Nathan Eddy

Even as video conferencing and webcast technology become more accessible, it seems organizations aren’t taking steps to help their workers learn about and acclimate to these resources, according to a survey by West Unified Communications. The survey of 230 full-time U.S. employees found a large majority of employees (71 percent) have attended a webcast, and […]

Data-centric security solutions specialist Dataguise announced DgSecure Monitor for monitoring, detection, and alerting of potential breaches of sensitive data across the enterprise and the cloud. The platform keeps track of who is doing what to an enterprise’s sensitive data, and delivers real-time, policy-based alerts whenever unauthorized access or unusual access behavior occurs. While it can […]

Voice, data, security and cloud services specialist MegaPath announced the release of its Managed IPsec VPN and Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution. The managed network and security service can be used with virtually any commodity Internet connection and is aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). With MegaPath’s IPsec VPN with Managed Firewall and UTM, […]

Social intranet software, collaboration and knowledge management specialist Axero released an upgrade to Communifire, its intranet software solution for small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs). Communifire 5.2 delivers an array of new features designed to improve the user experience for administrators, plus offers new gamification capabilities that allow users to recognize other users by granting them […]

More than a fifth (21 percent) of small businesses are planning to file taxes on their own, without help from tax software or an accountant, according to a Manta survey of more than 1,500 small businesses. According to Manta’s poll, 30 percent of small business owners are still tracking their expenses with paper receipts—a system […]

The vast majority (89 percent) of organizations worldwide have experienced growth that hasn’t gone exactly according to plan, resulting in a significant level of anxiety among top business leaders about their company’s ability to succeed in the face of growth and change. The research, which was conducted by Morar Consulting and commissioned by Epicor, surveyed […]

Neustar, a provider of real-time information services, announced a partnership with Tomorrow Networks, a division of Aptus Health, which fuses Neustar’s authoritative identity with Tomorrow Networks’ geo-targeting capabilities to help marketers deliver strategic mobile marketing campaigns. With this partnership, Neustar combines its AdAdvisor Audiences profiles with Tomorrow Networks’ geo-targeting segmentation capabilities to deliver personalized consumer […]

WDLabs, a business growth incubator of storage solutions specialist Western Digital (WD) announced availability of the WD PiDrive 314GB, a storage device engineered to serve the Raspberry Pi community. Featuring low-power USB operation, reliability and ease of integration, the WD PiDrive 314GB HDD is designed to support Raspberry Pi growth by addressing barriers to hard […]

The vast majority of businesses (83 percent) say the use of automation for managing security processes needs to increase over the next three years, according to an AlgoSec survey of 350 respondents, including C-level executives, senior networking, security, risk and compliance professionals, data center professionals and application architects. More than 80 percent of respondents believe […]

Application data and insights specialist App Annie announced the acquisition of AppScotch, a San Francisco-based company that allows advertisers, publishers, and agencies to make data-backed decisions on competitive analysis and market intelligence. This marks App Annie’s third acquisition in two years following the acquisition of Dutch firm Distimo in 2014 and the Canadian firm Mobidia […]

As evidence mounts confirming the strong link between more involved patients and improved outcomes, patient engagement is emerging as a priority in the health care community, according to a CDW survey. The CDW report, which surveyed 200 patients and 200 health care providers to explore patient engagement from both perspectives and to better understand how […]

Print solutions specialist Xerox announced it is expanding what multifunction printers (MFPs) can do in the workplace through advancements to its ConnectKey technology. The 14 Xerox ConnectKey-enabled i-Series MFPs are equipped with ready-to-use apps to speed up paper-dependent business processes and make it easier for users to collaborate. For example, Xerox App Studio 3.0 allows […]