Nathan Eddy

Western Digital subsidiary WD announced an expansion of its Arkeia network backup line of appliances, including the Arkeia DA1300 and DA2300, which are designed to provide small and midsize businesses (SMBs) with an all-in-one backup and disaster-recovery platform. The WD Arkeia DA1300 will be available in late September, and the DA2300 model will be available […]

With worldwide server revenue of nearly $3.2 billion and total market share of 25.6 percent, IBM was No. 1 in the worldwide server market in the second quarter of 2013, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. Total worldwide server shipments grew 4 percent year-on-year, while revenue declined 3.8 percent from the second […]

Dell took the wraps off its family of Latitude 7000 Series Ultrabooks and Latitude 5000 Series and 3000 Series notebooks. The new Latitude offerings have touch display options and are crafted using brushed aluminum, reinforced magnesium alloy, steel hinges, woven carbon fiber, powder-coated underside, spill-resistant keyboards and LCD seals. The Latitude 7000, 5000 and 3000 […]

MobileIron, a security and management specialist for mobile apps, content and devices, announced the availability of Anyware, a cloud-based solution for enterprise mobility management (EMM) that features personalized app and content catalogs, one-touch configuration, and app ratings and recommendations. Anyware, which supports Google’s Android operating system version 4.0 and higher and Apple’s iOS version 5.0 […]

A large percentage of Americans who use online technology do see its benefits, including doing more in less time, the value of working from anywhere and the sheer excitement of trying new technology, despite the perception that mobile phones and social media are little more than nuisances and are distractions. A survey that explores the […]

IT outsourcing as a percentage of the IT budget dropped this year, reversing a four-year trend and marking the first time since the start of the recession that IT organizations have begun shifting spending plans on a percentage basis toward developing internal operations and capabilities and away from outsourcing partners, according to a report by […]

While it’s well below pre-recession levels, the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small-Business Index, conducted at the end of July, reveals small-business optimism is the highest it has been since the third quarter of 2008, in large part because small-business owners said they feel more optimistic about their ability to access credit over the next year. In […]

Samsung Galaxy Mega Joins Growing Phablet Market by Nathan Eddy Samsung Galaxy Mega Joins the Club The Mega measures 6.6 by 3.5 by 0.3 inches, meaning users will get considerably more screen real estate in a device just as thin (0.3 inches) as the 5-inch Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone, though at lower resolution. HTC […]

Data storage and information security specialist Imation announced its IronKey Workspace W500 USB flash drive has been certified by Microsoft for Windows To Go. The appliance, which features hardware-based AES-256 bit encryption, also boasts a rugged metal enclosure and deployment and device management options, including mass provisioning and IT management of the portable workspaces of […]

A much higher percentage of executive-level employees believe their organizations are following security procedures through the life cycle of application development than do the engineers who are closest to executing the security processes, according to a survey of 642 IT professionals in both executive and engineering positions, which was conducted by the Ponemon Institute and […]

The sales and marketing technology buying decisions made by small businesses are influenced more by attitudes and beliefs than by demographic factors such as industry, revenue and years in business, according to a survey of nearly 1,200 small businesses conducted by midmarket sales and software marketing specialist Infusionsoft. The study, “The American Dream: What Really […]

Cloud services provider dinCloud, a company that specializes in cloud-based business provisioning technologies, announced that dinServer, its hosted virtual server offering, is available to IT distributor Ingram Micro’s North American channel partners via the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace. The platform is designed to simplify the hosting of servers and applications with complete data center capabilities, […]