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Amid this year's ongoing plague of viruses and worms, there has been much discussion about virus creators, antivirus software developers and frequent virus targets like Microsoft and The SCO Group. But one important group still toils in near obscurity: the virus hunters. One of the field's most a...

As the standard for e-business Web sites moves ever higher and online shoppers become increasingly demanding, Web site performance can make the difference between a sale and a lost customer. CEO Tim Drees, who founded privately held Webmetrics in 1999 to provide transaction monitoring services and h...

Pasadena, California-based Guidance Software is perhaps the leading IT forensics software vendor, with the exception of the U.S. government. Jon Bair, Guidance's senior director of development, joined the company after years spent working as a U.S. Army investigator and developing the protocols and ...

In December, Check Point Software Technologies acquired personal firewall leader Zone Labs for $205 million, creating a high-powered security firm poised to crank out more products for businesses and consumers. One of the first applications to result from the acquisition is an upgrade to a popular Z...

Many signs point toward a bright future for e-business: Online shopping activity is up, holiday seasons are becoming positively merry, and customer service is improving. On the other hand, some customers still fear identity theft, site usability is a continuing issue, and establishing an online bran...

In the post-9/11 world, the path to U.S. government contracts is paved with gold -- and crater-size potholes. Marcia Madsen, a partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in Washington, D.C., spends her work hours advising clients -- would-be government contractors -- about contracts, teaming and strate...

For years, Juniper Networks has been Cisco's chief competitor in the networking arena. With its recent acquisition of NetScreen, Juniper seems to have bought some clout that could make a difference in that fight. The $3.4 billion deal brings Juniper into the security and low-end corporate sectors. P...

Without measurement, organizations that rely on the Internet for all or part of their business cannot identify problem areas, monitor user compliance with service-level agreements or fully understand users' online experience. Lloyd Taylor, vice president of technology and operations at Web performan...

Network Appliance, which initially focused on network-attached storage, or NAS, in recent years has moved toward offering a broader spectrum of storage technologies, including iSCSI and SAN. The move apparently is paying off: In its second quarter of fiscal 2004, NetApp's revenue rose to $275.6 mill...

Larry Kramer founded MarketWatch.com as part of a joint venture between Data Broadcasting Corporation and CBS back in 1997. After years of turmoil, the company, which publishes business news and financial information and tools, achieved profitability in the fourth quarter of 2003 and for the year as...

RealNetworks not only provides the RealPlayer platform for delivering digital media across a multitude of devices, but also delivers subscription music through its digital jukebox, Rhapsody, and has just opened a download store. Such an array of tactics is what it takes to conquer the growing digita...

Jerry Ungerman, president of firewall leader Check Point Software Technologies, oversees the company's worldwide sales, marketing, business development, product management and technical services. The E-Commerce Times spoke with Ungerman last week, on the eve of the company's release of its new Inter...

Digital music has been around for years, but the legitimate online music industry did not attract a critical mass of consumers until the launch of Apple's iTunes Music Store. Now, Apple has spiffed up iTunes by releasing new versions of its iPod digital music player, making iTunes available to Windo...

In 2003, Symantec helped customers battle and protect against an ever-growing list of malware, ranging from Blaster, Slammer and SoBig to hundreds of smaller irritants. The company's executives also spanned the globe, making presentations to educate users about the need to secure their PCs and Inter...

In the six years since Musicmatch opened its virtual doors, the online music business has seen some significant changes. Musicmatch CEO Dennis Mudd spoke with the E-Commerce Times about what lies ahead. "Things now are like we expected them to be in '97," he said. "When we put the original business ...