) May 18, 2009 -- Walling Data, a leading distributor of technology security products in the U.S., today proudly announced that The ASCII Group, a membership organization of over 2,000 computer resellers, renewed its endorsement of Walling Data's products and services to their membership.

In addition, Walling Data also announced the expansion of the benefits ASCII members receive when purchasing from them. "We are pleased to offer ASCII members more products than in previous years and we are very excited because they will make even higher margins on our products than ever before. Plus, they get dedicated team-members to service their needs without additional costs or reductions in margin," said Luke Walling, founder and president of Walling Data.

) April 2, 2009 -- Walling Data, a leading value-added distributor of security products, announced today it is one of four exclusive sponsors of the 2009 Money-Making Boot Camp for Technology Resellers that kicks off in Nashville, TN, today.

The 2009 Marketing and Money-Making Boot Camp is the annual boot camp held by technology marketing maven, Robin Robins. More than 300 value-added resellers (VARs) from around the country will attend to learn marketing, sales and business strategies to grow their business aggressively despite a slumping economy.

Tamara Devereux, Vice President of Sales for Walling Data, is slated as an expert speaker during the event.

) April 16, 2009 -- avast! Anti-Virus products are already known for their innovative features, affordability, and potency. As of today they will also be known for no-cost, world class US-Based product support. Walling Data, North America's top value-added distributor (VAD) of online security products, announced today that it has been named the first Authorized VAD of avast! products in North America and will be the exclusive provider of free, unlimited, U.S.-based remote and toll-free telephone support for the product suite.

) October 16, 2008 -- Timothy Picou is the IT manager at Lower Umpqua Hospital, located in Reedsport, Oregon, population 5,000. The community-centric hospital works diligently to stay in compliance with strict state and federal guidelines, such as HIPAA, to ensure patients' medical records are kept safe, secure and confidential.

For Picou, network security is top priority. Although managing all of his responsibilities can be overwhelming at times, Picou admits, like many IT managers, unpredictability is the only predictable element of his work day.

) January 15, 2009 -- Kendall Cox has been the IT Director for ClassOne Orthodontics for the past six years. When Cox started on the job, he was fresh out of college and had little experience in a professional setting. Right off the bat, it was obvious that ClassOne needed a more secure network.

During his first weeks as IT Director, Cox found himself wasting time cleaning up infected computers and managing "a hodgepodge" of different anti-virus products across the network of 40 computers and three servers.

"I realized pretty soon after I got on the scene that I was a one man show and the first step I needed to take to simplify things was to get a potent anti-virus solution for the entire network," Cox said.

) November 20, 2008 -- North America's number one distributor of security products from AVG Technologies, Walling Data, came to the rescue of O'Fallon Township High School in O'Fallon, Illinois when the school needed to renew and upgrade their AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition license, and found their existing supplier had gone out of business.

Dwight Espenschied, director of technology for the school for the past 13 years, had used AVG to protect the school's 20 servers and 725 workstations for many years. The prospect of out-dated protection on a network full of teenagers downloading who-knows-what from the Internet was not something he wanted to even think about so Espenschied immediately began a search for a new supplier.

) October 2, 2008 -- More than 80 million people across the world trust AVG Anti-Virus to protect their computers. One of them is Clyde Leslie of Miami, Florida.

Leslie is like most people: He wants an effective security software product to protect his computer from dangerous viruses and spy-ware. What he does not want, is to spend a fortune on the product or support.

"For years, I was running Norton on my computer but I got viruses all the time. On top of the hefty price tag, it was not worth it for me to continue using it anymore. So, I started to look for something else," states Leslie.

Leslie said he consulted with friends about the alternatives.

) April 24, 2009 -- Chris Franzen, technology coordinator for the Nokomis School District in Nokomis, Illinois manages any project, issue and question related to technology among the district's 700 students and faculty members. He's a one man show, which means that he never has a dull moment and has to make smart decisions about managing his time. When he joined the district last year and learned that it was running an outdated antivirus solution on its network, finding new antivirus software topped his to-do list.

) January 29, 2009 -- Todd Meche, network manager for St. Martin Parish School Board in St. Martinville, Louisiana, is happy to be a brand champion for AVG Anti-Virus. The Enterprise version of the software, AVG Network Edition, has made his job easier over the years, keeping the schools in his domain secure against viruses and other computer security threats. Meche estimates that, over the last seven years, he has encouraged hundreds of people to switch to the popular security product.

The story of how he came to be such a fan began in 2001, when he first joined the St. Martin Parish School Board.

) December 11, 2008 -- Scott Mullins is the Network Administrator for CertiCell, a provider of products and services that facilitate the acquisition, repair and redeployment of aftermarket mobile phones located in Louisville, Kentucky. He's also a huge fan of AVG Anti-Virus, and insists that it cannot be outperformed by the competition.

"First and foremost, AVG just works. It keeps viruses out," he explains. "My job is demanding enough without having to waste time fixing computers that should not have gotten infected in the first place. We've used AVG Network Edition since our company's inception in 2005 and we've never had a single instance of virus or spyware infection."

) October 23, 2008 -- Communication Network Design (CND), a telecommunications and managed service provider in San Antonio, Texas, prides itself on top-notch customer service. Hundreds of area small businesses turn to CND for expert advice on everything from phone systems to software applications.

The task of seeking out and recommending the most appropriate software for individual customer requirements falls to CND Office Manager Carla Bowman, who oversees purchasing for the company. Security is top-of-mind with many of CND's customers and Bowman says that, when it comes to anti-virus software, the choice of what to recommend is an easy one.

) September 26, 2008 -- Peter Trahan has been the Systems Operation Director at Radio America, a national radio network, for the past eight years. When he first joined the non-profit, it was evident he had work to do - the organization had more than 40 workstations, but not a single one of them was running anti-virus software.

"Job number one was to get some anti-virus protection onto the workstations," said Trahan. "So the search was on for a solution that was powerful yet inexpensive. As a non-profit, we have to count every penny we spend, and at that time we decided to go with a free product. We chose AVG Free Edition, and we were very pleased with the results."

) November 26, 2008 --
Cyber Week, the week after Thanksgiving when more Americans surf
the Internet for shopping than any other day, is almost upon us.

The Internet is safe if you follow basic, fundamental rules of using a computer safely

) March 31, 2009 -- iYogi, a global direct to consumer and small business remote technical support provider has setup a dedicated support desk for securing and protecting consumers against the Conficker (Conficker.c) worm, also known as Downadup or April Fools Worm. This fast spreading computer worm has already said to have impacted millions of computers, and expected to spread more aggressively in the coming days.

iYogi's dedicated support desk has proactively reached its existing base of 65,000 subscribers and helping other individuals and small businesses that have been infected or would like to take the precaution to protect themselves.

) December 4, 2008 -- Applied Micro Technologies is Southwest Wisconsin's premier computer and networking specialist, providing total computing solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs).
For the past fifteen years, hundreds of SMBs in the Lancaster area have been turning to Applied Micro for a wide variety of technology services including the purchase and maintenance of hardware, software and VoIP products, network setup and management, troubleshooting and onsite and remote network management.

) January 22, 2009 -- Office Suites PLUS, headquartered in Lexington, KY, provides office space and virtual offices for hundreds of businesses across the country that desire a professional image but need an alternative to long-term leases and traditional office practices. Scott Beauchamp, VP of Technology, and his team of three are responsible for managing a sprawling network of 130+ workstations connected to 45 servers spread across 35 locations in 9 states and used by more than 120 employees.

Viruses were falling through the cracks

) November 13, 2008 -- Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the state of New Mexico. NNMC operates two campuses, one located in Espanola and another in El Rito.

3,200 students and 200 staff and faculty depend on the school's network of 700 workstations and 13 servers for effective management and operation. For the past eight years, the responsibility for maintaining the availability of the network has fallen to Patricia Borrego, Director of Management and Information Systems for NNMC.
The extent and importance of the network to the operation of the school means that a low-maintenance, high reliability security solution is high on Borrego's list of priorities.

) October 30, 2008 -- Pasco School District in Washington State consists of 16 school campuses, including Pasco High School, named by Newsweek as one of the best American public high schools in the country for the past three years. The district's four servers support an extended network of more than 3,000 workstations, serving 12,000 students in grades K-12 as well as more than 1,200 faculty and staff.

For the past six years, the Pasco School District technology team has trusted AVG Network Edition and the support team at Walling Data to assure the security of the network. In October 2008, they renewed AVG Network Edition yet again further reinforcing the success of their relationship with Walling Data.

Claremont, N.C. Mike Pace is Systems Technician at Rock Valley Community College in Rockford, Illinois. There, he manages a network of about 2,000 workstations.
When Pace first came on board at Rock Valley, the school was running Sophos Anti-Virus software to protect their large network. The software seemed at first to be providing adequate protection, but Pace soon began to experience problems with the companys customer service, which caused him to question the value Rock Valley was getting for the significant amount of money they were paying for the solution.

) September 18, 2008 -- Steve Myers has been Director of Software Development at Andromeda Software, a high-end graphics software development firm in West Lake Village, California, for the past 17 years. Although the company uses an outside IT contractor to manage their network, Myers has always been in control of the company's IT decision-making.

) April 24, 2009 -- The Chambers County Board of Education prides itself on operating some of Alabama's most high-tech, state-of-the-art information technology systems. The Board oversees 11 schools in the Valley and LaFayette areas, including six elementary schools, two middle schools, two secondary schools, and a cutting-edge business/industry certified career technical center. Nine of the county's 10 schools are certified by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges (SACS), a body founded in 1895 to improve education throughout the American South through accreditation, and the 10th is close to completing the accreditation process.

) April 1, 2009 -- NitroSecurity, Inc. today released additional signatures and updates to bolster protection against the growing threat of the Conficker worm. NitroSecurity utilizes IPS blocking technology, windows registry & log monitoring, and SIEM correlation features all as one integrated solution to detect and block the Conficker worm.

) September 2, 2009 -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent malware threats for the month of August 2009. The report, compiled from monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware tool, CounterSpy™, and its anti-malware solution, VIPRE® Antivirus + Antispyware™, is a service of SunbeltLabs™.

September 12, 2008 --
CLAREMONT, NC — SEPTEMBER 11th, 2008—Joey Andrews is the sole computer technician for the Arkadelphia Public School System in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. For the past five years, Andrews has been single-handedly managing the technology needs of the district’s five schools and more than 700 workstations.
“We were using Computer Associates’ E-Trust to secure our networks,” Andrews said. “Like many school systems, however, we work with a very tight budget, and E-Trust was just draining too much from our IT allocation. So we made the decision to look around for an alternative that would give us high levels of protection for our network without breaking the bank.”

) October 9, 2008 -- Like many small government organizations, the Mercer County Courthouse of Aleda, Illinois has limited resources and staff. So it comes as no surprise that one of its staff members, Jeff Benson, frequently finds himself running the organization's network in addition to his other duties.

"My knowledge about technology is not extensive, but I know more than my coworkers so I've been in charge of our IT purchases and decision making for 12 years. I am the one our staff turns to when they encounter issues with software or workstations," Benson said.

) November 6, 2008 -- Jeff Bush is the Applications and Network Systems Specialist for Grant County's Technology Services division, based in Ephrata, Washington. He leads a five-member team that supervises a sprawling network of 600 workstations and 49 servers across the county's 20 offices, agencies and departments in 12 different locations.
Grant County had been relying on Computer Associates (CA) Anti-Virus to protect the majority of the county's offices, while the Department of Public Works used Panda Anti-Virus. It was this inconsistency of standards of protection that prompted Bush to begin considering a new approach to protection -- one that would take a lot less resources to manage.

Nationally syndicated radio network turns to the experts for comprehensive threat protection.

Nationally syndicated radio network turns to the experts for comprehensive threat
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) August 4, 2009 -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent malware threats for the month of July 2009. The report, compiled from monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware tool, CounterSpy™, and its anti-malware solution, VIPRE® Antivirus + Antispyware, is a service of SunbeltLabs™.

September 8, 2008 --
Claremont, NC. – September 8th, 2008 - Walling Data (www.wallingdata.com), a leading value-added distributor of world-class technology products to more than 50,000 customers in North America, announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the United States General Services Administration (GSA) to sell the Cymphonix product lines to U.S. federal government agencies.

) June 10, 2009 -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent malware threats for the month of May 2009. The report, compiled from monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware tool, CounterSpy™, and its anti-malware solution, VIPRE® Antivirus + Antispyware, is a service of the Sunbelt Software Malware Research Labs.

IT24BY7 has launched support and removal service for Security Center Worm affected computers. Our technicians have been trained to remove the worm from the Computers within minutes.

) December 18, 2008 - Alliance iCommunications, founded in 1994 and based in London, Ontario, provides some of North America's most recognized corporations with outsourced call center services. For this web-enabled organization, smoothly-functioning technology is key to the productivity of its two call centers and 500 employees.

For the past 12 years, Derek Lightfoot, Alliance's IT Manager, has been responsible for ensuring that the company's massive IT infrastructure, comprising 450 workstations and 20 virtual servers, is secure, functioning at optimum speed, and up and running at all times.

Standardization for cost-savings and efficiency

) March 27, 2009 -- A wildfire has broken out in the computer security world, in the form of the Conficker C virus. As long standing companies find themselves cut short by the threat, young and innovative companies rise to take their place, with ParetoLogic at the forefront.

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) January 8, 2009 -- Pyramid Healthcare, founded in 1999, provides behavioral healthcare services for people dealing with alcohol abuse, drug addiction, mental health disorders, and behavioral problems. The company has 23 locations across Pennsylvania, with an IT infrastructure that includes five servers, 240 workstations, and, until recently, a distinctly disjointed approach to antivirus protection.

Kevin Oconis, IT Manager at Pyramid Healthcare, knew he needed to adopt a standardized antivirus solution for the company's network to make it run more efficiently. "When I started, we had a patchwork network of anti-virus solutions including Symantec and ClamWin," he said. "I started my campaign for standardization almost as soon as I joined the company."

) January 30, 2009 —- Onset Computer Corporation (http://www.onsetcomp.com), the HOBO® data logger company, today announced the availability of its 2009 Indoor Monitoring Product Catalog.

The catalog offers product descriptions, specifications and prices for the company’s full line of PC and Mac-compatible HOBO data loggers for energy, HVAC/R, and renewable energy systems performance monitoring.

) September 3, 2009 -- It's been a year since the world first experienced the Conficker worm, a potentially dangerous botnet that is said to have disrupted computer networks within European military facilities and other high-impact targets.

) March 19, 2009 -- Arxan Technologies®, a leading provider of application hardening solutions designed to protect software applications from tampering to minimize risk and maximize profitability, will hold a webinar on Application Security: a 360 View -- a Holistic Approach to Defending against Attacks at the Application Layer.

WHEN: 11:30 a.m. - Noon p.m. EDT Monday, March 23, 2009. To register for the webinar, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/499047709.

WHAT: Kevin Morgan, VP Engineering, Arxan Technologies, will host a webinar on Application Security: a 360 View -- a Holistic Approach to Defending against Attacks at the Application Layer.

iYogi, a global direct to consumer and small business remote technical support provider has setup a dedicated support desk for securing and protecting consumers against the Conficker (Conficker.c) worm, also known as Downadup or April Fools Worm.

) August 20, 2009 -- Search engine, social bookmarking and social networking upstart Unurthme has announced the immediate availability of its new Twitter search and bookmarking service.

Using the new feature, Unurthme users will be able to easily search for recent posts to Twitter, but searching is only the beginning.

By taking advantage of the company's existing social bookmarking infrastructure, Unurthme users will also be able to save Tweets to their Unurthme profile, so that they can access them again at any time from any computer with an Internet connection.