Nathan Eddy

Western Digital subsidiary WD, which specializes in hard drives and storage platforms for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), expanded its product portfolio midmarket companies with the addition of WD Sentinel RX4100, its first 1U rack-mount small business storage server. The Sentinel line is designed to function as a data protection solution and helps safeguard SMBs […]

While it retained the top position in the consumer and enterprise security spaces in 2012, Symantec managed only single-digit growth of 2.6 percent to reach $3.75 billion in 2012, as worldwide security software revenue totaled $19.2 billion in 2012, a 7.9 percent increase from 2011 revenue of $17.7 billion, according to a report from IT […]

Security specialist McAfee announced that has integrated its Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) technology with the company’s ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) platform—which is designed to help organizations protect their data on company-issued and employee-owned devices, from smartphones to desktop computers, through a single, unified infrastructure and console. The EMM software includes the company’s Secure Container for Android […]

Data storage and sharing specialist Connected Data announced enhancements to the company’s Transporter private data sharing and storage device, as well as version 2.0 of the Transporter software suite, which offers a simplified user experience, added key functionality and the extension of its file sharing and storage benefits to mobile devices. Available through a national […]

The development of digital payment advisor (DPA) applications residing on customer mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets has the potential to fundamentally change the way consumers approach their choice of payment solution for higher-value purchase transactions, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The use of DPAs will also be one of […]

Videoconferencing equipment revenue declined 13.2 percent year over year and 21.9 percent quarter over quarter, while total worldwide enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment revenue stood at $563.4 million in the first quarter of 2013, its worst result since the second quarter of 2010, according to results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing […]

Tablet Sales Rise as PC Market Struggles by Nathan Eddy Tablet Shipments Continue to Grow Tablet shipments are expected to grow 58.7 percent year-over-year in 2013 to 229.3 million units from 144.5 million units last year, according to IDC. Consumers Moving to Smaller Screen Sizes Smaller-form-factor tablets in the 7-inch range, led by Android devices […]

Small to midsize builders in the United States and Canada plan to add jobs as a result of increased demand for their products and services and an improved economic outlook, the Sage SMB Hiring Outlook Survey found. Among SMB builders who hired in both 2012 and 2013, 53 percent expect to hire more employees in […]

The coming years will see a domino effect hit regions around the world as smartphones become the norm in more places, as the worldwide smartphone penetration rate among mobile users will remain just under one-third in 2013 and will approach the halfway point by 2017, according to a report from digital marketing, media and commerce […]

Small and midsize business (SMB) IT budgets rose 19 percent in the first half of 2013, as IT professionals reported an average yearly budget of $192,000, up from $162,000 in the second half of 2012, according to a survey of 1,000 global IT professionals conducted by Spiceworks. Cloud usage held steady with 61 percent of […]

The majority of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) said recent disasters, including Hurricane Sandy, haven’t led them to reassess their safety plans, even though natural disasters are the top safety concern among office employees, according to Staples’ second annual workplace safety report, an online survey of more than 400 office workers and 400 decision makers […]

A shift in PC buying trends is causing users to increasingly consider alternatives such as delaying a PC purchase or using tablets and smartphones for more of their computing needs, with global PC shipments now expected to fall by 7.8 percent in 2013, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The […]