Nathan Eddy

Revenue growth for the consumer products (CP) industry continues to be challenging as CP supply chain leaders saw a decline in revenue growth over the last two years, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. As CP organizations rethink how they deliver value within their trading networks, manufacturers and retailers alike are placing […]

Network security specialist Fortinet expanded its distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) product family with four appliances for data center managers and system architects and managed service providers (MSPs). The company’s behavior-based attack mitigation engine enables FortiDDoS to identify and mitigate current and future threats based on patterns and intent rather than content. The second-generation FortiASIC-TP2 traffic processor […]

Nurse informaticists play a crucial role in the development, implementation and optimization of information systems and applications including clinical documentation, computerized practitioner order entry (CPOE) and electronic medical and health records, according to the 2014 HIMSS Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey, which examines the roles, responsibilities and outlook for nursing informatics professionals. The survey, which builds […]

Major technology companies Sony and Panasonic are partnering to offer organizations Archival Disc, a new standard for professional-use, next-generation optical discs, with the objective of expanding the market for long-term digital data storage. The two companies aim to launch systems with a recording capacity of 300GB per disc from summer 2015 onwards. In addition, both […]

When asked about appropriate penalties if they leak or lose company data, one-quarter (25.2 percent) of American enterprise workers surveyed by Absolute Software said there should be no punishment since data security is not their responsibility. The survey, which focused on the state of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies within organizations and the current sentiment of workers […]

Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 41.6 percent original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market share, while Google’s Android operating system (OS) led as the top smartphone platform with 51.7 percent platform market share, according to the January comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix reports. Behind Apple, Samsung ranked second with 26.7 percent market share (up […]

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced the formation of a new commission task force, Connect2HealthFCC, that will bring together the expertise of the FCC on the intersection of broadband, advanced technology and health. Specifically, the task force will consider ways to accelerate the adoption of health care technologies by leveraging broadband and other […]

Cloud, Mobile Technologies Expose Security Cracks by Nathan Eddy Businesses Are Struggling for Control An inability to get the whole picture across all systems (45 percent), over-reliance on IT support (43 percent) and an inability to manage new technologies (40 percent) were all significant challenges experienced with IAM strategies over the last 12 months. Nearly […]

Verizon Enterprise Solutions announced it has added new features to its cloud-based Mobile Workforce Manager solution and signed a resale agreement with MobileIron, a specialist in enterprise mobility management. For enterprises and organizations seeking a premise-based platform for managing mobile devices and applications, Verizon Enterprise Solutions account representatives based in the United States can now […]

Last year proved to be a good one for the tandem markets for workstations and professional graphics processing units (GPUs), according to a report from technology and market research firm Jon Peddie Research (JPR). The industry shipped approximately 971,600 workstations worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2013, essentially flat (down 0.2 percent) from the third […]

A tangled web of applications within international organizations is getting more and more complex, putting strain on the IT department and stunting digital transformation, according to a study of more than 1,000 CIOs and senior IT decision makers by Capgemini, a provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The study revealed that 60 percent of […]

While global enterprises are embracing, and in some instances mandating, the use of cloud and mobile technologies, they do not have IT controls in place to properly manage them, according to SailPoint’s annual Market Pulse Survey, which measures IT leaders’ attitudes toward identity and risk management. The study, which indicates whether companies are effectively governing […]