Nathan Eddy

Consumer electronics giant LG decided to get a jump on this year’s Mobile World Congress by announcing the release of the first two models in the X series, the X cam and X screen, which will debut at MWC next week. The handsets are pitched at consumers who aren’t interested in a fully loaded smartphone […]

Cloud infrastructure specialist Artisan introduced Neverfail HybriStor data protection appliances, which are designed to offer nearly unlimited capacity expansion, scalable performance, instant local/remote recovery and a multi-vendor architecture. The vendor-agnostic approach uses open standards for connecting to most backup and archive applications using a Network File System (NFS) or Common Internet File System (CIFS) mount, […]

Enterprise software giant SAP extended the capabilities of its talent management solution, SuccessFactors Performance & Goals, with the introduction of continuous performance management. The new capabilities facilitate ongoing one-on-one check-ins between employees and managers to help ensure that activities, accomplishments and goals stay on track throughout the year, company officials said. “An employee-driven, forward-looking and […]

California-based robotics company suitX took the top prize for designing and manufacturing medical and industrial exoskeletons, emerging as the winner of the $1 million prize in the international Robotics for Good competition for its pediatric medical exoskeleton. The company competed in an original pool of 664 entries from 121 countries to a short list of […]

At least one in three home routers will be used as public WiFi hotspots by 2017, and the total installed base of such dual-use routers will reach 366 million globally by the end of 2020, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report explained that these so-called ‘homespot’ routers essentially create two wireless networks […]

SAP and SuccessFactors, an SAP company, announced the release of SAP Jam Collaboration, a social software platform designed to improve informal learning. Jam Collaboration supports the SAP SuccessFactors Learning solution in a way to help employees learn in a more engaged and collaborative manner. The platform provides learning, mentoring, and development communities for sharing content, […]

Looking toward the upcoming Presidential election, small business owners reported two issues of greatest concern for their businesses, according to a Dealstruck survey of 410 small business-owners. The survey revealed that regardless of political affiliation, small business owners agree that the most pressing issues in 2016 are taxes (56 percent) and health care (46 percent). […]

The fourth quarter of 2015 concluded a year of multiple global technology deal-making records, according to EY’s annual fourth quarter technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) report. This means 2015 set a new all-time high for annual tech M&A aggregate value, surpassing the previously set record in 2000. The fourth quarter of 2015 was a megahit […]

With acceptance of mobile and other new forms of payments expected to double in the next two years, a new global study shows a critical need for organizations to improve their payment data security practices. This was one of the findings of a survey of more than 3,700 IT security practitioners, conducted by the Ponemon […]

IT management specialist Landesk announced the release of Management Suite 2016, Security Suite 2016 and the introduction of Mobile Security Suite 2016. Management Suite 2016 offers full mobile device management capabilities as part of its client management solution, allowing organizations to manage devices, packages and workflows for PCs, Macs, Linux, Chromebooks and now iOS and […]

Business communications giant Comcast unveiled WiFi Pro, a wireless Internet solution aimed at small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) and enterprise branch offices that includes cloud-based controls, marketing tools and other advanced capabilities. It provides two high-performance commercial WiFi networks–a private network for employees and a guest network for visitors and patrons–providing additional security. It also […]

Medical tech solutions specialist Boston Scientific and professional services specialist Accenture announced the development of a cloud-based, data-driven digital health solution for hospitals. The solution, known as Advantics Care Pathway Transformation, is designed to enable providers to make more proactive and informed decisions based on insights into the patient population, ultimately improving the care a […]