Dell teams with Juniper, SecureWorks

Dell has partnered with Juniper Networks and SecureWorks to roll out security products aimed and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to enable them to identify and manage risks, reports IT Channel Planet.

Dell says its partnership with SecureWorks provides managed security services to SMEs, including day-to-day security monitoring, management and remediation, designed to improve security, achieve regulatory compliance, and lower IT costs.

Steve Felice, Dell president, consumer, small and medium business, says: “It is difficult and increasingly complex for midsize businesses to assemble the resources to protect against the numerous security threats they face, a data breach through the network, data leakage by employees, malware attacks or lost laptops.”

Singapore's commissioner of charities has unveiled a text message verification service, which allows people to check whether an organisation has a permit to solicit donations in public, states Into Mobile.

This is part of an initiaitve introduced this year in Singapore to improve charity governance and regulatory compliance, in order to maintain public confidence in charitable giving.

With the text service both parties benefit; people know their money goes for the right cause, while charities run a lower risk of their names being used for donation scams.

Worldwide security software revenue is forecast to surpass $16.5 billion in 2010, an 11.3% increase from 2009 revenue of $14.8 billion, says Web Wire.

According to research firm Gartner, the consumer security software market remains the largest security software segment, with 2010 revenue projected to reach $4.2 billion in 2010, up from $3.9 billion in 2009.

“During the next six to 12 months, products delivered as software-as-a-service and appliances will continue overtaking traditional software licensing as the preferred purchasing methods,” says Matthew Cheung, senior research analyst at Gartner. “Enterprise endpoint security, identity and access management and Web security will be the most prevalent product delivery types.”