Nathan Eddy

Upbox, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for independent medical practices, announced that Practice Fusion, a developer of free, Web-based electronic health record (EHR) technology, will implement the Updox Direct Secure Email platform for Stage 2 Meaningful Use to its physician-patient community. Updox offers EHR providers a single platform for CRM capabilities geared […]

Worldwide IT spending will be inhibited by the economic slowdown in emerging markets in 2014, in addition to an inevitable deceleration in the growth of smartphones and tablets, according to a report from IT research firm IDC. While overall industry growth has cooled, some areas of tech spending are heating up as businesses in mature […]

Consumer electronics company Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, introduced the Canvio Home Backup & Share, a network attached storage (NAS) hub for the connected home that brings together islands of content and allows access to digital content. Available in capacities up to 3TB, the Canvio Home enables the […]

Fourth quarter 2013 global tablet shipments reached 76.8 million units, up 20 percent from 64 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, with Google Android-based tablets again exerting their dominance with a 62 percent market share. Apple’s iOS tablets, including the iPad and iPad mini, rebounded from two quarters of share loss to take […]

Collaboration software and services provider PGi announced the release of iMeet, designed to help small and midsize businesses (SMBs) collaborate and create multimedia content. The cloud-based Web conferencing software enables live video streaming and content creation using expanded format options and recording functionality. Users can access iMeet by downloading its applications for PC, Mac, iOS […]

By 2016, 30 percent of organizations will use biometric authentication on mobile devices, up from 5 percent today, as the consumerization of IT and business bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs have resulted in potential security problems for IT leaders, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. With user expectations of a clean and simple mobile […]

Smart glasses and smart watches will account for a small portion of the wearable device market in 2014, while medical, wellness and sports and activity wearable devices will provide the bulk of wearable device shipments this year, according to a report from ABI Research. Concerns around weight management and even obesity are the prime drivers […]

Patient engagement platform developer Bioscape Digital announced it would acquire Chattanooga-based Picture Rx, a developer of intuitive patient-centric medication tools. The combined entity will be headquartered in Atlanta, with an office in Tennessee. Bioscape Digital, founded in 2012, is a patient engagement service enabler that delivers relevant information into health systems utilizing tablet-based technology. The […]

As alternatives to monolithic, on-premises enterprise resource planning (ERP) and enterprise applications continue to mature, CIOs and application leaders must take action to address the fast-approaching reality of “legacy ERP,” according to a report by IT research firm Gartner. The report said the ERP suite is being deconstructed into postmodern ERP that will result in […]

A new group of younger and more diverse small business buyers has entered the business-for-sale market, according to a BizBuySell study, which surveyed more than 2,000 buyers and sellers. The report, which looks into the pool of prospective buyers and sellers to learn more about the individuals who are buying and selling in today’s small […]

Integrated risk management solutions specialist Agiliance announced the release of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) 3.0 Content Pack, which provides organizations that handle cardholder information and are regulated by the PCI Security Standards Council with a framework to implement and maintain information security processes and internal controls. Based on the PCI […]

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced products, channel tools and marketing assets to round out its Just Right IT portfolio, designed to support small and midsize businesses (SMBs). All offerings, which range from technology packages to cloud service bundles and financial services, are available from HP and authorized channel partners. The new ServeIT program offers predefined IT […]