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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!

Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, a private company specializing in security research, sat down with Digital Nomads to talk about laptop security.

The interview references a Dell / Ponemon study in 2008 that indicated that 12,000 laptops per week were lost by business travelers each week in US airports.

Dr. Ponemon talks to the human element to information security – the reality that though technology is there to solve information security issues, there is a rogue element in the people who use the technology. Using the 80/20 rule, the 20% of information security that “people” are responsible for can cause 80% of the damage. Dr. Ponemon reminds organizations that they need to keep up their training and awareness campaigns in order to ensure that negligent employees know more about the consequences of their actions.

The video is very interesting, talking about mobile security, managing user-downloaded software, and creating practical solutions for people to keep using their mobile devices in a secure and useful way. The video also talks about the differences between large and small companies for information security, about keeping ahead of security issues, being mindful of risk and more.

And don’t forget to check out the Absolute and Ponemon Study on the Human Factor in Laptop Encryption.