| November 2009
In this issue: ■eMazzanti – NYC Metro
Area SMB Partner of
the Year
■Gamewear – PR
■Future of Authentication
■ Thinking Beyond Antivirus
■Using Weak Passwords?
■A Practical Approach
to Security
■Security and ROA
■Case Study
■Opportunities
■The Weakest Link
| Are you
using weak passwords?
If you’ve ever lost your wallet, you know the sense of vulnerability that comes with it. Someone might be walking around with your identification, pretending to be you. If someone stole your passwords, they could do the same thing online. A hacker could be opening new credit card accounts, applying for mortgages, or chatting online disguised as you-and you wouldn’t know it until it was too late. Read on to learn how you can help protect your identity online by creating stronger passwords. Are you using weak passwords? Read more Practical Approach to Security
How to Take a Practical Approach to Security
If your small business is like many, it is extremely dependent upon technology and electronically stored data. Many of the steps you need to take to secure your information infrastructure won’t cost your business money, or even much time. Here are some practical considerations and security precautions you should take to maintain the security of your information assets. Read More
Security and Return on Investment It’s not easy, but more and more businesses are looking at ways to calculate a Return on Investment for their security spending. All businesses take risks if they can lead to rewards. That’s partly what return on investment (ROI) is all about. In exchange for this much money spent, you hope to reap that much more in return. But what about investments whose returns aren’t easily measured in dollars and cents? Read More | | EMAZZANTI TECHNOLOGIES SELECTED AS HP NYC METROPOLITAN AREA HP SMB PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Aug 07, 2009 HOBOKEN, NJ – Aug 11, 2009 – eMazzanti Technologies, a Hoboken-based computer networking firm, announces today its selection by Hewlett-Packard (HP) as the NYC Metropolitan Area HP SMB Partner of the Year. Awarded as a recognition of excellence, as eMazzanti was picked out of a field of the finest candidates. HP originally chose one hundred out of thousands of Partners to focus their business development efforts. The computing giant then further narrowed the field down to the six best partners. After further deliberation, eMazzanti was then declared the NYC Metro Area’s HP SMB Reseller Partner of the Year. To be selected out of so many in the most competitive market for HP is truly an honor. Read More |
| EMAZZANTI CUSTOMER GAMEWEAR HITS NETWORK CONNECTION AND PROTECTION HOMERUN WITH WATCHGUARD SOLUTION
Aug 06, 2009Hoboken, New Jersey – 09-08-2009 – Faced with the challenge of rapid worldwide triple-digit growth across a broad base of manufacturing sites, retailers and sales representatives all needing safe, reliable access to product information, GameWear turned to its IT partner eMazzanti Technologies for a solution. WatchGuard network protection appliances proved to be the answer. “We’re very, very cautious about giving people access to our IT infrastructure, essentially access to our office and a window into the kind of business we run, said Frank Cerullo, chief executive officer, GameWear. “Our answer to better security was to not do things as we were scared our network would be hacked.”Read more |
| The Future of AuthenticationWe’ve been saying it for a while – static passwords are on the verge of extinction – so where will business go for its future authentication solutions?According to Gartner . . .
The Gartner Group predicts that in the next two years alone, two million US consumers will be using two-factor authentication at a few major ISPs and online communities. They further predict that this practice will become mainstream for securing Web application access across the majority of service providers within the next five years. This huge organic growth will come about as the broader market takes its lead from the ISP/portals, online banks, brokerages and gaming organizations who are already successfully incorporating strong authentication into their core offerings.It’s not just one technology
Businesses are finally starting to discover that they can open up their networks and begin working with customers and partners in ways that would currently be giving them security nightmares without the foundation of strong authentication. And though they won’t all take the same approach, with a strong authentication solution at their network core, they can create, trust and engage in circles in ways that are comfortable not just to them, but also to their partners and customers.Read More |
| | Thinking Beyond AntivirusTaking advantage of the Internet to make your small business’ information more accessible to employees and outsiders can offer business benefits. If the Internet is a part of your business then you should be equipped to deal with the security issues that have been introduced. If your business is connected to the Internet, then all of the information you keep on your computers and servers is potentially at risk. The more complex the computing environment gets, the greater (and diverse) the risk. At the same time your reliance on the Internet is growing, the Internet threat landscape is continuously evolving and becoming more severe.In today’s small business computing environment, antivirus alone does not provide adequate security. However, with the right combination of security measures, you can keep your valuable business data and information safe and sound and where it belongs – inside your network – and away from malicious code or intruders. Read more |
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Sports Apparel Firm, GameWear, Hits Home Run With Windows Vista Looking to maintain its competitive edge and support infrastructure while experiencing rapid growth, GameWear recently deployed Windows Vista. With the expert aid of eMazzanti Technologies, GameWear applied the powerful new features in Windows Vista to critical business processes, boosting productivity and developing new capabilities for effectively meeting customer needs. GameWear makes authentic sports team-branded apparel and accessories. | |
Opportunities
at {e}Mazzanti eMazzanti seeks bright
minds to join the team. Refer a Network
Engineer to
www.emazzanti.net/jobs
and be eligible for a
shopping spree at
eMazzanti’s online store,
www.emazzanti.net/store.
Qualifying applicants
must receive full time
employment and have
referenced the referring
friend on the original
application in order for the
referrer to be eligible for
the annual drawing.
Shopping spree is limited
to $1,000 in merchandise. | The Weakest Link in Network Security
By Peter Alexander
Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Small
Business Center
Your small-business network may be protected by firewalls, intrusion detection and other state-of-the-art security technologies. And yet, all it takes is one person’s carelessness, and suddenly it’s as if you have no network security at all. Read More |
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