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Laptop Security Blog Absolute Software CEO John Livingston was recently interviewed by FOX Business. The interview follows the announcement that Absolute had opened a new U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas. Despite reports of the economic downturn in the U.S., Absolute has plans to double the number of employees in the new U.S. office in the next 2 years!
Check out John on the “Small Business, Big Ideas” segment below:
Absolute Software became a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner back in 2007, a recognition that Absolute continues to demonstrate the highest level of proficiency with Microsoft-based technologies and aptly incorporates these technologies into its customer solutions. As a continued part of that alliance, Bill Hunka, Director of Business Development at Absolute, and Bill Gordon Director of Absolute’s Wireless team, talk about our technology in a long interview here, and in a shorter review here:
Don’t forget, Computrace and LoJack for Laptops also work on the Mac!
Absolute Software has made 2 big announcements this month. The first, that Absolute has expanded its offices to open a US headquarters in Austin, Texas. The second, that Absolute now supports Windows 7.
Absolute Software is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with offices in the US, UK and Western Europe. We also have partner sales offices in Australia, Latin America, the Caribbean and South Africa. Now, however, we have a permanent U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas. The new US headquarters is home to Absolute’s U.S.-based sales team and its consumer business.
On July 16th, you can help us celebrate by coming to our Open House. You can RSVP here.
Absolute now supports Windows 7 and its Sensor and Location platform, which facilitates access to geolocation devices installed on a computer. Computrace utilizes several location location determination methodologies, including GPS and Wi-Fi triangulation, to give customers unprecedented capabilities for tracking and managing their mobile computers. The Windows Sensor and Location API makes it quicker for Absolute to support new technology. You can learn more about this here.
Last month we announced that Absolute Software’s Computrace Mobile was nominated for a Stevie Award for “New Product or Service of the Year – Software as a Service.” Computrace Mobile has now been selected as a Finalist for the awards!
During the month of preliminary judging, Absolute Software joins 11 other companies listed as finalists in this category. Final Stevie winners will be determined in the final judging that began this week. If you took the time to vote for Computrace Mobile, thanks!
The names of Stevie winners will be announced at the 2009 awards dinner and presentations in New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel on Monday, June 22.
Absolute Software will be hosting a webinar on May 20th at 11am PT / 2pm ET about navigating K-12 Computing in a time of shrinking budgets, high computer theft and drifting assets.
The webinar will include input from Eric Willard, Chief Technology Officer, Community Unit School District 300, and Carol Johnston, Senior Product Manager, Absolute Software.
Learn how one of Illinois’ largest districts proves accountability by:
Absolute Software made two big announcements recently about it’s leading laptop security software platform, Computrace.
New Computrace Plug-In for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
Not only is LoJack for Laptops (Computrace for consumers) now available in the McAfee online store, but Computrace customers can now view asset tracking and security information within the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)!
This new plug-in allows IT administrators to use the ePO software to deploy Computrace to ePO managed assets, to view reports from one central place (vs two dashboards), and to set up summary reports on computers & mobile assets with Computrace installed.
The Absolute Customer Center will continue to offer additional ways to manage your Computrace-protected assets, including geolocation tracking, recovery of missing assets, and performance of remote data deletes. Learn more about this news here.
Computrace for Netbooks Now Abailable
Computrace for Netbooks was launched last week, extending our award-winning laptop security platform to a whole series of ultra-portable computers that are popular with schools, healthcare organizations and corporations.
“Computer populations now include desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets and now netbooks – often of different ages from a variety of manufacturers. Our goal is to provide visibility and security regardless of form factor and computer brand.” – John Livingston, Chairman and CEO of Absolute
Computrace for Netbooks is available for both PC and Mac operating systems. Learn more about this news here.
Absolute Software’s Computrace Mobile has been nominated for a Stevie Award!
The Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and people worldwide. This is the 7th year of the Awards. Last year Absolute Software’s sales team won the 2008 “Best Sales Team” award, and this year we’re being nominated for “Favorite New Product.”
This new category for the American Business Awards, known as The Stevies, recognizes favorite new products in 12 different business categories. Computrace Mobile is nominated under “Favorite Software as a Service.”
Click here to vote for Computrace Mobile for the People’s Choice Stevie Award for Favorite New Product. You can alternatively go here and enter Short Code I402T to vote. Voting will close on June 1, 2009.
Absolute Software recently announced that Getac computers now support Computrace at the firmware level.
The Getac Rugged Notebook (model A790) and Rugged Tablet (V100) are the latest laptops with embedded Computrace support. The B300, E100, M230 & P470 models will be phased in over the coming months, making it so all Getac rugged laptop and tablet computers will feature Computrace.
The Computrace BIOS support module is shipped disabled and turned off from the manufacturer. Once the customer installs the Computrace Agent, pays for the Absolute Tracking and Recovery service and activates the Computrace BIOS support module, then the extra level of security and firmware persistence will be activated.
Embedding support for the Computrace Agent into the BIOS provides customers the highest level of persistence and allows the Computrace agent to survive operating system re-installations, hard drive reformats and even hard drive replacements. Getac president, Jim Rimay, says:
“Having Computrace embedded in the firmware of our computers gives our customers the additional security and satisfaction of knowing they can track and manage computers as well as delete sensitive data even if the hard drive is replaced or reformatted. Absolute’s services are an ideal complement to our world-class rugged notebook computers and tablets.”
For a full list of firmware-supported computers (from Dell to Fujitsu to Toshiba and more), see here.
Also check out Daily DIY’s “Top 10 Ways to Lock Down Your Data“, which encapsulates many of the tips we’ve talked about here on the blog before. The list includes tips such as encryption, using KeePass for password security, using smarter security questions and protecting your laptop (something we can help with).
Absolute Software announces today that it’s consumer product, LoJack for Laptops, will now be available for purchase at the McAfee online store for US customers.
The addition of LoJack for Laptops to the store offers McAfee customers a more comprehensive computer security package, all purchased at once. LoJack for Laptops tracks and recovers stolen computers. If your computer goes missing, the Absolute Theft Recovery Team will work with law enforcement to get it back.
“When consumers purchase McAfee security suites as well as Absolute’s LoJack for Laptops it gives them the protection from two common headaches that computer owners face: rampant computer and Internet threats and computer thieves,” – Todd Gebhart, executive vice president and general manager of McAfee Consumer, Mobile and Small Business
You can buy Computrace LoJack for Laptops from McAfee for $39.99 (Standard) or $59.99 (Premium). The premium version includes our service guarantee and the data delete functionality.
Absolute Software’s Computrace LoJack for Laptops is meant for home and home office computer users. You can learn more about it here, or learn more about our corporate solutions here. Mac users, don’t forget that both LoJack for Laptops and Computrace are also available for you!
Absolute Software announced a whole series of improvements to the Absolute Customer Center, which is the web-based console that enables customers to secure and manage their computers, whether this be tracking their locations or reporting devices as missing.
The Absolute Care Center, which caters to corporate Computrace customers, is now available in 10 languages, 11 if you want to be smart and count U.S. English as different than U.K. English. ;)
In addition to the language support, which expands our capabilities within the EMEA, South American and Asia-Pacific markets, you can now access enhanced security, management and usability features as part of the Customer Center. Some of the new features include:
With these changes, the Absolute Customer Center is even easier to use, with access to new security and management features that provide Absolute customers with more ways to manage and secure their IT assets.
For more information on Absolute Software and its range of computer theft recovery, data protection and IT asset management solutions, please visit www.absolute.com