In brief: Sentillion announces desktop software

Sentillion last week announced vThere, desktop software that partitions a secure compartment in a home PC to create a virtualized office computer and secure remote access via a VPN. The first VPN supported in vThere is Cisco's VPN client. The vThere software costs $495 per user.

WatchGuard is launching Firebox X Edge e-Series, devices that support a range of features, including firewall, VPN, traffic shaping, WAN failover, Web filtering and virus screening. The devices also come in models that support Wi-Fi networks. There are six models, based on four hardware platforms. The wired and wireless X10e models are designed for offices with as many as 11 users, and the wired and wireless X20e models for as many as 25 users. The X20e models can be upgraded to X55e models with a license that expands the maximum number of users to 55. The wired versions are priced starting at $480. The wireless versions are priced starting at $580.

A group of schools, vendors and government agencies are banding together to fight identity fraud and theft through the creation of a research center at Utica College in New York. The Center for Identity Management and Information Protection will focus on causes and early detection, the role of organized crime, the impact of policy and regulation, and technology advances. An initial project involves the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Office of Justice Programs, working with the center to examine current and emerging cybercrime groups. Founding partners are Carnegie Mellon University, the FBI, IBM, Indiana University, LexisNexis, the Secret Service, Syracuse University and Utica College. Gary Gordon, a Utica professor and cybercrime expert, will head the center.