Nathan Eddy

With businesses increasingly facing the prospect of running out of storage capacity, adoption of cloud storage technologies continues to grow, according to a report from cloud-integrated storage solutions specialist TwinStrata. The survey found that 37 percent of respondents have been using cloud computing for three or more years, more than a one-third increase over last […]

Businesses in the United States generate an estimated $1.7 trillion in online sales to consumers and other businesses annually, equivalent to 11 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012, according to survey by technology organization Connected Nation. The 2013 Business Technology Survey, which examines the technology adoption trends of U.S. businesses, also […]

OpenDNS, a provider of cloud-delivered Web security services, announced that it has integrated its Umbrella service for managed service providers (MSPs) with ConnectWise, a developer of service management software designed for IT service providers, value-added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and MSPs. The integration between OpenDNS and ConnectWise is designed to enable MSPs to […]

Global technology staffing and services company and Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting partner Digital Intelligence Systems (DISYS) announced the availability of Sirro 2.0, which features upgrades to the company’s cloud services. Sirro, a cloud-enablement platform that affords customers rapid deployment of cloud application stacks and big data processing capabilities, is utilized by DISYS to deliver […]

While almost two-thirds of respondents appeared to embrace individual responsibility, more than half of U.S. adult social network users say they have not read the most recent privacy policy for their social media accounts, according to a survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults commissioned by security firm ESET and conducted by Harris Interactive. More […]

Most small businesses are still failing to appreciate the true value of their data after a new study released today by Internet and mobile security company AVG Technologies. The survey of small and midsize businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom found a significant proportion of SMBs routinely spend more time tidying their […]

Sales of smartphones accounted for 55 percent of overall mobile phone sales in the third quarter of 2013, and reached their highest share to date, according to IT research firm Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled 455.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 5.7 percent from the […]

Personalized health electronics company Scanadu announced it has received $10.5 million in Series A funding, with Relay Ventures leading the round of funding with participation from VegasTechFund, Ame Cloud Ventures and others. Other participating investors in the Series A round include Broe Group, Mindful Investors and Redmile Group. With this round, Scanadu has raised $14.7 […]

Technology companies plan to hire new staff over the next 12 months but are concerned about a persistent shortage of tech talent, according to a survey by the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) and CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of the 1,700-plus C-level executives surveyed say they […]

With a total base of 211.6 million smartphone units shipped during the quarter, Google’s Android operating system accounted for 81 percent of all smartphone shipments, marking the first time that Android topped 80 percent in its short history, according to a report from IT research firm IDC. Samsung accounted for 39.9 percent of all Android […]

Cloud backup, recovery and restore software developer Asigra announced the start of installation and configuration support to help service providers and the enterprises they serve to deploy the company’s Cloud Backup offering. The tiered professional service allows customers to select from basic setup to full deployment of all Asigra software suite components, with a Installation […]

The National Patient Safety Foundation has released an educational offering geared toward helping health professionals align their health information technology strategy with overarching patient safety goals. The course, “Health Information Technology through the Lens of Patient Safety,” is an educational module that explores the fundamentals of health information technology (HIT) and examines the challenges of […]