Nathan Eddy

Security solutions specialist Sophos announced the latest version of Sophos Cloud, the company’s cloud-based solution for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The platform allows organizations to manage Windows, Mac and mobile devices from a single console and features user-based management, reporting and licensing. Sophos Cloud also has built-in Web security to prevent user access to […]

Communications specialist and network operator AT&T announced plans to launch a high-speed 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE)-based in-flight connectivity service for airlines and passengers in commercial, business and general aviation. The service, planned to be available as soon as late 2015, will be capable of providing in-flight broadband for customers including a commitment to faster, […]

Businesses on average spent 10.7 percent of their annual 2013 revenue on overall marketing activities, with digital marketing spending averaging 3.1 percent of revenue, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The findings, included in Gartner’s Digital Marketing Spending report based on a survey of 285 individuals located in the United States, but […]

Network security specialist Fortinet unveiled a major update to the company’s FortiOS network security operating system that powers the FortiGate platform. The release incorporates numerous updates designed to strengthen Fortinet’s Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) framework, which combines the company’s technologies with FortiGuard’s threat research and response to address cyber-threats and reduce the risk of network […]

As wireless manufacturers have struggled to find ways to differentiate themselves with advanced features and technology since 2011, price has become an increasingly important driver in the device selection process, according to the first volume of J.D. Power’s 2014 U.S. Wireless Smartphone Satisfaction Study. The study, based on experiences evaluated by 13,237 smartphone customers who […]

There was a jump from last year concerning the use of tablets, e-readers, apps and smartphones among nursing professors and practitioners, according to a survey by Springer Publishing. The survey, which polled about 1,000 nurses on their ownership and usage of mobile devices, their preferences for nursing and medical apps and e-books, and their favorite […]

People of all ages, weight and gender are embracing wearable fitness devices offering real-time data to track their physical activity, according to a three-year analysis from The Vitality Group, part of an incentive-based wellness program. Over the three years of the study, smartphone and pedometer use skyrocketed, while heart rate monitors and gym membership declined. […]

Hearst Health, the Hearst Corporation’s health care group, announced its acquisition of CareInSync, a software solutions company providing a real-time, mobile platform to improve patient care by enhancing communications between care providers and patients. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. CareInSync’s technology helps enable its customers to connect interdisciplinary care teams that include […]

The total value of the global real-time mobile location-based advertising and marketing (LBA) market will grow from $1.66 billion in 2013 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 54 percent to $14.8 billion in 2018, according to a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight. This will then correspond to 38.6 percent of […]

Worldwide revenue for mobile device security client software is up 10 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2014, to $385 million, according to a report from IT analytics firm Infonetics Research. In 2013, enterprise mobile clients comprised 51 percent of the total security client market, while consumer mobile security clients made up slightly less […]

From thermostats, to TVs, gaming consoles, baby monitors, microwaves and even smart refrigerators, cyber criminals are hacking into a growing selection of smart devices, stealing personal information, infecting other devices and spreading malicious content. These new security issues led Trend Micro, a business security specialist, to offer consumers a list of tips that could help […]

The vast majority (92 percent of IT administrators admit to seeing troublesome habits among office workers using company computers, according to the findings of TeamViewer’s IT Admin Behavioral Study. The most common thing IT admins see is the browsing of social media websites (82 percent) followed by opening inappropriate email attachments (57 percent), downloading games […]