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As if they needed more stress, organizations are facing evolving and increasingly stringent compliance regulations from the Payment Card Industry, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and others. Here are a few security compliance products that can make the audit process less excruciating.

Here are 10 of the distributor's hottest new offerings winning over solution providers.

New smartphones from Sony, Motorola and the first-ever Twitter-only mobile device -- the TwitterPeek -- headline a busy week for handset makers as the holiday shopping season heats up.

INTERNATIONAL

Softcell has denied any illegality and its partners are supporting the company.

[05:20 PM, October 21, 2008]

An HP India spokesperson confirmed the DRI search.

[04:39 PM, October 21, 2008]

At Acer's annual Global Press Conference event in Budapest, Hungary, company executives discussed the PC maker's plans to increase its share of the mobility market.

[12:44 PM, September 19, 2008]

NEWS FROM CRN INDIA

Monitor brand AOC is aiming for the no. 2 spot in the Indian monitor market. According to Saurabh Grover DGM, Sales and Marketing, AOC India, We are now the no. 3 monitor brand in India, having retained this position for the last two quarters. As per IDC Indias Q1 2009 report, AOC had 19 percent market share which increased to 21 percent in Q2. Our aim is to further consolidate our market position to reach the second spot by the end of 2009.

PC Solutions has received the Silver certification from Cisco, making it among the few Indian solutions providers to have this accreditation. The Cisco Silver Certified Partner designation, which is the second highest, next to the Gold certification is a validation of our teams competencies and dedication towards customer satisfaction. We are confident that our existing and prospective customers shall be tremendously benefited by our enhanced competencies, said Devendra Taneja, CEO, PC Solutions.

Panache has appointed Akash Sutane to head its Small Form Factor (SFF) and Ultra Small Form Factor (USFF) products. As VP, Thin Clients division, he will be responsible for the marketing, branding and sales of the Panache range of thin client products. Sutane has 11 years of IT industry experience. Prior to joining Panache, he was with Ags Infotech. He has also worked with Sundyne Technologies and Ambika.com.

HP India has said that four of its high selling printerLaserJet M1522mf, CP1215n, P2035n and P2055d will come with three-year warranty as against the standard one-year warranty earlier. The extended warranty scheme is available for purchases made between July 25 and September 30, 2009. Customer can avail this by registering the product at HP website within 15 days of purchase.

Next on Ciscos agenda is the consumer market. Its Consumer Business Group (CBG)formerly known as Linksys by Cisco has established a separate team and defined the products it will take to the market. Suresh Balasubramanian, National Sales Director, India, Cisco Consumer Business Group, said, For our consumer business, we want to make communication a live, visual and more personal experience. We believe that the market is going through a transition phase where consumers want a mediumwhether it is for personal or professional communicationthat is more visual. Our primary aim would be to capture this market transition for growth. This home and small office network products arm will now showcase wireless routers, access points and gateways, home monitoring equipment, graphic cards, and IP cameras.

NEWS FROM CRN GERMANY

Ein englischer Universitäts-Mitarbeiter wunderte sich über den bei Google Maps angezeigten, ihm gänzlich unbekannten Ort Argleton. Ein Augenschein ergab: Den Ort gibt es gar nicht. Doch handelt es sich dabei um einen Kartenfehler oder um eine bewusste Fälschung?

[09:00 AM, November 06, 2009]

Microsoft streicht nun doch mehr Stellen, als die ursprünglich geplanten 5.000. Wie der Konzern jetzt mitteilte, sollen weltweit nochmals rund 800 Jobs wegfallen, Deutschland sei davon jedoch nur vereinzelt betroffen.

[08:47 AM, November 06, 2009]

Ein neues Sicherheitsloch, das jetzt im weit verbreiteten Transport-Layer-Security- und Secure-Sockets-Layer-Protokoll entdeckt wurde, ermöglicht Man-in-the-Middle-Angriffe. Angreifer können sich darüber in eine SSL-Session einklinken und so beispielsweise die Vergabe eines neuen Passworts initiieren.

[08:09 AM, November 06, 2009]

Hürth-Hermülheim klingt eigentlich nicht nach »Futurama«. Doch genau im dortigen Rewe-Markt testet der Payment-Dienstleister Easycash derzeit sein zukunftsweisendes POS-Zahlverfahren »payeasy1«, das die Bezahlung der Fingerabdruck ermöglicht.

[07:06 AM, November 06, 2009]

Die langjährige Chefin von Hewlett Packard, Carly Fiorina, will in die Politik gehen und für den US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien in den Senat einziehen. Bis Juni nächsten Jahres hat Fiorina nun Zeit, die Republikanischer zu überzeugen, dass sie besser ist als ihr Parteikonkurrent um den Sitz, Chuck DeVore.

[05:53 AM, November 06, 2009]