PR Newswire's Business Technology Round-up, 31st October 2012
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Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:35:02 AM
PR Newswire's Business Technology Round-up, 31st October 2012
LONDON, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
LiveBallot goes national, DAP launches new tablet and Ernst & Young issues security
warning
LiveBallot, an innovative website providing US voters with detailed candidate
information, has announced the rollout of its service nationwide, which will give the
country's 200 million voters instant and personalised
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-interactive-multimedia-ballot-now-available-to-all-200-million-voters-in-the-united-states-176500311.html ]
information on demand.
The rollout means that voters will now be able to see information on their local
candidates for senate, congressional and state elections, helping them to make a more
informed choice without spending anything.
A user friendly interface gives voters the option to input their address and view
biographical information of the candidates, whilst also giving them access to campaign
material and donation methods in a non-partisan way. According to the company's president,
the site will help users to "educate themselves before they go to the polls."
DAP Technologies, an international manufacturer of hard-wearing tablets, has revealed
its new MT1010 tablet
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dap-technologies-introduces-rugged-windows-tablet-with-101-inch-widescreen-display-and-plenty-of-io-176477991.html ]
, signalling its
intention to widely incorporate Windows 8 into its future models.
The new tablet has been designed to combine a lightweight look and feel with a
hard-wearing body, making it an ideal product for what the company describes as
"challenging environments". Business requirements have been put at the heart of the
tablet's design, with a 10.1in screen, USB 2.0 ports and ethernet inputs, making it one of
the most versatile devices on the market. DAP has also made use of the latest mobile
technologies, managing to include GPS services, a cutting edge accelerometer and several
location based services. The product will launch in 2013.
Ernst & Young has released its annual "Global Information Security Survey 2012
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ad-hoc-information-security-solutions-no-longer-an-option-as-companies-struggle-to-keep-pace-with-todays-threats-176483441.html ]
" this
week, which has shed light on the need for companies across the world to step up their
data security efforts in the wake of ever increasing cybercrime levels.
According to the survey, companies are slowly adapting to the threat of online
attacks, although 63% of respondents admitted to not having a comprehensive security
framework in place, despite agreeing that the real threat of cyber-attacks is on the rise
from both internal and external sources.
Cloud computing was also identified as an area of great concern, with companies
extolling the virtues of the technology whilst also admitting the serious security risks
that come part and parcel with its use. This risk is compounded by the fact that employees
increasingly insist on using their own mobile devices, with 44% of companies allowing the
practice. Ernst & Young predicts cyber security spending to increase in the coming years,
although it urges companies to spend money wisely on targeted security efforts.
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LONDON, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
LiveBallot goes national, DAP launches new tablet and Ernst & Young issues security
warning
LiveBallot, an innovative website providing US voters with detailed candidate
information, has announced the rollout of its service nationwide, which will give the
country's 200 million voters instant and personalised
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-interactive-multimedia-ballot-now-available-to-all-200-million-voters-in-the-united-states-176500311.html ]
information on demand.
The rollout means that voters will now be able to see information on their local
candidates for senate, congressional and state elections, helping them to make a more
informed choice without spending anything.
A user friendly interface gives voters the option to input their address and view
biographical information of the candidates, whilst also giving them access to campaign
material and donation methods in a non-partisan way. According to the company's president,
the site will help users to "educate themselves before they go to the polls."
DAP Technologies, an international manufacturer of hard-wearing tablets, has revealed
its new MT1010 tablet
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dap-technologies-introduces-rugged-windows-tablet-with-101-inch-widescreen-display-and-plenty-of-io-176477991.html ]
, signalling its
intention to widely incorporate Windows 8 into its future models.
The new tablet has been designed to combine a lightweight look and feel with a
hard-wearing body, making it an ideal product for what the company describes as
"challenging environments". Business requirements have been put at the heart of the
tablet's design, with a 10.1in screen, USB 2.0 ports and ethernet inputs, making it one of
the most versatile devices on the market. DAP has also made use of the latest mobile
technologies, managing to include GPS services, a cutting edge accelerometer and several
location based services. The product will launch in 2013.
Ernst & Young has released its annual "Global Information Security Survey 2012
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ad-hoc-information-security-solutions-no-longer-an-option-as-companies-struggle-to-keep-pace-with-todays-threats-176483441.html ]
" this
week, which has shed light on the need for companies across the world to step up their
data security efforts in the wake of ever increasing cybercrime levels.
According to the survey, companies are slowly adapting to the threat of online
attacks, although 63% of respondents admitted to not having a comprehensive security
framework in place, despite agreeing that the real threat of cyber-attacks is on the rise
from both internal and external sources.
Cloud computing was also identified as an area of great concern, with companies
extolling the virtues of the technology whilst also admitting the serious security risks
that come part and parcel with its use. This risk is compounded by the fact that employees
increasingly insist on using their own mobile devices, with 44% of companies allowing the
practice. Ernst & Young predicts cyber security spending to increase in the coming years,
although it urges companies to spend money wisely on targeted security efforts.
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marketers, corporate communicators, sustainability officers, public affairs and investor
relations officers to leverage content to engage with all their key audiences. Having
pioneered the commercial news distribution industry 58 years ago, PR Newswire today
provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimize and target content - from rich media to
online video to multimedia - and then distribute content and measure results across
traditional, digital, mobile and social channels. Combining the world's largest
multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimization network with
comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire enables the world's enterprises to
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from offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, and
is a UBM plc company.
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