Data loss start-ups sell out; The IT dept. is dead, author argues; 5 data leak nightmares

Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Data loss start-ups sell out By Cara Garretson The rapid consolidation in the anti-data leakage market in the past year is enough to make an IT manager's head spin: This segment of the security sector ballooned to include dozens of startups, then even more quickly dwindled down to a few independent companies as larger vendors cherry-picked smaller ones to add data leakage to their own product portfolios. Read full story MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY NOMINUM Live Webcast: DNS creator shares best practices Join DNS inventor Paul Mockapetris for a Live Webcast 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific, Tuesday, Jan. 15, and learn best practices for deploying a secure, resilient and high-performing DNS architecture. Learn how to check your DNS setup in order to support fast-growing mission-critical networks. Register today for this live webcast. 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