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Tripwire, the recognized leader of configuration audit and control solutions, today announced that Tripwire Enterprise® has received the Gold Medal Award -- the highest honor -- in the Risk Policy Management Category of Information Security™ Magazine and SearchSecurity.com™ 2007 Readers' Choice Awards. A total of 1,595 information security executives and managers evaluated 340 products in 15 product categories being deployed within their organizations to determine award winners. Symantec Corp. and Altiris, Inc. received the silver and bronze awards, respectively.

"Being singled out as an "A-listed" product corroborates what we've been told by our customers all along -- that our product truly addresses the problems that they are concerned about today. Additionally, being favored by readers over Symantec and Altiris further validates our position as a leader among the largest enterprises competing around the world," said Jim Johnson, CEO and president of Tripwire.

Guests from Symantec and Diskeeper Corporation will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to enterprises, individuals and service providers. Diskeeper Corporation is the innovator in performance and reliability technologies, including their flagship product, Diskeeper, which maximizes system performance and reliability-automatically.

Marian Merritt, Internet Safety Advocate for Symantec, talks about the latest threats that consumers need to be wary of, especially in the upcoming 2007 tax season.

Jeremy Buck, Diskeeper Spokesperson, talks about how you can use Undelete 5 to recover deleted files and recover lost data as your protection from a computer attack.

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Sitestar Corporation (OTCBB: SYTE), a provider of Internet access and value-added online and computer services, announced today that it achieved a tenth straight quarter of profitability and posted record earnings for the year ended December 31, 2006 including increases in revenue, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) and net income of more than 50 percent. The Company also significantly reduced debt by trimming notes payable by over 37 percent. In addition, Sitestar maximized operational efficiencies by negotiating more favorable contracts with telecommunication vendors, optimizing network capacity and implementing internal best-practices. Financial highlights for the year include: In fiscal year 2006, Sitestar acquired the Internet service customers from NetRover, Inc., Prolynx, Inc. and First USA, Inc., yielding approximately ...

Reflex Security (www.reflexsecurity.com) pioneer and innovator in intrusion prevention systems (IPS), today announced that it has joined the SecureIT Alliance formed by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). The SecureIT Alliance unites and expands security partnerships to enhance future product interoperability and refine best practices for product deployments.

Customers and partners of both Reflex Security and Microsoft will benefit by having access to the SecureIT community website (www.secureitalliance.org), which features up-to-date information on security solutions, and provides a forum for interactive dialogue. The SecureIT Alliance website also offers current and new customers a searchable membership product & solutions area where IT professionals can access se...

eEye Digital Security® is rolling out the most complete Internet security protection available to consumers at any price -- for free. The leading provider of system security software and the foremost contributor to security research and innovation, eEye today announced the release of its latest version of Blink® Personal Internet Security with Anti-virus. For a limited time, eEye is making Blink Personal available as a free 1-year subscription for personal or home office use in North America.

While many vendors have offered free trial versions of their security products to address single security pain points, such as anti-virus or anti-spyware, Blink Personal is the only free integrated Internet security solution to protect users' systems and personal information with: Blink Personal is the first Internet security solution to expose system and application flaws that currently go undetected and unpatched, even when using Microsoft Windows Update. Blink Personal is also th...

Arbor Networks, a provider of core-to-core network security and operational performance for global business networks, today announced a new version of its enterprise solution, Arbor Peakflow X 3.7, that includes new functionality designed to improve time to resolution for enterprise network, security and operations staff.

Peakflow X 3.7 includes integration of data gathered by Arbor's Active Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS), the world's first globally scoped threat analysis network, dramatically reducing the manual collection and analysis of new vulnerabilities, exploits, botnets and malware. Peakflow X 3.7 also includes an extended audit trail for compliance reporting; enhanced Flow support for IPFIX; a web services Application Programming Interface (API) that allows users to perform data queries and to integrate Peakflow X data with existing internal systems or customer portals; and finally, enhancements to the User Interface that result in more intuitive, efficient workflow...

Cloudmark, Inc., the proven leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced the appointment of Michael Williams as chief financial officer. A seasoned financial executive with over twenty-five years of experience in senior financial positions, including a Big 4 CPA public accounting firm pedigree in both the UK and US, international experience with listed companies, and a strong background in entrepreneurial businesses, Williams will help support Cloudmark's growth in the United States and worldwide.

Williams has a proven track record across a variety of industries. Prior to Cloudmark, he worked in professional sports as Controller of the Oakland Raiders NFL football team, in the entertainment industry where Williams was promoted from Controller to Chief Operating Officer of Steady Systems, and in the consumer products industry as Finance Director of Corgi Toys in the UK. While at Corgi Toys, Williams played a leading role in the company's successful integration with Ma...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX: BIO) (AMEX: BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that it has launched 2 Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) kits for use on its BioPlex® 2200 system, a diagnostic platform that employs multiplexing technology to analyze for multiple disease markers from a single patient sample.

"We are extremely pleased to offer our customers 2 new kits for EBV, including the only heterophile IgM assay available on an automated platform," said John Goetz, Vice President of Bio-Rad's Clinical Diagnostics Group. "The release of the BioPlex 2200 EBV IgG and IgM kits is another example of Bio-Rad's commitment to providing valuable tools that provi...

Gary A. Shawkey, one of the top five Internet marketing experts in the world and President of American Technologies, Inc. has teamed up with Michael A. Knox, the creator of the original John Madden football videogames and Co-Founder of V2P Communications, Inc. to form a new strategic business alliance that serves retail and Internet businesses desiring an increased online exposure and boosted sales gains over the Internet World Wide Web.

By the end of October, we will be able to show that we have played 200 million Internet voice messages and have 350,000 official members. Voice2Page™ is growing at an alarming rate. We are watching the rapid growth and excitement that surrounds the Record-by-Phone Internet Audio phenomena, an Internet Audio explosion. Bottom line, we will no doubt be the YouTube of Internet audio!

Michael and Gary reveal how visitors interact with your personal or business website through a flexible architectu...

Cloudmark, the proven leader in real-time messaging security, announced today that it has joined forces with Simplicita, the company that frees carrier networks from zombies and botnets, to equip Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with real-time capabilities to detect and disinfect bot-controlled machines on their networks. Cloudmark will supply continuous data feeds on global botnet activity that will be integrated in Simplicita's ZBX zombie remediation system. The joint solution will offer service providers a highly reliable and accurate method for zombie detection, containment and disinfection.

Cloudmark statistics show that zombies generate more than half of the 92 billion abusive messages sent daily, more than 90% of phishing scams, and nearly all worms and viruses. Computer users are often wholly unaware of these activities and that their corporate and personal reputations may be compromised. Rob Fleischman, chief technology officer at Simplicita predicts that, "Within three ...