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RSS thompson in newsSymantec spends $830m on asset management firm
News John Thompson, Symantec's chief executive, said in a statement: "The most secure end point is a well-managed end point. Symantec has announced plans to acquire IT management software company Altiris, in a deal valued at... [29 Jan 2007]
Microsoft shows off new Vista kit
News Alan Thompson, executive VP, EMEA Marketing Computer Systems Division, Toshiba Europe, said: "We want to appeal to the new information workers. Microsoft has taken the wraps off the first new PCs and laptops designed for... [10 Jan 2007]
SOA raises security worries
News Mike Thompson, Butler Group business process management practice director told silicon.com the "major security concern" for companies implementing SOAs is how to protect their data as it is transmitted over a "completely... [09 Jan 2007]
Open source finds a home in Brum
News Director of open source project OpenAdvantage, Scott Thompson, told silicon.com the centre will raise public awareness of open source tech and allow various open source projects to increase their influence. [25 Oct 2006]
Online ads are 'where it's at'
News Luke Thompson, senior economist at NTC Economics, said: "Although still relatively minor, online marketing is a definite growth area. An increasing number of companies are using online marketing as a major part of their... [16 Oct 2006]
Attackers 'making hay with Windows flaw'
News The CoolWebSearch gang has also adopted the new flaw as a way to compromise systems, said Roger Thompson, chief technology officer at security software maker Exploit Prevention Labs. Attackers have added another,... [02 Oct 2006]
Bank data seized in e-card scam
News Data including credit card numbers, online banking credentials, and login names and passwords of thousands of individuals from Australia and the US has already been collected in the scam, Roger Thompson, chief technology... [22 Sep 2006]
Techie share perks hit by accountants
News Graeme Ward-Thompson, reward and compensation partner at PwC, said there are two main reasons why tech businesses are suffering the most.silicon.com Financial Services Nothing says dot-com or tech start-up like stock... [19 Sep 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Ashley Highfield
News If all this wasn't enough, in July, as part of a wider reorganisation, BBC director-general Mark Thompson announced that a new Future Media and Technology division (FM&T) will be created - led by Highfield - to... [19 Sep 2006]
Apple settles Creative patent spat for $100m
News Under US patent law, the first inventor to file a patent generally holds the rights to that technology, said Rod Thompson, an intellectual property lawyer with Farella Braun and Martell in San Francisco. [24 Aug 2006]
Robo-reporters spit out results stories
News Moreover, computers make far fewer mistakes than humans, Thompson told the Financial Times. Computers are churning out lightening-quick results stories for Thomson Financial, a business-information provider. [23 Aug 2006]
Waitrose signs SAS to stock shelves
News Rob Thompson, head of supply chain at Waitrose, said he expects the investment to repay itself through savings on wastage because, while supermarkets may fear running out of stock and disenfranchising customers, footing... [02 Aug 2006]
Microsoft unveils Exchange 2007 beta mark two
News Dave Thompson, corporate vice president of the Exchange Business Unit at Redmond, said in a statement: "Today we enter the home stretch of delivering an unparalleled messaging solution, providing our customers with a... [25 Jul 2006]
AV giants target eBay software fraud
News John Thompson, CEO of Symantec, last month told silicon.com: "The Norton brand is the BMW of the security world. Two of the world's largest antivirus software vendors are launching legal action against a group of... [17 May 2006]
Symantec CEO: 'More people should buy Macs'
News Symantec CEO John Thompson has spoken out in support of Macs. In response to a question from the audience at the Future in Review conference in Coronado, California on Monday, Thompson said of Apple's... [16 May 2006]
