Nathan Eddy

Choosing Data Protection Platforms: 9 Factors to Consider by Nathan Eddy Find and Protect Sensitive Data at Many Locations A robust information protection and control solution ultimately has to protect many potential risk points in an organization. Most organizations start by addressing DLP concerns first, and then expand protection to other areas, such as information […]

Maxwell Health, the developer of a human resources platform that manages benefits and promotes employee health, announced that it has secured $6 million series A1 financing, which it will use to meet the growing demand for its service from companies and benefits advisers across the country. The funding round was led by Vaizra Investments, with […]

Nearly seven in 10 (68 percent) respondents reported an increase in the number of small business transactions in 2013, and 83 percent felt there will be even more small business sales in 2014, according to a report on the buying and selling of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) by online marketplace BizBuySell. While the business […]

The total value of the global mobile marketing and advertising market will grow from $9.4 billion in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26 percent to $38.1 billion in 2018, according to a research report from analyst firm Berg Insight. This will then correspond to 19.3 percent of the total online advertising […]

Nearly half (48 percent) of smartphone shoppers and 50 percent of tablet shoppers will abandon a retail brand altogether if they have a poor mobile shopping experience, according to the 2013 Mobile Shopping Satisfaction Report by mobile engagement provider Mobiquity. The survey also found that Target is now the most-browsed mobile application or mobile site, […]

Apple iPad Air Tops an Impressive Slate of Tablets in 2013 by Nathan Eddy Apple’s iPad Is Still the Best of the Bunch Apple’s iPad Air, the thin, lightweight update to the company’s flagship tablet, comes with a 9.7-inch screen and the A7 processor that’s in the iPhone 5S. The device’s main point of appeal, […]

Despite privacy and security concerns in the health-care industry, the rise of a mobile workforce continues to grow and technological advances are adapting to regulations faster than ever, according to a survey of more than 1,500 health-care customers by online fax services provider eFax. With health-care company employees on the go, compliance is an ever-present […]

Cloud-based financials, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and omnichannel commerce software suites developer NetSuite announced the availability of NetSuite for iPhone 2.1, an ERP application for Apple’s iOS 7, which offers new capabilities for mobile users to conduct business on the go. Standard NetSuite data encryption, enterprise-grade password policies, additional authentication layers and role-based field-level security […]

There is a fast-growing discrepancy between the capabilities of their network infrastructures and what network administrators need to do their jobs effectively, according to a survey of more than 400 small and midsize businesses (SMBs) conducted by Freeform Dynamics on behalf of security and storage leader Barracuda Networks. Approximately 52 percent of survey respondents admitted […]

Mobile apps have changed and continue to change the lives of the vast majority of U.S. citizens, from the way that older Americans socialize to nearly every behavior of younger Americans, according to Apigee. The company’s 2013 Digital Impact Survey invited 1,000 smartphone owners in the United States to assess how mobile devices and apps […]

IT Hiring Plans on the Upswing With Job Security Strong for 2014: Dice by Nathan Eddy IT Jobs Market Continues to Improve Nearly three out four respondents (73 percent) said they plan to hire more technology pros in the six months ahead. In the latest study, 24 percent of those polled said their additional hiring […]

The iPhone and iPad still capture the most developer interest, with Google Android phones and Android tablets next in line, according to a survey by IT research firm IDC and Appcelerator. The report also found two-thirds of developers report connecting their apps to Facebook–tops among popular social services. The next most popular service, Twitter, was […]