Nathan Eddy

Unified cloud services provider PanTerra Networks announced the addition of new mobile functionality to its SmartBox cloud file-sharing and storage service to deliver real-time collaboration and unified communications (UC) capabilities. SmartBox-UCC combines the functionality of the company’s Mobile Unified Cloud Communications (UCC) application with the SmartBox file-sharing application for a more unified offering aimed at […]

Analytics and device detection specialist Netbiscuits released its cloud-based Device Routing tool, which allows businesses to route web traffic to the right online experience based on their device type, offering greater control and adaptability for companies that do not have the budget or resources to redesign their entire web architecture. With a single line of […]

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) adoption has increased by more than 80 percent globally in the last year and it is projected that more than half of companies in the Americas will implement M2M by 2016, according to a report from Vodafone. The survey, carried out by Circle Research, representing the views of more than 600 executives involved […]

Total tablet PC display shipments declined 10 percent between the first half of 2013 and 2014, while combined tablet PC display shipments to Apple and Samsung fell 34 percent, indicating that as the tablet PC market matures and growth slows, the dominance of market leaders Apple and Samsung is also weakening, according to an NPD […]

Qualcomm Life, a subsidiary of wireless technologies giant Qualcomm, announced a collaboration with ResMed, King’s Daughters Medical Center and CareCentrix to develop connected health solutions powered by Qualcomm Life’s 2net and HealthyCircles platforms. The 2net platform offers a set of wireless health solutions that can capture and deliver medical device data to integrated portals or […]

Recruiting engagement software specialist Jobscience unveiled Mobile Job Search Web App, a unified extension of the company’s staffing and recruiting tools, and is designed to offer users one administration to manage recruitment marketing sites, from job portals to social media feeds. The platform offers user-friendly content and simplified application process through Apply with LinkedIn, and […]

Telemedicine could potentially deliver more than $6 billion a year in health care savings to U.S. companies, with research identifying that about one in seven primary care office visits are for conditions that could likely be addressed through a telemedicine visit, according to analysis by global professional services company Towers Watson. The percentage of employers […]

A majority of U.S. adults say they are frustrated with being tied to a phone or computer to wait for customer service help, according to a report of 2,063 adults conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of OneReach. Among those with text-messaging capability, 64 percent say they would prefer to perform some kind of customer […]

The business-to-business division of office supply giant Staples has partnered with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) to help and encourage businesses of all sizes to recycle large volumes of electronics conveniently, responsibly and in a secure manner. The Staples Advantage program allows businesses to recycle equipment, be it cell phones and keyboards or telecom equipment and […]

While 80 percent of federal IT professionals cite data center reliability as a top priority for their agency, very few are completely confident in their ability to meet their most critical uptime and failover service-level agreements (SLAs), according to a report from MeriTalk and Symantec. Federal field workers note that real-time information access is critical–saving […]

There was significant growth in the number of activations in secure instant messaging (IM), customer relationship management (CRM) and business intelligence (BI) apps in the second quarter of 2014, according to Good Technology’s Mobility Index. In addition to continued double digit growth in the number of customer-built applications, the operating system (OS) breakdown of enterprise […]

While companies that used a top customer relationship management (CRM) platform for selling were faster at contacting leads by phone and email than Fortune 100 companies, they failed to respond at rates that would meet buyer’s expectations, according to a report from cloud-based sales software specialist Velocify. Sales CRM users were more persistent on average […]