Nathan Eddy

Telecommunications and wireless networking specialist Gowex and networking giant Cisco announced that the two companies would promote a comprehensive smart WiFi connectivity solution for cities around the world. As part of the agreement, Gowex will become a Cisco Smart+Connected Communities (S+CC) global strategic partner. Through the partnership, Gowex will attempt to widen its global presence […]

While mobility is clearly having a positive effect on business processes, most businesses are not budgeting for the cost of mobile devices, according to the results of Sage North America’s second annual mobile device survey, which polled 1,090 small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the United States. One of the more surprising findings is that […]

IT management software specialist SolarWinds announced the latest version of its Toolset platform, a collection of 61 essential network diagnostic and troubleshooting tools, which helps network engineers to access its five most popular tools from any Web browser, including mobile, for diagnosis and troubleshooting. For Enigineer’s Toolset 11.0, network engineers selected the five most essential […]

Wireless systems specialist Ruckus launched the first two models in a line of new ZoneFlex T300 Series outdoor 802.11ac access points (APs), the ZoneFlex T300 omnidirectional and ZoneFlex T301n narrow band models. Their lightweight and compact form factors are among the main features, weighing in at 2 pounds, including built-in BeamFlex antennas. Both the T300 […]

Since the launch of the Digital Government Strategy initiative, the federal government invested $1.6 billion in mobilizing its federal workforce, according to a report commissioned by VMware and Carahsoft. The majority (56 percent) of federal IT managers believe their agency is taking full advantage of mobility, indicating while some agencies are on the path to […]

By 2015, most mobile apps will sync, collect and analyze deep data about users and their social graphs, but most IT leaders will fail to consider the impact mobile apps have on their information infrastructure, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. Data from mobile apps, whether deployed on-premises or in the cloud, […]

Secure broadband networking and Internet access specialist Zyxel introduced its latest series of Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems, offering firewall and virtual private network (VPN) capabilities as well as deep packet single socket layer (SSL) inspection. The anti-malware capability is the result of a partnership with security specialist Kaspersky, and the appliances also offer granular […]

Data backup, disaster recovery and data migration solutions specialist Paragon Software Group (PSG) announced the release of Backup & Recovery 2014 Free, the latest edition of its free software solution. The platform offers Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) support, and older versions back to Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000 SP4 are still supported. There is also […]

Web content management, analytics and social intelligence specialist SDL introduced Language Cloud, a cloud translation platform that allows organizations to communicate across languages. The solution provides on-demand access to translation services and application programming interfaces (APIs) for integrating human and machine translation capabilities into any application. Translated files are delivered at an agreed deadline to […]

Small business owners in Utah, Idaho, Texas, Virginia and Louisiana gave their states the highest rating for friendliness to small businesses, according to the third annual Small Business Friendliness Survey, conducted by consumer services specialist Thumbtack, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Small businesses in Colorado Springs, Boise and Houston gave their cities […]

Hard disk drive (HDD) crashes more than doubled in the last four years and are listed as the most common cause of data loss, according to a survey from backup software developer Kroll Ontrack conducted among its customers across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Among those businesses, 15 percent admit to losing personal data […]

Continuous monitoring of database networks is the best approach to avoid breaches such as the high-profile attacks against Target, Michaels and other U.S. retailers, according to a study by privacy and information security research firm Ponemon Institute and DB Networks, a specialist in behavioral analysis in database security. The survey found more than half (57 […]