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Absolute Software
Contact Information 1055 Dunsmuir Street
Suite 1600
Vancouver, British Columbia, Other   V7X 1K8
Canada,
800-220-0733
604-730-2621
info@absolute.com
Website http://www.absolute.com/
Business Description Absolute Software is a leader in IT asset tracking, computer theft recovery and remote data protection. With over three million subscriptions under contract, Absolute Software enables organizations to remotely manage their mobile computers, reduce the impact of theft and ensure regulatory compliance.
Product Description The Computrace suite gives IT departments the power to remotely manage their distributed workforce, including computers and PDAs that are not connected to the company network. Built into the BIOS of computers from the world’s leading providers, the Computrace client reports on installed software, hardware configuration and asset lease information in near real-time. If an asset is lost or stolen, the user can remotely wipe out its data or even recover the missing laptop with the help of Absolute’s licensed Theft Recovery Team.
Products
ComputraceComplete
Computrace Mobile
White Paper
Protecting Data on Laptops: Why Encryption Isn't Enough
Missing laptops continue to be the number one cause of data breaches. Most incidents of theft are the result of careless employees or insiders with encryption passwords. Laptop and mobile security must go beyond traditional measures by locking down laptops regardless of end-user reliability.
Compliance. Protection. Recovery. A Layered Approach to Laptop Security
This paper discusses the problems IT departments face with laptop theft, mobile data protection, IT asset tracking, and regulatory compliance such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and California Senate Bill 1386.
Laptop Security for Healthcare: Compliance, Protection and Recovery
The adoption of EHRs and laptops raises data security and HIPAA compliance challenges for healthcare providers. This paper outlines a multilayered approach to securing laptops that exceeds regulatory requirements.
Laptop Security: Compliance, Protection and Recovery
A missing laptop can result in compliance and data privacy issues that can be extremely costly. This paper discusses the relationship between laptop theft, compliance and data security, and examines how IT administrators can ensure that every action is taken to address these three critical elements.
Case Study
Grant Thornton Achieves 99.7 Percent Tracking of Leased Assets
Discover how one of America’s largest accounting firms standardized its IT asset management across 51 offices to reduce loss rates, achieve regulatory compliance and drive down total cost of ownership.
Allina Hospitals Achieves 97 Percent IT Asset Tracking
With a state-of-the-art EHR system, Allina Hospitals & Clinics is a leader in healthcare technology. Learn how the 11-hospital network tracks 2,700 laptops outside facilities, enhancing IT auditing capability from 30% to almost 100%.
School District Uses Laptop Tracking to Simplify IT Asset Management
CPU inventory counts are done automatically across more than 120 schools at Surrey School District with the help of a web-based IT asset management service.
Webcast
Laptop Management and Data Breach Prevention
This webcast addresses the issue of laptop theft and securing a mobile workforce. Using the healthcare industry as an example, Allina Hospitals & Clinics discuss how they manage their PC inventory from a single web-based interface. Learn how IT can track the activity of PCs regardless of location and protect data in the event that one is lost or stolen.
Survey Results
IT Managers Report on State of Data Security
A Research Concepts survey of 185 IT professionals finds that, although computer and data security are high priorities for organizations, they are surprisingly unprepared to prevent data breaches and computer theft.
Review
Shutting Down the Threat of Lost Data
Our editors tested Computrace Data Protection, a service that could save institutions money and face. (eWEEK Review)
Stop Crime in its Tracks
Absolute Software`s Computrace Data Protection gives corporations one last chance to wipe out important data stored on misplaced or stolen laptops. (eWEEK Review)
Company Type PUBLIC


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