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January 20, 2012 |
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BYOD is Winning |
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| PC Recycler says, “Degauss it or risk it!” Attend its free webinar to learn more about the technology used by the FBI and the CIA to quickly and safely destroy sensitive data. Register here. |
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| Looks like workers are ahead in the BYOD battle. And companies like McLean, Va.'s SpydrSafe are finding ways to profit from it. |
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| The startup, which announced an investment from Amplifier Ventures this week, is creating a way for any employee to secure work-related data that they access on their own Android devices. Work-related apps such as e-mail and file storage will not be able to interact with personal apps like Facebook. It's due for a beta release at the end of Q1. CEO Michael Pratt, here demoing the product, recently transitioned from Card Star COO after its sale to Constant Contact. We think he’s earned the “serial entrepreneur” title. |
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| SpydrSafe CTO Kevin Sapp says the product will also prevent employers from wiping clean personal Android devices that departing employees used for work purposes. (Somewhere there's a cyber landfill of baby photos.) Kevin, who came from McAfee (an Intel company), says the SpydrSafe product will go beyond mobile device management, which simply locks down the device. So users will be able to download the SpydrSafe app onto their Android device. The employer’s IT guru will be able to manage controls like passwords and rules on what apps can interact through a cloud-based management console. The team is trying to make the product as breezy to use as possible. |
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| SpydrSafe, launched in November and is working out of the infamous Teqcorner. The real estate project has given birth to scores of startups that eventually left when they needed more space and had the cash to pay for it. SpydrSafe is in the midst of a $500K raise, which will be used to hire more developers. The company will target regulatory heavy industries like health care and financial with its product, and then eventually expand to more enterprises and possibly the federal government. Michael says analysts peg the market worth at $3B. |
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| Next Stop For Scott |
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| We dug in our archive (well, 2010) to find this picture of Scott Friedlander (right), new president of Paragon Technology Group. He once worked at GTSI with Dendy Young, who was chairman and CEO. (Scott eventually took over and was president and CEO until October 2010.) But he was recently tapped to run Paragon after LLR Partners’ recent purchase of the Vienna, Va.-based biz intel and enterprise integration solutions provider. The investment from LLR, a Philadelphia-based private equity group, will allow Paragon to continue to grow and improve its service offerings. Investment bank The McLean Group helped Paragon founders sort through offers from strategic acquirers and private equity groups. The firm says the deal is its aerospace, defense & government practice’s first in 2012. |
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| No Work, Lots of Play |
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| Lots of companies have been teasing us with news that they’ll be releasing their FY11 financials. But Microsoft did announce its Q2 figures this week: $20.9B in revenue (up 5 percent from the previous year) and $6.6B in net income (down 0.2 percent). Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company has received positive reviews of its new phones and PCs and will have more product launches this year. However its Windows and Windows Live division saw a 6 percent decline while its entertainment and devices division, which sells the Xbox 360, saw a 15 percent increase. It appears people would rather play than work. Join us next week for another episode of Cliche Confirmers. |
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| Occupy This |
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| We heard from a reader who responded to our request for thoughts on the cyber blackout: "We accomplished more in one day (ok, it was building for days), than the Occupy movement has in months in my humble opinion." What do you think? Send thoughts, gripes, and story ideas to tech editor Tania Anderson. |
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