Nathan Eddy

Backup and data protection solutions specialist Intronis announced the ECHOplatform built for IT service providers, a cloud backup and data recovery solution supporting a variety of in-demand services, plug-ins and extensions such as server and laptop imaging, VMware and Hyper-V and SQL and Exchange backup. The platform is available exclusively to channel partners at a […]

The worldwide security software market, which experienced lower-than-expected growth due to commoditization of key sub-segments and the decline in growth for two of the top five vendors, still managed to garner revenue totaling $19.9 billion in 2013, a 4.9 percent increase from 2012 revenue of $19 billion, according to a report from IT research firm […]

Online travel agents (OTAs) and meta-search providers are missing a major opportunity to drive more customer loyalty and stickiness by failing to engage with customers when they travel, according to the results of a study by FlightView. The report indicated proactive itinerary and flight updates are no longer a nice-to-have for travelers, with 87 percent […]

Toshiba announced the launch of its hybrid premises and cloud solution delivered through networking support among its on-premises IPedge and Strata CIX business telephone systems and VIPedge cloud-based business telephone solution. Through Toshiba’s on-premises and cloud platforms, business users are able to access a platform designed to help them reduce costs while enabling internal calling […]

Software and cloud-based communications platform specialist Twilio introduced the ability to text using toll-free numbers, which means businesses can now interact with their customers via Short Message Service over their existing toll-free numbers or new Twilio toll-free numbers. Using Twilio toll-free SMS, businesses can provide both automated and live agent support via text and help […]

Consumer electronics giant Panasonic announced the U.S. launch of its Toughpad FZ-M1 rugged 7-inch tablet PC powered by an Intel Celeron processor. The tablet was tested to meet MIL-STD-810G specifications for drops of up to 5 feet, as well as shock, vibration, altitude, humidity and extreme temperatures. Certified with a IP65 fully sealed fanless design, […]

Consumer-focused shopping and enrollment is the most valuable capability for a successful private health insurance exchange, according to opinions of health care industry professionals revealed in a survey conducted by private health insurance exchange technology Array Health. The results indicated continued growth for the private exchange market, as more than 75 percent of respondents believe […]

Although digital marketing decision makers allocate their budgets fairly evenly across digital advertising formats, 88 percent said that making emotional connections through digital media would encourage them to spend more on digital branding campaigns, according to a survey conducted by Millward Brown Digital. The survey, which polled 300 digital marketing decision makers at Fortune 5000 […]

By 2024, individuals, care providers, communities and researchers should have an array of interoperable health IT products and services that allow the health care system to continuously learn and advance the goal of improved health care, according to a report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). One of the […]

Networking specialist Netgear announced an expansion of its warranty and customer support coverage for many of its business-class products including the ProSafe line of switches, firewalls, wireless controllers and access points, as well as for business-class ReadyNAS and ReadyData storage products. Under the new policy, certain ProSafe business product lines now offer 24/7 lifetime technical […]

The security appliance market continues to see positive momentum, with worldwide factory revenue growing 8 percent year over year to $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2014, according to a report from IT research firm IDC. Networking specialist Cisco continued to lead the overall security appliance market with a 17.5 percent share in factory […]

Senseonics, a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of the first fully implantable, long-term continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, announced that it has raised an additional $20 million of private equity financing. Current investors Anthem Capital, Delphi Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Healthcare Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and other strategic partners all participated in […]