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Mitel takes aim at Avaya with ShoreTel bid

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Anyone thinking about signing a deal with ShoreTel for unified communications gear might want to take a closer look now that Mitel has made public its hopes to buy the company.

Mitel says it’s prepared to pay 24% over the price last Friday of ShoreTel stock (about $ 540 million), but ShoreTel says no and won’t negotiate, according to a letter Mitel’s CEO wrote to the chairman of ShoreTel. Despite the rebuff, Mitel plans to persist and that means ShoreTel customers should be vigilant.

At the very least, businesses weighing whether to buy ShoreTel gear should find out the likely impact of a merger, says Ken Landoline, a principal analyst with Current Analysis. “Beat up your channel about what does this mean for me?” he says.

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POODLE attack takes bytes out of your encrypted data – here’s what to do

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Heartbleed, Shellshock, Sandworm…and now POODLE. It’s a security hole that could let crooks read your encrypted web traffic. Paul Ducklin takes you through how it works, and what you can do to avoid it, in plain (well, plain-ish) English…
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Mobile Security Takes Center Stage – Forbes

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Mobile Security Takes Center Stage
Forbes
In a game of Whac-A-Mole, white hats and black hats have been battling it out forever for control of your computer. That's where the money was. But as value — in the form of bank account access, other passwords, trade secrets, competitive information …

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Cubs brass takes steps to bolster computer security – Chicago Sun-Times

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Cubs brass takes steps to bolster computer security
Chicago Sun-Times
BOSTON — The computer security breach that exposed the Houston Astros' private trade memos to the public a few days ago sent shock waves through the game and gave the Cubs one more priority task for July. “It is scary for all of us,” Cubs general …

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