Nathan Eddy

Heart-rate monitoring and bio-sensing wearable specialist Salutron added a new line of life trackers to its portfolio, beginning with the launch of the Brite R450. The wearable device takes a holistic approach by integrating multiple aspects of health and fitness into a wrist wearable for daily life. The R450 provides 24/7 fitness-tracking, including heart rate, […]

Seventy-one percent of employed Americans who own personal mobile devices are able to connect them to the secure network provided by an employer, but do not take the proper precautions to safeguard their devices or the data they have access to, according to a Bitdefender study of 1,045 Internet users in the United States. According […]

The cost of the Apple Watch flexible AMOLED display is estimated to be several times higher than equivalently sized LCD displays, and higher than the more mature glass-based AMOLEDs currently used in smartphones, according to a report from IT research firm NPD DisplaySearch. The 42mm Apple Watch is believed to use a 1.5-inch diagonal AMOLED […]

Cloud services provider Akamai Technologies announced availability of Cloudlets, extensions to Akamai solutions that are designed to speed time to market for developers and offload infrastructure demand, providing a specific functionality that is accessed through the Akamai Intelligent Platform. Cloudlets are being introduced, with the current availability of Edge Redirector, Visitor Prioritization and Image Converter, […]

Carpathia, a cloud operator and provider of compliant cloud services and managed hosting, and Digital Realty Trust, a provider of data center and co-location solutions, announced an alliance to deliver customizable data center solutions, compliant cloud services and managed hosting for enterprise and government clients. Carpathia’s capabilities include services for network, security, server, storage and […]

More than half of all consumers in a HyTrust survey said they would take their business elsewhere after a breach that compromises personal information, including address, Social Security number, and credit card details, indicating major corporations are going to pay an even higher price when customers’ information is compromised. A similar number of survey respondents, […]

Network security specialist iBoss announced a location-based security solution called Web and Mobile Device Security that featuring expanded technology integration with Smart WiFi from Ruckus Wireless. Integration with Ruckus WiFi allows IT managers to bind a personally owned device like a smartphone or tablet to the network directory, and then dynamically apply directory workgroup policies […]

iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus Cases to Help You Beat the Bend by Nathan Eddy Apple’s Own Leather Case Is Stylish ($49) Maybe the best place to start your search is at Apple, where the company is offering a leather case for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (pictured). Available in a choice of […]

Nearly half of corporate directors have not discussed the company’s crisis response plan in the event of a security breach and more than two-thirds have not discussed the company’s cyber-security insurance coverage, according to a PwC report. However, there was a noteworthy year-over-year improvement in directors’ views about their company’s IT strategy and IT risk […]

A continuing trend of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that are short in duration and repeated frequently has been revealed by the NSFOCUS 2014 Mid-Year Threat report. In parallel, high-volume and high-rate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks were on the upswing in the first half of 2014. DDoS traffic volume was up overall with one-third […]

Startup funding for digital health care, such as telehealth or wearable technology, is expected to double in the United States over the next three years, growing from $3.5 billion in 2014 to $6.5 billion by the end of 2017, according to a report from Accenture. An estimated $2.8 billion was used to fund digital health […]

Consumer retail PC sales grew almost 3 percent during the 10 week back-to-school period (the week of July 4th through Labor Day week) after declining by 2.5 percent in the previous year, according to IT research firm the NPD Group. Apple and Chrome OS led the sales drive with Chrome OS unit sales increasing 37 […]