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IronKey, the company best known for its secure USB drives of the same name, announced this morning that Arthur Wong has joined the company as its new chief executive officer. Current IronKey CEO and Founder David Jevans will become chairman of the company's board of directors.

iPads and other tablet devices, combined with a soft economy, seem to be having an affect on the global PC Market. According to a research report from IDC, the worldwide PC market continued to slow in the fourth quarter of 2010, yet total shipments in Q4 were the largest ever.

Today at BlackBerry DEVCON Asia, Research In Motion launched the beta version of the BlackBerry WebWorks™ SDK for Tablet OS as well as new services and developer tools for BlackBerry devices. New features include access to core functionality in the BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as extensibility and robust security.

In a recent survey, 90 percent of U.S. and UK IT managers said they are planning to implement new mobile applications this year, with half saying that successfully managing mobile applications tops their priority list.

The AMBER Alert program, credited with the safe recovery of 525 children across the country, has a new ally: Facebook. And finally Facebook gets some good press.

Study from Cisco Highlights Surprising Attitudes on Compliance, Standards Adoption, and Challenges Meeting PCI DSS RequirementsSeventy percent of IT decision makers feel that their organization is more secure than it would be if PCI compliance were not required. That’s according to a recent survey of 500 IT decision-makers to uncover their thoughts on PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).

Smart phones sales exploding worldwide. Gartner research has shown that smart phone sales in 2010 Q3 accounted for nearly 20% of all mobile device sales, with a growth of nearly 100% since the same quarter the previous year. This number is sure to rise.

RackSpace and Akamai Partner to Provide Hosting, Cloud computing, Content and Application Delivery Services, in a one-stop cloudHosting giant RackSpace, and Internet infrastructure provider Akamai Technologies, announced a partnership today that will bring Akamai’s web acceleration and cloud optimization services to RackSpace customers.

Growth in Mobile Broadband Globally Highlights Need for Increased Protection of Mobile DevicesDuring the course of 2010, mobile broadband subscriptions reached half-a-billion globally. Ericsson estimates that number to double before the end of 2011. The Asia Pacific region is expected to have the largest number of subscriptions with about 400 million, followed by North America and Western Europe with more than 200 million subscriptions each.

Blue Coat Systems today introduced Blue Coat ProxyOne, a Web security appliance that brings the same enterprise-class Web security used by FORTUNE 500 companies to smaller organizations at an affordable price point.

Data and voice communications provider, MegaPath, has entered the growing Managed Security Services market this week, announcing a suite of Security as a Service (SaaS) offerings.MegaPath was founded in 1996 and merged with Speakeasy and Covad Communications in 2010. MegaPath Managed Security Services customers aren’t required to be MegaPath connectivity customers, as it offers on-premises security services, allowing customers to leverage the Internet connection of their choice.

Malware targeting social networks appears to be the latest growing threat to mobile security. With people being “always connected” on mobile devices, and often not a full screen to easily see URL’s and click through destinations, it’s no surprise that mobile devices are appearing as the first device users are responding to threats with.

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