Nathan Eddy

At least once in the last 12 months, more than one-third (35 percent) of consumers have decided not to purchase products or services from a company because of privacy concerns, according to a Morrison & Foerster survey of more than 900 consumers from across the United States. Among respondents, approximately one in five (22 percent) […]

Accenture announced the launch of a digital portal designed to help developers and engineers accelerate delivery of products to market at lower costs through greater efficiency. The Enterprise Product Information and Content (EPIC) Portal consolidates large amounts of product development data from multiple enterprise systems in a single, organized view. Leveraging this portal, professionals can […]

More cyber- attacks occurred in 2015 than any previous year, with a total of 304 million samples, which means that nearly 28 percent of all malware samples ever recorded were produced last year. This was one of the findings of PandaLabs annual cyber threat report, which also revealed 230,000 new malware samples are produced daily. […]

Thycotic, a provider of privileged account management (PAM) solutions, is offering organizations a free online comparative assessment tool that demonstrates how companies compare to other, similarly-sized organizations, in meeting privileged password management best practices and security guidelines. Designed in conjunction with information security professionals, the Privileged Password Vulnerability Benchmark also provides organizations with a blueprint […]

Average technology salaries in the U.S. saw the biggest year-over-year leap ever, up 7.7 percent to $96,370 annually, according to the annual salary survey by Dice, a careers site for technology professionals. The wage hikes paint a picture of an overall solid environment for technology professionals with 62 percent of workers earning higher salaries in […]

Lexmark announced the launch of next generation A4 color lasers and smart multifunction printers (MFPs) featuring seven models. The models featured in the new line include the Lexmark CS700 Series Printers, CX700 Series MFPs, CS800 Series Printers and CX800 Series MFPs. “Organizations are continuing to find ways to print fewer documents and print for less, […]

Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development launched its sixth call for groundbreaking, sustainable innovations to help save the lives of mothers and newborns in the hardest to reach corners of the world. This round of awards will place an increased focus on advancing the most successful and transformational innovations as they transition […]

Advanced Systems Concepts announced the availability of ActiveBatch Version 10, the latest release of its workload automation and job scheduling software. The platform is focused on improving IT performance in the face of operational and business complexities impacting today’s IT organization. It contains various features designed to increase efficiency and reduce cost. “Workload automation solutions […]

Data quality must improve significantly if businesses are to reap benefits, according to a Blazent survey of 200 C-level and senior IT professionals. According to the report, less than half (40 percent) of C-level executives and data scientists are very confident in their organization’s data quality, with the majority (94 percent) recognizing the impact poor […]

Cloud analytics software provider Cloud Cruiser, announced the release of Cloud Cruiser 16, its latest software-as-a-service (SaaS) application that provides a smart meter for today’s multi-cloud environment. With Cloud Cruiser 16, customers can optimize the delivery of cloud services by metering usage by user. Using Cloud Cruiser’s built-in SmartTag technology, businesses can enhance cloud data […]

Organizations will continue to transform their storage environments in 2016, with most expecting to increase their storage spending over the next year, according to a 451 Research report. Based on research conducted with more than 700 IT professionals worldwide, the report reveals that the proportion of spending on public cloud storage services will at least […]

A large majority of international money transfer service users (82 percent) using services currently offered by existing players such as money transfer operators (MTOs) and banks, are dissatisfied, according to an Amdocs survey. The report found almost half (47 percent) of all respondents cite speed of money transfer as a major challenge with their current […]