Nathan Eddy

Small-business owners across the country believe economic conditions have held steady throughout 2012, and looking ahead to 2013, nearly half (45 percent) think the U.S. economy will remain about the same, according to Capital One’s third-quarter 2012 Small-Business Barometer. Survey results also suggest, however, a growing level of caution about the economy, as only 27 […]

An uncertain economic future, dominated by talk of the proverbial “fiscal cliff,” did nothing to help U.S. sales of consumer electronic goods on Black Friday, according to a report from IT research firm The NPD Group. Retail sales for Black Friday declined by 5.6 percent, a steeper-than-anticipated decline, according to the firm. This follows last […]

Network monitoring and reporting solutions provider SevOne announced the Nov. 29 release of an appliance targeting large enterprises facing massive network growth, data center space optimization and big data challenges, as well as a mobile application designed to provide network administrators with real-time visibility into global network health across one or many networks. The platform […]

Even the world’s largest and most resourceful media companies are still struggling to adapt to a shifting landscape where digital content is king and the rise of tablets and other mobile devices is changing the reading habits of consumers. Worldwide media behemoth News Corp., owned by Rupert Murdoch, announced it would be closing The Daily, […]

For the holiday season to date, U.S. consumer have spent $20.4 billion online, marking a 15-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year, according to market research firm comScore. The report, which covered holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 30 days of the November–December 2012 holiday season. The most recent week saw three […]

Chinese consumers scrambling for Apple’s latest must-have mobile devices, the iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini, will finally get their chance when the smartphone and the 7-inch tablet arrive in the country in December. The WiFi-enabled iPad Mini, Apple’s first foray into the 7-inch tablet space, lands on store shelves in China Dec. 7, while […]

The bring your own device trend is changing employee attitudes toward career advancement, and BYOD is gaining ground in emerging, high-growth markets–including Brazil, Russia, India, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia–according to a study commissioned by IT consulting firm Ovum and conducted by Logicalis. According to the study of 3,796 consumers in 17 different countries, […]

Among the top four wireless network carriers in the United States, Verizon led its competitors as the highest-rated major carrier, based on the results of a survey of 63,253 subscribers by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. The company received favorable scores for voice and data service quality, as well as for support attributes like […]

Excluding sales of Microsoft’s much-buzzed-about Surface tablet, the consumer Windows PC and tablet market didn’t get the boost it needed from the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8 in the U.S, according to a report from research firm NPD Group. Since the Windows 8 launch Oct. 26, Windows device sales have fallen 21 percent from the […]

Cloud security specialist Trend Micro announced the Nov. 27 launch its free Online Security Assessment Tools for cloud, cyber and mobile security to provide organizations with an idea of their current business security posture with respect to cloud adoption, consumerization of IT, bring your own device (BYOD) programs and targeted attacks. By answering 25 yes-or-no […]

Consumers who were hoping to lay their hands on the Asus Taichi dual-screen Ultrabook will be disappointed to learn the computer maker has delayed shipments of the notebook to the United States.Although the device was previously available online from retail sites including Amazon, Newegg and TigerDirect, the Ultrabook is currently listed as out of stock […]

While organizations continue to adopt cloud computing solutions, data security remains an issue, according to a survey of enterprises commissioned by Asigra and performed by customer metrics and research organization TechValidate. The survey found 21 percent of respondents cited data security as the biggest concern while the location of where the data was stored came […]