Nathan Eddy

10 Things to Consider Before Adopting a BYOD Program by Nathan Eddy Keeping Employees Mobile a Major Driver The survey indicated that the key drivers for BYOD are keeping employees mobile (57 percent), satisfied (56 percent) and productive (54 percent), with smartphones—used by 87 percent of respondents—the dominant form factor among supported mobile devices, followed […]

Mobile security specialist Good Technology launched a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) solution with a corporate data plan, based on the company’s recently announced Good secure mobile collaboration app. The offering is aimed at reducing the need for corporate data stipends and protecting user personal privacy. The service targets small and midsize businesses (SMBs) that do not have […]

Usage of digital wallets remains at less than one-third, even though a surprisingly high number of U.S. consumers—80 percent—recognize the technology as an alternative to cash-based transactions, according to a survey of more than 2,000 smartphone, tablet and desktop users from local search and digital marketing research firm Thrive Analytics. The top digital wallets used […]

Web-based job listing and career community specialist Glassdoor announced its latest feature, Benefits Reviews, which makes it possible for potential job seekers to compare benefits packages and perks at different companies across the United States. Similar to the way Glassdoor has provided information for company culture, salaries and the interview process, the benefits reviews are […]

While electronic health records (EHRs) can help standardize medication reconciliation for hospitalized patients, data quality, technical problems and workflow issues continue to pose challenges, according to a study from the nonprofit National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR). Conducted for NIHCR by researchers at the former Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), the study […]

Texas had the highest percentage growth and the most new positions gained in the first half of the year, adding 8,100 positions this year to employ 143,300 tech workers, nearly a 6 percent jump, according to a report from online jobs portal Dice. In just the first six months of 2014, Florida has created nearly […]

Internet threat detection specialist Webroot launched a partner program called Channel Edge provide market-specific tools and resources for its global network of value added resellers (VARs), distributors, service providers and systems integrators. The Channel Edge Partner toolkit includes Web content syndication, which delivers product content, trial software downloads and whitepapers directly from a partner’s Website. […]

Enterprise data management (EDM) specialist Solix announced the launch of Big Data Suite, an enterprise archiving and data lake application platform for Apache Hadoop. The solution provides an Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) framework to govern enterprise data and analytics applications and Hadoop as a near-line repository to store less frequently accessed data. The suite also […]

The Google Android operating system captured a new record of 85 percent global market share, mainly at the expense of BlackBerry, Apple iOS and Microsoft Windows Phone, while global smartphone shipments reached 295 million units in the second quarter of 2014, according to a report from IT research firm Strategy Analytics. While emerging markets in […]

Health and wellness technology specialist Runtastic unveiled its first hardware product, the Orbit, a 24-hour tracking device that allows users to track their daily movements, fitness activities and sleep cycles. The device, which is also waterproof up to 300 feet, includes other features like an OLED display, time and alarm functions and connectivity. Six additional […]

By reducing technology complexity and realigning talent, among other things, world-class IT organizations deliver services at 22 percent lower cost with greater effectiveness and require 9 percent fewer full-time equivalents (FTEs) per employee, according to a report from The Hackett Group. Companies earn The Hackett Group’s world-class IT designation by achieving top-quartile performance on a […]

IT users rank PayPal, Google and Amazon as their employers’ top three preferred identity providers to their organization, while Yahoo was ranked the lowest priority, according to a report from CA Technologies and the Ponemon Institute. The same IT users ranked Google, LinkedIn and PayPal as their personally preferred identity provider for accessing services as […]