From Raytheon:

Raytheon and General Dynamics joint venture awarded U.S. Air Force Launch and Test Range Contract

DULLES, Va., Jan. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded one of its most important space procurements, potentially a multi-billion-dollar contract to operate, maintain, and sustain launch ranges at Florida's Space Coast and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, to a joint venture of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and General Dynamics.

The joint venture, called Range Generation Next (RGNext) is responsible for operations, as well as organizational and depot-level maintenance and sustainment for safe and effective launch, testing, and tracking of Department of Defense, civil, commercial, and international spacelift vehicles. It will also support ballistic missile, guided weapon, and aeronautical tests and evaluations.

The $1.5 billion, single-award contract has a one-year base period with nine one-year options. Raytheon and General Dynamics formed RGNext to pursue the opportunity, known as the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) Integrated Support (LISC) contract, supporting the U.S. Air Force Space Command.

Existing operations and maintenance at the Eastern and Western launch ranges and the engineering and sustainment work for the entire LTRS are being consolidated into LISC, primarily a fixed-price-incentive firm (target) contract.

"Together, Raytheon and General Dynamics offer the U.S. Air Force more than 40 years of operations and maintenance experience, along with leadership across information technology domains," said Lynn Dugle, president of Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services. "In this cost-sensitive environment, LISC will deliver efficiencies and economies of scale that could not be obtained under separate contracts. Our team is eager to play its part in helping the customer ensure safe mission operations."  

"As part of this proven team, General Dynamics Information Technology will leverage lessons learned and proven processes to ensure the ranges continue as the nation's premier launch facilities," said Dan Johnson, president of General Dynamics Information Technology.

For more information about General Dynamics Information Technology, please visit www.gdit.com.

More information about General Dynamics is available at www.generaldynamics.com.

About RaytheonRaytheon Company, with 2013 sales of $24 billion and 63,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 92 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as cyber security and a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com and follow us on Twitter @Raytheon.

Boeing Delivered All P-8As to U.S. Navy on Schedule and on Cost in 2014

SEATTLE, Jan. 9, 2015 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] last month delivered the eighth P-8A Poseidon of 2014, completing all planned deliveries to the U.S. Navy for the year on time and on cost.

That airplane, the 21^st overall for the program, flew from Seattle to Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida on Jan. 8. It joined other P-8As being used to train Navy crews.

Boeing Delivered All P-8As to U.S. Navy on Schedule and on Cost in 2014

SAP to Showcase Analytics Innovations, Customer Successes at 2012 ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference

Press release:

SAP to Showcase Analytics Innovations, Customer Successes at 2012 ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference

SAP NEWSBYTE - September 06, 2012 | SAP - Ecosystem

The full breadth of business intelligence (BI) and analytics offerings from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) will be on display at the 2012 ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference, being held September 10-13 in Orlando, Fla. A variety of customers, partners and executives will deliver educational presentations and host in-depth breakout sessions, including a special half-day SAP Analytics Forum that will highlight analytics solutions from SAP and detail new innovations.

Attendees will have the opportunity to:

• Hear keynotes from SAP executives. Sanjay Poonen, president of Global Solutions for SAP, will present "Harnessing the Power of Innovation to Supercharge Growth." John Schweitzer, senior vice president and general manager of Analytics at SAP, will present "Turning Big Data Into Intelligent Data.” A guest keynote will feature Don Tapscott, author of "Rethinking Analytics for the Social Enterprise” and an internationally renowned authority on the strategic impact of information technology on innovation, marketing and talent.
• Participate by downloading a free trial of SAP Visual Intelligence software and join the "Data Geek Challenge.” SAP Visual Intelligence is a desktop-based visualization and data discovery solution that allows business users to acquire data from a variety of corporate and personal data sources and manipulate without any scripting or code. Users can then analyze their data creations with beautiful visualizations, quickly discovering insights that can be easily shared and helping shape the business faster than ever before.
• Discover how SAP customers have gained new insight into their businesses through improved BI. A special guest keynote will discuss the state of the analytics market and the role of BI, in addition to providing a sneak peek at the latest analytics prototypes.
• Learn from a host of other educational sessions presented by customers, partners and SAP executives that will deliver unique and valuable content specific to professionals using analytics solutions from SAP.

For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews and@businessobjects. Watch the virtual ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference and participate by using the hashtag #SBOUC.

PRESS RELEASE

Cisco Introduces Video Surveillance Manager 7 with Suite of Hyper-Scalable Connected Physical Security Solutions

Next Generation of Flexible, Network-Integrated Video Surveillance Solutions Enable Video Intelligence, Security and Streamlined Operations

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 6, 2012 – Cisco today announced Video Surveillance Manager 7.0, the industry's first solution built from the ground-up and certified to run in Cisco's virtualized Unified Computing System (UCS) environments. These new solutions now make it possible for customers in healthcare, public sector and retail to move beyond traditional basic safety and security surveillance deployments and use video to transform the way they run their businesses through hyper-scalability and ease of configuration. 

Today's announcement also includes introducing a complete new line of medianet-enabled high definition IP video surveillance cameras, an extension of its medianet strategy, and remote management services. All of these are designed to help IT and security teams partner to implement very-large scale video deployments.

This next-generation of intelligent network-integrated video surveillance and IT applications offer unrivaled ease of use and speed of deployment. As IT departments are tasked with dealing with increasingly large amounts of data – particularly video – the ease of migration of video surveillance to IP continues to accelerate.

Analysts estimate that by 2013, more than 50 percent of all video surveillance deployments will be managed by IT on the IP network in order to support this deluge of bandwidth-heavy video data.  These new technologies offer economies of scale to enable video-based innovations, all with unprecedented ease of implementation. This will give applications of video beyond security include remote patient observation solutions for healthcare, dramatically reducing shrinkage in retail and warehousing, and allowing urban video protection initiatives as well increasing the efficiency in providing enhanced citizen services.

Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.0 and new versions of Cisco's related end-to-end Connected Physical Security Solutions, including Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration Solution 4.5.2, Cisco Physical Security Operations Manager 6.0 and Cisco Physical Access Manager 1.4.1 are now available for deployment with Cisco's industry award-winning Unified Computing Systems platforms.  These integrated solutions help to extend Cisco's medianet strategy by providing robust scalability, network aware intelligence, streamlined implementation and simplified management.

Key Facts:

Introducing Video Surveillance Manager 7.0

• Network-integrated video surveillance supports open cloud-ready web and IT applications through APIs and SDKs, and is purpose-built to virtualize security operations on Cisco UCS B-Series, C-Series and UCS Express.

• VSM 7.0 is designed for applications such as video recording and provides streaming support for video-enabled locations such as; customer contact centers, integrated oil and gas applications, inventory and warehouse management operations and many others.

• VSM 7.0 scales to support up to 10,000 IP Video Surveillance cameras per single Video Surveillance Manager instance, and up to 100,000 cameras when combined with Cisco Physical Security Operations Manager (PSOM).

Extending Cisco's medianet strategy

• New medianet phase 3 capabilities support IP Video Surveillance cameras that work together with embedded medianet services in Video Surveillance Manager 7.0 and across Cisco's medianet enabled switches and routers on the network, enabling rapid automatic configuration to simplify large scale deployments.

• Cisco Media Services Proxy (MSP) enables users to prioritize traffic based on business policies for optimal quality, reduced integration costs and easy deployment and management of video endpoints. MSP uses lightweight packet inspection techniques on standards-based signaling protocols including DNS, RTSP, SIP, H.323 and H.245.

New Cisco Video Surveillance 6000 Series IP Cameras

• A new line of medianet-enabled IP Cameras support better imaging with low-light, feature on-board SD cards with flash memory, IP66 rating and come in four form factors including Box IP Camera, dome IP Camera, indoor/surface and flush and outdoor IP dome.

• All of the new Cisco cameras support High Definition and 2.1 megapixel resolutions, best-in-class industry standards and medianet services allowing for rapid auto-configuration, registration, auto-provisioning, troubleshooting and IP Video Surveillance bandwidth policy management.

• Additional features include n+1 redundancy, high availability on a camera-by-camera basis to optimize IT, network, storage, security and related network resources.

Remote Management Services

• Cisco is introducing Remote Management Services to help customers ensure the 24x7 reliable uptime needed across their Unified Computing Systems platforms and network-integrated Connected Physical Security deployments for Video Surveillance, Unified Incident Management, and Access Control and Security Operations Manager applications solutions.

Supporting Quotes:

• Guido Jouret, general manager & CTO, Emerging Technologies Group at Cisco: "Similar to the evolution of telephony, physical security is today becoming an IP-based solution to optimize scalability and reduce complexity and costs. The Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.0 is a completely redesigned system built from the ground up with ‘Cisco DNA' with unprecedented levels of scalability and manageability. Thanks to Medianet, virtualization support, and great application-level APIs, we're offering our customers unprecedented scale at the lowest levels of TCO."

• Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president for Technology / CIO, Elon University: "Every parent's main concern is security for their college student. This Cisco Video Surveillance System has enabled us to multiply our security and police force by giving us eyes in multiple locations all at the same time. At Elon, the surveillance system has proven to be a real deterrent to crime. Our old system was very labor intensive to install and operate.  With this new system it takes just 10 seconds to deploy a camera.  We are excited that it gives the power and flexibility directly to police to operate the system instead of requiring so much IT intervention.  We are now free to leverage our investment and integrate surveillance with the rest of our physical security systems."

• John R. Ames, CTA, Tax Assessor/Collector, Dallas County Tax Office: "Delivering excellent customer service is the key to ensuring quality collections.  We believe in using technologies to improve efficiencies.  Video can be used not only for improved safety of employees but also to improve daily operations with enhanced visibility across our locations."

• Ed Christmas, managing principal, Sology Solutions: "Cisco's innovative Unified Computing System platform supports the streamlined deployment of IP Video Surveillance and Connected Physical Security systems at the very large scale our customers' need, with enhanced ease of use, end-to-end management and drastically lower total cost of operations."

• Rohan Mendis, telecommunications strategy manager at Transport for Greater Manchester in the UK: "Working with Cisco, Transport for Greater Manchester has evolved its video surveillance and public safety infrastructure into a scalable and easy to manage platform to provide superior service and protection for the travelling public, our staff and visitors to our City."

 Supporting Resources:

• For more detail on the new solutions and links to collateral, please read Guido's Blog.
• Visit Cisco Physical Security at: www.cisco.com/go/physec or at booth #213 at the ASIS show next week:www.cisco.com/go/asis

About Cisco Systems

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go tohttp://newsroom.cisco.com.

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Northrop Grumman Highlights International Capabilities in Unmanned Aircraft Systems at ILA Berlin Air Show 2012

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News Releases

Northrop Grumman Highlights International Capabilities in Unmanned Aircraft Systems at ILA Berlin Air Show 2012

BERLIN – Sept. 5, 2012 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is participating in the ILA Berlin Air Show, where it will highlight its industry-leading intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the EURO HAWK® and NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) platforms, both of which are international derivatives of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The company's aircraft navigation and stabilisation sensor technology will also be featured. The air show will take place Sept. 11-16 at the Berlin ExpoCentre Airport directly adjacent to BER Berlin Brandenburg International, the capital's future airport. More than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries are expected to attend. The Northrop Grumman pavilion No. 645 and exhibit area are at the west end of the exhibition site. A full-scale model, configured in EURO HAWK® and NATO AGS livery on alternate days, will be on display in front of the company's pavilion. "Northrop Grumman's unrivalled experience in advanced UAS, delivering more than 100,000 unmanned systems to military customers in the U.S. and around the world for nearly 70 years, gives us a strong foundation to produce some of the most capable and reliable unmanned surveillance systems anywhere," said Janis Pamiljans, sector vice president and general manager for Northrop Grumman's unmanned systems business. "The German Air Force's EURO HAWK® and NATO's AGS systems mark important milestones for us – they are the first international versions of the RQ-4 Global Hawk and the first HALE UASs to be used in Europe. We look forward to building on the success of this trans-Atlantic industrial cooperation and the strong partnerships that we have developed through both of these programmes." EURO HAWK® is the first HALE signals intelligence (SIGINT) UAS based on the RQ-4 Global Hawk produced by Northrop Grumman for the German Bundeswehr. It made its first flight to Germany, touching down in Manching in July 2011, and is ready for SIGINT payload flight testing. The EURO HAWK® carries a new SIGINT mission system developed by EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, and integrated in Manching. With a wingspan larger than most commercial airliners, endurance of 30 hours and a maximum altitude of more than 60,000 feet, EURO HAWK® is an interoperable, modular and cost-effective replacement for the fleet of manned Breguet Atlantic aircraft, which had been in service since 1972 and was retired in 2010. Northrop Grumman is also the prime contractor for the NATO AGS system and will provide and initially maintain five Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft equipped with an advanced ground surveillance radar sensor – the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Programme (MP-RTIP), which is capable of detecting and tracking moving objects as well as providing radar imagery of target locations and stationary objects. Demonstrating its commitment to trans-Atlantic cooperation, Northrop Grumman leads an industry team of European defence companies representing all 13 participating NATO nations to develop and produce an airborne ground surveillance core capability, which is missionized to NATO requirements and leverages national investments already made for the benefit of the entire alliance. The ground element of the programme will be wholly produced by European industry, offering the potential for national reuse in other programmes. The NATO-owned and -operated AGS system is intended to support a broad range of missions, including protecting ground forces, border and maritime security, counter- and anti-terrorism, crisis management, peacekeeping and enforcement, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Northrop Grumman signed the $1.7 billion (€1.2 billion) contract for the NATO AGS system at the NATO summit in Chicago in May this year. The company's German subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF, will also be represented at the air show. On display in the Northrop Grumman pavilion will be sensors for weapon stabilisation, inertial guidance systems for missiles and Attitude Heading Reference System navigation systems for commercial fixed and rotary wing aircraft based on fibre optic and micro electro mechanical systems technology. Northrop Grumman LITEF systems are in service on aircraft platforms in the U.S., Europe and Asia and are fitted to the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Tornado as well as the Meteor, Taurus and IRIS-T missiles. For more information regarding Northrop Grumman products and scheduled press briefings at the ILA Berlin Air Show, visit www.northropgrumman.com/ila_berlin. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Upgrades Analytics in Oracle Retail Data Model

Oracle Retail Business Intelligence Platform Delivers Advanced Analytics for Unique Retail Formats

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Aug. 29, 2012

News Facts

Oracle today announced enhancements to Oracle Retail Data Model, a standards-based, enterprise-class data warehouse that helps retailers gain the insight required to improve the customer experience, increase margins and drive profitability.

The latest version of the product incorporates several new forecasting features that provide retailers with actionable insight regarding price elasticity, workforce optimization, customer sentiment, customer segmentation.

To deliver insight and support for a full range of retailers, Oracle Retail Data Model now offers advanced analytics for a broader spectrum of subject areas. In addition to its existing capabilities for grocery, fashion, hardline and more, the latest release includes functionality to deliver insight into:

Quick serve restaurants and fine dining

Consumer goods

Wholesale and private label

Multi-channel

Franchise control

The newly enhanced Oracle Retail Data Model, has also been optimized for Oracle Database, Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Big Data Appliance to deliver extreme scalability and performance.

Retailers can use the standards-based, pre-built capabilities within Oracle Retail Data Model to accelerate the design, implementation and time-to-value of analytics applications from Oracle or third-parties.

Supporting Quotes

“Using Oracle Retail Data Model as the foundation for Gordman’s data warehousing and business intelligence platform will accelerate the deployment and our return on investment,” said Richard Heyman, chief information officer, Gordman’s. “The latest updates to the Oracle Retail Data Model will significantly improve the ability of our merchandising and planning teams to optimize operations and help Gordman’s grow profitably.”

“The enhancements to the Oracle Retail Data Model provide deeper and broader insight for a wider range of retailers,” said Mike Webster, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Retail. “By taking advantage of its new capabilities, retailers will have unparalleled access to information that is relevant, timely and actionable.”

Resources

About Oracle Retail Data Model

About Oracle Data Database

About Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Oracle Retail on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Oracle Insight-Driven Retailing Blog

Oracle Retail in the News

Oracle Retail Asset and Centralized Knowledge Portal

About Oracle Retail

Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open and integrated suite of business applications, server and storage solutions that are engineered to work together to optimize every aspect of their business. 20 of the top 20 retailers worldwide - including fashion, hardlines, grocery and specialty retailers - use Oracle solutions to drive performance, deliver critical insights and fuel growth across traditional, mobile and commerce channels. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/goto/retail

About Oracle

Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center.  For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), visit www.oracle.com.

About Oracle in Industries

Oracle industry solutions leverage the company's best-in-class portfolio of products to address complex business processes relevant to retail, helping speed time to market, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge.

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Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Ingram Micro Enhances Retail Portfolio With Additional Support for BrandSource Dealers Nationally, Data Analytics and Market Intelligence Services

Press release from Ingram Micro:

Ingram Micro Enhances Retail Portfolio With Additional Support for BrandSource Dealers Nationally, Data Analytics and Market Intelligence Services

Aug 28, 2012 (Marketwire via COMTEX) --BRANDSOURCE NATIONAL CONVENTION & EXPO - Setting a new standard of excellence in distribution and logistics services, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced it is expanding its retail support model to include national warehouse presence for white goods and consumer electronics. Additionally, the global distributor is enhancing its retail-focused, business enablement portfolio with the addition of two game-changing customer service capabilities: data analytics and market intelligence services. Powered by Ingram Micro's Business Intelligence Center (BIC), the new and highly customized data analytics and market intelligence services are readily available to retailers and e-tailers in the U.S. and will be spotlighted this week at the 2012 BrandSource National Convention and Expo taking place in Las Vegas. Since 2011, Ingram Micro has served as the distribution partner of choice for BrandSource, helping the retailer optimize its business model while leveraging its BIC to identify and engage prospective buyers and develop more effective marketing campaigns. Ingram Micro also plays a critical role in the ongoing development, management and expansion of the BrandSource Dealer Network. "From day one, Ingram Micro demonstrated to us why they are the world's leading technology distributor and retail distribution partner," says Bob Lawrence, CEO of BrandSource. "Together, we've strengthened the BrandSource supply chain, optimized our business model and notably increased the value and service we bring to the 4,000-plus members of the BrandSource Dealer Network." "BrandSource has been, and continues to be, a strategic relationship for Ingram Micro as we expand our retail support model to the independent dealer channel," says Keith Bradley, president, Ingram Micro North America. "Coupling the key strengths of BrandSource, such as the company's close relationship with its members and suite of exclusive support services designed to maximize the profitability of the independent dealer, with Ingram Micro's logistical and analytic capabilities, creates a comprehensive best-in-class fulfillment solution that will continue to lead the marketplace." Additional services available to Ingram Micro retail and e-tail customers and channel partners in the U.S. include sales, marketing and technical support, as well as credit, leasing and financial services. Ingram Micro is the only technology distributor with a proven track record for servicing the business needs of brand name technology, consumer electronics and white goods manufacturers. "Ingram Micro is the fulfillment partner of choice for retailers and manufacturers that are looking to gain a competitive business advantage and truly differentiate on service excellence," says Brian Wiser, senior vice president, Specialty Solutions Division, Ingram Micro North America. "The business insight, market precision and overall advantage customers such as BrandSource gain by leveraging all Ingram Micro has to offer is second to none and truly represents a value they simply can't get from any other distributor." Ingram Micro's booth number at the BrandSource Convention is F7, which is located within the Forum Ballroom at Caesars Palace Convention Center. Retailers and e-tailers are encouraged to stop by the Ingram Micro booth for more information about these new retail-focused business enablement services. More information about Ingram Micro is available at http://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=924344&id=1958512&type=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ingrammicro.com%2f andhttp://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=924344&id=1958515&type=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fingrammicroinc.wordpress.com%2f. To learn, see and hear more about Ingram Micro online, follow the distributor on Facebook athttp://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=924344&id=1958518&type=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fIngramMicro; Twitter athttp://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=924344&id=1958521&type=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.twitter.com%2fIngramMicroInc; and YouTube at http://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=924344&id=1958524&type=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fuser%2fingrammicroinc. About Ingram Micro Inc. As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics, technical and financial support, managed and cloud-based services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 145 countries on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services. Visit http://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=924344&id=1958527&type=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ingrammicro.com%2f.

RSA Chief Rallies for Intelligence-Driven Security to Help Ensure Trust in the Digital World

EMC Press Release

RSA Chief Rallies for Intelligence-Driven Security to Help Ensure Trust in the Digital World

RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello Addresses Chinese IT Security Community with Ideas to Rethink and Rebalance Security Spending, Address IT Skills Shortage and Promote Cyber-Information Sharing Globally

RSA CONFERENCE CHINA 2012 – CHENGDU, China - August 28, 2012

News Summary:

• RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello outlined an intelligence–driven model for cyber security in his opening keynote at RSA® Conference China 2012.
• Mr. Coviello challenged conventional thinking on security – attributing shortages of qualified IT talent, the lack of understanding and cooperation on security issues between nations and budget inertia as key drivers holding security back from where it needs to be.
• Mr. Coviello advanced four major recommendations for how the industry must adapt to help ensure trust in the digital world.

Full Story:

In his opening keynote at RSA® Conference China 2012, Art Coviello, Executive Vice President of EMC and Executive Chairman of RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), outlined an intelligence-driven model for cyber security. While addressing the crowd at the third RSA Conference in China, held in Chengdu, Mr. Coviello challenged conventional thinking on security – attributing shortages of qualified IT talent, the lack of understanding and cooperation on security issues between nations and budget inertia as key drivers holding security back from where it needs to be.

Mr. Coviello pointed out that today the vast majority of IT security spending is still allocated towards static and inflexible perimeter-based technologies that are increasingly ineffective against today’s threats. In an age of interconnectivity and openness where breaches are to be expected even among the best-defended networks, the balance must shift to accommodate timely detection and response.

"Without rebalancing this spend it will become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to detect sophisticated attackers quickly and with enough detail and accuracy to mount an effective defense," Mr. Coviello said. "The perimeter is easily breached and as attacks inside the perimeter continue to become more sophisticated, only equally sophisticated detection capabilities and analytics can enable a response that is quick enough to help avoid loss."

Mr. Coviello also addressed several other issues "holding back security," including the severe skills shortage of competent IT security professionals. A 2011 Global Information Security Workforce Study by Frost & Sullivan suggests that despite a forecasted addition of more than two million new IT security professionals by 2015, it may still not be enough to support global demand. Mr. Coviello also pointed out the lack of cooperation among government entities and a broad lack of understanding among these governments, media, consumers and private and public organizations which position the security industry at a disadvantage against the constantly evolving threat landscape.

"The implication of these forces is holding security back. Security models are not moving fast enough to make the transition from perimeter-based to intelligence-based security, while adversaries become more sophisticated," Mr. Coviello said.

Mr. Coviello advanced four major recommendations for how the industry must adapt:

• Commitment to intelligence-based security – The industry must evaluate risk from both the inside out and outside in, looking at risk in the context of vulnerability, probability and materiality. Based on that information, re-evaluate budgets and balance spending priorities accordingly.
• The best defense is a layered defense – The focus in a layered defense must be on controls that deliver the situational awareness, deep visibility and environmental agility to deter, detect, and defeat sophisticated targeted attacks.
• Find the "right" talent – The "right" talent will be people with more education and training and those working in anti-fraud groups. More value should be placed on security analytic skills over capabilities in traditional security or IT infrastructure management.
• Cooperation – Collectively nurture an ecosystem of governments, vendors and user organizations that work together to foster more trust in the digital world. Additionally, markets have to operate on mutual international respect for intellectual property

Mr. Coviello added, "We are only as strong as our weakest link and we are interdependent as never before. Attacks on one of us have the potential to be attacks on all. We must adapt and change…The economies of the world are too fragile to run the risk of not tackling this problem head on."

Reflecting on the challenge facing the global security industry and the need for all parties to work cooperatively against mounting digital threats, Mr. Coviello invoked the wisdom of Zhuge Liang, chancellor of the state of Shu Han in second century China:

"In closing I turn again to the wisdom of Zhuge Liang about the need to work together – he said 'It is not wise to continue on alone. We need to wait for our allies.' Let us all be allied in meeting this challenge."

Mr. Coviello's written keynote remarks are available by request in both Mandarin and English. Please email the RSA press contacts listed below.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security, risk and compliance management solutions for business acceleration. RSA helps the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. These challenges include managing organizational risk, safeguarding mobile access and collaboration, proving compliance, and securing virtual and cloud environments.

Combining business-critical controls in identity assurance, encryption & key management, SIEM, Data Loss Prevention and Fraud Protection with industry leading eGRC capabilities and robust consulting services, RSA brings visibility and trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit www.EMC.com/RSA.

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Executive Keynote Lineup for Oracle OpenWorld 2012 Announced

Redwood Shores, Calif. – August 28, 2012

News Facts

In the lead-up to Oracle OpenWorld 2012, Oracle today announced the Oracle executive keynote lineup. This is the first of a series of keynote announcements Oracle will make in the next several weeks.

This year, Oracle executives will feature insights into industry trends, the latest technology developments and innovations as well as key strategies for achieving business efficiency and innovation. They will be joined by special guests to discuss important business drivers such as engineered systems, cloud computing, business analytics and big data, and customer experience.

Oracle OpenWorld 2012 takes place September 30 – October 4, 2012 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Oracle Executive Keynote Lineup

Sunday, September 30 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

Welcome Keynote – “Hardware and Software, Engineered to Work Together: Why It’s A Different Approach”: Larry Ellison, Oracle Chief Executive Officer, will discuss how Oracle’s approach to delivering hardware and software that is engineered to work together is changing the face of IT.

Monday, October 1 | 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“Shift Complexity”: Mark Hurd, Oracle President, will kick off the first full day of Oracle OpenWorld by hosting a discussion on removing complexity from a business that requires thinking differently about how IT delivers value to companies. Topics discussed will include: what’s next for the database, how simplifying and consolidating IT systems can benefit everyone from the DBA to the CEO, and how the data center and information systems are fundamentally changing the ways that IT services are delivered and managed. Oracle Senior Vice President of Oracle Database Development, Andrew Mendelsohn, will also join the stage.

Tuesday, October 2 | 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“The Oracle Cloud: Oracle’s Cloud Platform and Applications Strategy”: Thomas Kurian, Oracle Executive Vice President of Product Development, along with leading Oracle customers will discuss how Oracle's complete suite of cloud platform technology and cloud applications are transforming how organizations manage their business, excite and retain their employees, and deliver great customer experiences.

Tuesday, October 2 | 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“The Oracle Cloud: Where Social Is Built In”: Larry Ellison, Oracle Chief Executive Officer, will provide insight into Oracle’s Oracle Cloud Social Services strategy, the broadest and most complete enterprise social platform in the cloud today, and how those services are integrated with Oracle Cloud Application Services to improve customer and employee experience.

Wednesday, October 3 | 8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Engineered Systems: Fast, Reliable, Virtualized”:
John Fowler, Oracle Executive Vice President of Systems, Edward Screven, Oracle Chief Corporate Architect, and Juan Loaiza, Oracle Senior Vice President of Systems Technology, will explain what hardware and software engineered together can do for the cloud, and how Oracle itself applies these products to its own problems with great scale and efficiency. 

Thursday, October 4 | 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Moscone North, Hall D

“See More, Act Faster: Oracle Business Analytics”: Oracle President Mark Hurd will highlight how customers can use Oracle’s data management and in-memory business intelligence solutions to see more, act faster, and make critical business decisions. He will be joined by Oracle customers who will share best practices of the use of big data and Oracle’s analytics solutions to drive better business outcomes.

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“This year the Oracle keynotes at OpenWorld will feature discussions on some of the most innovative enterprise technologies driving business today,” said Tania Weidick, Vice President, Oracle Marketing. “Stay tuned for more - Over the next several weeks we’ll be announcing additional keynotes from luminaries across IT, business and top industries around the world that will help our customers navigate the changing IT and business landscape.”

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Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, is the most important educational and networking event of the year for Oracle technologists, customers, and partners. This information technology event is dedicated to helping businesses optimize existing systems and understand upcoming technology breakthroughs. The conference, which draws more than 50,000 attendees from over 110 countries, offer more than 2,100 educational sessions, 400 product demos, exhibitions from 450 partners showcasing applications, middleware, database, server and storage systems, industries, management and infrastructure – all engineered for innovation. Oracle OpenWorld 2012 is being held September 30-October 4 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco. For more information or to register, please visit www.oracle.com/openworld. Watch Oracle OpenWorld keynotes, sessions and more live on YouTube. Join the Oracle OpenWorld discussion on Twitter, Facebook and the Oracle OpenWorld Blog.

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