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Aussie entrepreneur: Rob Smyth

Rob Smyth, CEO of Blue Reef, is a successful entrepreneur who has been in the ICT sector for almost 20 years. He has overseen Blue Reef’s strategic development, operations and strong growth since founding the business in early 2002.

By Georgina Swan | 28 August, 2009 09:12

Tags: Blue Reef, entrepreneur, interview, network security

ConSentry CEO talks up security issues

Network-access-control start-up ConSentry Networks has filled its long-vacant CEO position with Joe Golden, a partner in Accel Partners, a ConSentry investor. Golden was a partner in Accel Partners' London venture-capital office from 2001 until ConSentry hired him; before that he was Cisco's managing director of business development and strategic alliances for Europe, Middle East and Africa. With NAC in flux and with some start-ups having failed, Golden spoke with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about ConSentry, its strategy and the future of NAC.

PWN 2 PAWN: Why the Vista hacker turned to eBay

When Shane Macaulay tried to sell the Fujitsu U810 laptop he won in a hacking contest last week, it seemed almost like an April Fool's joke.