Nathan Eddy

The worldwide security technology and services market is forecast to reach $67.2 billion in 2013, up 8.7 percent from $61.8 billion in 2012, as companies continue to expand the technologies they use to improve their overall security, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. Gartner analysts outlined three main trends shaping the security […]

BYOD Movement: What’s the Security Cost? by Nathan Eddy Android, Apple Trusted Less Than Windows, BlackBerry Windows Mobile and BlackBerry both saw the number of IT professionals who viewed the respective platforms as the most risky ones decrease by almost half. Larger Businesses More Likely to Manage Data Just 17 percent of companies with fewer […]

Security software specialist Trend Micro announced the launch of Web App Security, a service offering designed to provide security with vulnerability detection and protection for Web applications and the platforms they are deployed on throughout an organization. Incorporated directly into the offering, unlimited secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates keep applications protected, and management is integrated […]

Businesses nationwide have continued to grow and advance their business continuity and disaster recovery plans to incorporate the adoption of wireless network capabilities, cloud services and mobile applications, with fears of potential security breaches and natural disasters weighing heavily on IT executives, according to a report from AT&T. More than three-fourths (76 percent) of companies […]

At the Department of Defense (DoD), Raytheon, HP Enterprise Services and Lockheed Martin lead the contractor pack, according to a set of reports from IT research firm IDC that are designed to highlight fiscal year 2013 DoD IT spending and the top vendors within that market. To understand how IT dollars are being spent within […]

Almost one in five (18 percent) small businesses are achieving productivity gains of more than 30 percent by adopting mobile work styles, enabling people to work whenever, wherever and however they choose, according to a survey of 1,250 small businesses across Europe, North America and Australia, which was sponsored by Citrix and conducted by YouGov. […]

EMC maintained its lead over NetApp and IBM in an external disk storage systems market that saw a slight (just under 1 percent) worldwide decline in revenues in the first quarter of 2013, totaling around $5.9 billion, according to IT research firm IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. EMC boasted 30.4 percent revenue share […]

The majority of businesses (79 percent, to be exact) had a mobile security incident in the past year, and the costs are substantial, according to security specialist Check Point Software Technologies’ second mobile security report, “The Impact of Mobile Devices on Information Security.” The new report found mobile security incidents cost 42 percent of businesses […]

10 Smartphones That Can Take a Spill, a Tumble or Lots of Dust by Nathan Eddy Samsung Galaxy S 4 Pro Designed for Water Resistance Samsung Galaxy S 4 Pro is a fully sealed design that keeps dust particles out and protects against water damage for up to 30 minutes of submergence at a depth […]

NSA’s PRISM Phone Call Analysis Program Raises Privacy Fears, Outrage by Nathan Eddy Leak Exposes Extent of PRISM Surveillance Program Reports based on leaked documents describe the PRISM program as enabling in-depth surveillance on live communications and stored information, which includes email, video and voice chat, videos, photos, voice over IP (VOIP) conversations, file transfers, […]

SMBs Grapple With Disaster Recovery, Backup Issues by Nathan Eddy SMBs Face Cost-Related Challenges Cost-related challenges with the backup and recovery of virtual servers cover three areas: high ongoing management costs, expensive licensing models, and backups either requiring or using too much storage. Taking Hours to Recover Backed-Up Servers This graph shows the time, measured […]

Tough macroeconomic conditions and confusion related to emerging technology terms led to more muted growth in the worldwide business intelligence (BI), corporate performance management (CPM) and analytics applications, and performance management software market than in previous years, according to IT research firm Gartner. Overall revenue for this market sector totaled $13.1 billion in 2012, a […]