Nathan Eddy

Just 38 percent of IT departments have invested in or plan to invest in enterprise search capabilities for a range of reasons topped by security concerns, according to a report from enterprise data solutions provider Varonis. The survey of more than 300 enterprise IT security professionals revealed the additional obstacles to enterprise search adoption were […]

Although worldwide IT spending is expected to total an impressive $3.7 trillion in 2014–a 2.1 percent increase from last year–this grow rate is lower than earlier projections of 3.2 percent, according to a study by IT research firm Gartner. The devices market, which includes PCs, mobile phones, tablets and printers, is forecast to grow in […]

The majority of organizations continue to use expensive primary storage systems to store infrequently accessed data, with respondents engaging in this practice spending significantly more of their annual IT budget on storage than their peers, according to a report from TwinStrata. Survey results indicated organizations that use public cloud storage to store inactive data have […]

When it comes to technologies that allow small business owners to maintain their independence, having an Internet connection ranked most important (39 percent), allowing small business owners to stay connected and work from anywhere, according to a report from small business service directory and search engine Manta. Just under one-third (32 percent) of small business […]

Panasonic Toughpad Tablets Can Take a Beating by Nathan Eddy One Tablet Is Powered by Windows The Toughpad FZ-E1 is powered by the Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld operating system. This operating system is focused on usage by enterprise customers, while offering the manageability, security and multitouch experience found on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1. […]

The majority of companies see supply chain risk management as important to their business, but only 7 percent are generating returns of more than 100 percent on their supply chain risk management investments, according to a study of more than 1,000 companies worldwide by management consulting and technology services specialist Accenture. However, the survey also […]

Enterprise cloud services provider Mimecast announced services to support enterprises moving to Microsoft Office 365 by addressing risks associated with data redundancy, high availability and the need for protection against targeted attacks. Mimecast’s Office 365 services include a high availability email gateway for Office 365, including a complete continuity platform for Microsoft Office 365, delivered […]

Around 3 million patients worldwide were using connected home medical monitoring devices at the end of 2013, according to a report from IT research firm Berg Insight. The main application is monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices, which, with 2 million connections, accounted for nearly two-thirds of all connected home medical […]

Multi-environment data protection and disaster recovery specialist Unitrends announced the launch of its hybrid cloud Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) offering, which utilizes the company’s ReliableDR, Enterprise Backup and Unitrends Bridge technologies. The company claims the automated business continuity solution can guarantee full recovery of entire IT infrastructures in the cloud within hours of […]

Storage solutions specialist WD, formerly known as Western Digital, introduced the My Book Duo, the latest member of its line of desktop storage solutions for home and office. Utilizing two drives, hardware-level redundant array of independent disks (RAID) and USB 3.0, the storage appliance also comes with software that creates secure local, cloud and system-level […]

Security software specialist Trend Micro has launched its global partner program, combining the elements from its regional and North American partner programs. The rollout of the new program will be completed in the first quarter of 2015, and includes tiered, standardized reseller levels of Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, as well as the addition of […]

A whopping 43 percent of the software installed on personal computers globally in 2013 was not properly licensed, despite the fact that computer users around the world cite the risk of security threats from malware as the top reason not to use unlicensed software, according to the BSA Global Software Survey. The commercial value of […]