Intellectual Property in Silicon Valley

Wootton Bassett, UK - Cherwell Software today announces that three modules within its Cherwell Service Management™ solution now enjoy endorsement from the Official ITIL® Accreditor (part of The APM Group Limited) that administers the Official ITIL Software Scheme on behalf of the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office owns the Intellectual Property relating to ITIL. The three Cherwell modules are: Service Catalogue Management, Change Management and Request Fulfilment. Cherwell Service Management™ provides a holistic approach to service management, allowing IT and support departments to align themselves with the businesses they support. Designed from the ground up using Microsoft's .NET technology and out-of-the-box ITIL best practice, the tool offers 11 fully-integrated management modules, including Incident, Problem, Change, Release and Deployment, Configuration, Serv... (more)

Corporations Turn to Special Operations Veterans to Counter Global Threats

APEX, N.C., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "THE WORLD HAS CHANGED" emphasized TigerSwan CEO and former Delta Force Officer, James Reese, to a large gathering of corporate executives.  "From data privacy breaches to cyber espionage, corporations combat crises on a daily basis," said Reese. "As a result, detecting, mitigating and managing these threats are a necessity." As companies expand internationally, more CEO's and Corporate Risk Boards seek vulnerability management services to protect their businesses from global threats. Vulnerability identification and management helps c... (more)

President Mentions Cyber-Threats in State of the Union Address

Cyber practitioners have long wondered when this would happen. Now it has. The President of the United States has finally realized that the threat from malicious actors in cyberspace has grown so significant that it bears mentioning in the State of the Union Address. In his January 24, 2012 State of the Union Address President Obama, while talking about America’s military strength, said: “To stay one step ahead of our adversaries, I have already sent this Congress legislation that will secure our country from the growing danger of cyber-threats.” It might be that I’m attaching m... (more)

Nominations Being Accepted for 13th Annual Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation Achievement Award

The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to design and design automation of electronic systems (EDA), is now accepting nominations for the Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award. The 49th DAC will be held at the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, June 3rd -7th 2012. Nominations must be received no later than 5 PM, MST, Friday, March 9th, 2012. This annual award, named for Marie R. Pistilli, the former organizer of DAC, recognizes individuals who have visibly helped to advance the profile of women in the EDA industry. This year’s hon... (more)

Emulex Announces Second Fiscal Quarter 2012 Results

Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced results for its second quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on January 1, 2012. Second Quarter Financial Highlights Net revenues of $128.7 million, an increase of 13% year-over-year and 9% sequentially Network Connectivity Products (NCP) net revenues of $96.6 million, or 75% of net revenues, an increase of 5% year-over-year and 12% sequentially 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) products totaled approximately 15% of net revenues Storage Connectivity Products (SCP) net revenues of $27.6 million, or 21% of net revenues, an increase of 65% year-over-y... (more)