantic technology to standardize, enrich, match and repurpose product data from any source – reducing implementation time, cost and risk while improving quality. Market-leading companies in retail, distribution, manufacturing, high tech, healthcare, telecom, energy and others use the DataLens System to increase the value and usability of data in applications from search and merchandising to global data synchronization, inventory management and procurement. For more information, visit www.silvercreeksystems.com.

About Market America, Inc.
Market America is a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-One-Marketing. With more than three million preferred customers and over 180,000 Customer Managers worldwide, the company has generated over $3 billion in accumulated retail sales. Headquartered in Greensboro, NC — the company was founded in 1992 by current president and CEO James Ridinger and employs over 550 people globally with international operations in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia. Through its revolutionary One-to-One Marketing concept, Market America combines the Internet with the power of people — creating the ultimate online shopping destination. More information is available at marketamerica.com.

Silver Creek Systems and DataLens are registered trademarks of Silver Creek Systems, Inc.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

imagine LAN Announces FireTower, a New Cyber Security Tool for Windows 7, Vista and XP

FireTower performs real-time incident capturing and reporting of any potentially malicious incoming software attempting to install an auto start persistent mechanism on Windows systems. FireTower is offered free of charge for individual personal use.

Nashua, NH (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- imagine LAN, Inc., a leading developer of system recovery and mobility software applications, today announced the availability of FireTower for Windows 7, Vista, and XP (x86 and x64 versions). FireTower is offered free of charge for individual and personal use.

FireTower software is a security discovery tool for system health and cyber security. By adapting imagine LAN's mainline cyber attack detection engine, CXI, FireTower is able to deliver two major features: Real-time incident capturing and reporting of incoming software attempting to install an auto start persistent mechanism and automated incident data collection . FireTower not only serves as a post-mortem investigative tool for system health and cyber security, but also acts as an invisible "door chime" alerting users of new incidents as they occur in real-time. In addition to reporting new incidents, FireTower can also provide the name of the software causing the incident along with any associated metadata.

Traditional cyber security applications such as anti-virus and anti-spyware software utilize some form of signature-based detection. This method is an effective way of defending a system against known and discovered viruses, spyware and malware, but is essentially helpless against new and unknown attacks. Unlike these traditional tools, FireTower does not rely on signature-based detection. FireTower uses a unique software installation and execution behavior profiling technology to capture and signal both known exploits and zero-day attacks in real-time. Please refer to the FireTower Position Paper for more details.

FireTower software is provided free of charge for individual personal use. Corporate users and commercial organizations should contact imagine LAN, Inc. Sales at ilisales@imaginelan.com to purchase a site license for corporate use or to bundle with other products or for redistribution. Customization is also available though this arrangement.

For more information or to download FireTower, visit the imagine LAN website at http://imaginelan.com/firetower/firetower.html.

About imagine LAN, Inc.
imagine LAN, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning system and data recovery software and of portable software applications (for Ultra-Mobile PCs, flash drives and other portable storage devices) - to storage and PC vendors, re-publishers, corporate customers and individual users.

Founded in 1992 and privately held, imagine LAN's customers include original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Fortune 1000 corporations, government and educational institutions, small/home offices and individual end users. imagine LAN products are designed for both business and personal computing, and currently more than 30 million copies of imagine LAN software products are installed worldwide. imagine LAN, Inc. is headquartered at 74 Northeastern Blvd. Suite 12, Nashua, N.H. 03062 USA

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GoGoFan.Com Presents The Latest High Definition HD Media Player

New HD Media Player Integrates With Existing Home Entertainment Systems, Plays Wide Range Of Media Formats

City of Industry, California (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- HD media player retailer GoGoFan.com announced the addition of the Masscool MP-1371RS to its already extensive product line today, a move certain to excite fans of HD media player systems everywhere. The release of the Masscool MP-1371RS has been eagerly awaited by home entertainment buffs; and with today's announcement, GoGoFan.com becomes among the very first sources for this advanced high definition HD media player.

The MP-1371RS is a standalone media enclosure for 2.5" SATA drives which is packed with features including the ability to play high definition 1080p video, audio and digital photos - the unit's HDMI output supports video resolutions of up to 1920x1080. You can install your own size of 2.5" SATA hard drive into the unit; or connect the unit directly to any of your external hard drive to play your favorite media files.

A wide variety of popular digital media formats are supported, including DIVX 3, 4, 5 and 6 as well as XVID, MPEG 1, 2 and 4, AVI, MOV, WMV (Windows Media Player format), FLV and RM/RMVB 8, 9 and 10 (Real Player video). Audio formats supported by the new Masscool MP-1371RS include WAV, WMA (Windows Media), OGG, AAC, RA (Real Player) FLAC and of course, the popular MP3 format.

This high definition HD media player also includes Internet connectivity with an integrated Ethernet port, allowing you to access and play all your media files collection from your local area network PCs or server, directly on your home entertainment system.

"Obviously, we're excited to announce that GoGoFan.com is now able to offer the Masscool MP-1371RS to our customers. The capabilities of this model are simply stunning and it's got some new features which a lot of people have been looking for. The ability to play Real Player video and audio is a great thing - and of course, since YouTube has become such an important source of video content, the ability to watch downloaded YouTube video on your home entertainment system is one feature which we think people are going to be especially excited about," said GoGoFan.com executive, Daniel Lim.

The Masscool MP-13711RS high definition HD media player is now available for $139.99. For more information, please visit: http://www.gogofan.com/HD-Media-Player-s/3.htm

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