Nathan Eddy

The Western Summit of Mount Elbrus Located in the Caucasus Mountains, the snowy summit of Mount Elbrus towers over Europe and Russia at more than 18,500 feet. Kala Patthar Comes Into View While on the Everest Base Camp Trek in Nepal, people can stand face-to-face with Mount Everest, the “Goddess Mother of the Earth,” from […]

Only 28 percent of small-business owners completely understand the concept of cloud computing, while 42 percent of respondents said they are not using cloud computing at all and 35 percent said they were using it only for data storage, according to the latest “Brother Small-Business Survey,” from Brother International, which examined the role of technology […]

Sprint’s Emerging Solutions & Global Wholesale division and Mitel announced a partnership to help support resellers of the cloud services market for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the United States. Mitel is a cloud and premises-based unified communications and collaboration (UCC) solutions specialist. Building on an existing relationship, the agreement will see the Mitel-hosted […]

Apple’s iOS operating system continued to lead in the enterprise as the mobile platform of choice, representing 58 percent of all global devices enrolled, according to a recent report. Android lost two percentage points globally and Windows Mobile remained the same at 7 percent of devices, according to cloud computing company Citrix’s Enterprise Mobility Cloud […]

Bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives, data control and potential data loss are among the most pressing cloud security concerns for businesses, according to a survey of 176 IT security professionals by integrated security information and event management (SIEM) specialist AccelOps. While 65 percent of respondents’ organizations are using cloud services today, only 46 percent […]

The popular video sharing site YouTube—which has helped launch the careers of a slew of entertainers and made celebrities out of ordinary citizens, thanks to viral videos—can now boast that it has more than 1 billion unique users per month. YouTube offered some comparative statistics on its official blog to give people a better understanding […]

Security software and services provider AVG Technologies announced the release of CloudCare, the latest version of its user-friendly, cloud based administration platform that allows remote deployment and management of IT and security services for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The CloudCare release contains two new service offerings–Remote IT and Email Security Services. The commercial release […]

The temptation to find out what exactly is on an unknown USB drive is apparently too great for a vast majority of IT workers, with 78 percent of IT security professionals admitting to picking up and plugging in USB flash drives found abandoned or lying around, according to a survey conducted by South Korean security […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s Leadership Is Tops The 28-year-old inventor and CEO of Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, scored a first-place finish with a 99 percent approval rating. SAP’s Tag-Team Leadership Takes Second Place Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott, each appointed co-CEO of SAP in February 2010, also scored an approval rating of 99 […]

Tablets, smartphones and other second-screen devices, combined with customized content, interactive applications and loyalty programs, will fuel the behavior of social TV consumers over the next 24 months, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The report suggested social TV activities can enhance the value of the TV experience for consumers and offer […]

Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the United States indicated that they intend to increase PC spending over the next year for the first time since January 2012, according to the latest SMB Technology Monitor from IT research specialist The NPD Group. Among these companies, 30 percent said they planned to spend more on PC […]

The five most coveted Apple iWatch features are, in order of preference, email and text capabilities, the ability to receive incoming calls, GPS and maps integration, WiFi technology and weather updates, according a survey of U.S. consumers by online shopping site BuyVia. The survey found that nearly one-quarter (26 percent) of respondents said they are […]