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News Ken Berryman, VP of endpoint virtualisation at Symantec, said: "You can detect application usage so you can cut the number of licences down to what is being used. Virtualisation could end expensive long-term software... [08 Oct 2008]
$695m MessageLabs deal launches Symantec into cloud
News Speaking at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference, Thompson said Symantec also wants to offer data loss protection, compliance and endpoint management security services in the cloud. Symantec has signed a... [08 Oct 2008]
Windows Vista SP1 finally a go
News The list includes Symantec software drivers for Symantec Endpoint Protection and for Symantec Network Access Control clients. The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Vista Service Pack 1 went onto... [19 Mar 2008]
Macs not safe from viruses, says Sophos founder
News Hruska explained that Windows and Linux have been used for different purposes - which has affected their security record: "On Microsoft operating systems, which were traditionally used on the endpoint, everybody ran as... [08 Jun 2007]
iPhone delays Apple's next big cat
News Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates, said: "They've shaken people's confidence in their ability to execute. The delay is unlikely to make a huge impact on Mac shipments, according to... [13 Apr 2007]
Reuters charges on with IT cost-cutting drive
News There's also no doubt that those relationships have to be based on getting to a very clear endpoint, not running what we have today but basically helping us get to the capabilities, the processes, the technologies, the... [13 Oct 2006]
Intel confirms 10,500 job cuts by mid-2007
News Intel is hoping that its restructuring and layoffs will have the same result that HP's 15,000 jobs cuts had on that company's results, said Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates. [06 Sep 2006]
Holy smoke: Apple recalls 1.8 million batteries
News Endpoint Technologies Associates analyst Roger Kay said that with Sony's help, the financial costs of the recalls may not be material to Apple or Dell but it's still a blow to both companies. Because of a risk of fire,... [25 Aug 2006]
Dell to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries
News At the moment, this looks like the largest battery recall in the history of the electronics industry, said Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates. Dell and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission... [15 Aug 2006]
Dell flip-flops into Alienware acquisition
News The deal could also mean Dell has to rethink its consumer PC strategy, said Roger Kay, principal analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alienware will operate as a... [23 Mar 2006]
Dell squashes Alienware buyout rumour
News Roger Kay, president of research company Endpoint Technologies Associates, said the deal would be somewhat surprising given Dell's historical reluctance to grow through acquisitions, and the heavy marketing budget it... [15 Mar 2006]
Browser wars: Dell and Google to buddy up?
News The browser, not the desktop, has become the most sought-after piece of real estate on a new PC, said Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates. Fighting for icon space on the desktop is so 2001. [08 Feb 2006]
Dell woos big-box retail mistress
News Roger Kay, an industry analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, suggests Dell is testing the retail waters like it did in the late 1990s with Price Club, which was later acquired by Costco. Dell's burgeoning... [30 Nov 2005]
'Test drive' the Mac mini, says Apple
News Kay, the president of Endpoint Technologies Associates, has heard anecdotally that mini sales have slowed. Apple has launched a promotion for its no-frills Mac mini computer, allowing customers to return the machine for... [01 Sep 2005]
Intel's Otellini announces new chip design
News Roger Kay, president of market research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates, said: "Servers and desktops have been in need of power for some time and chipmakers realized this immediately when the pure performance... [24 Aug 2005]
