Nathan Eddy

Microsoft’s latest foray into the tablet market, the Surface, and Apple’s compact version of the iPad, widely referred to as the iPad Mini, could expand the field for small businesses looking to increase productivity by introducing more options in the mobile device segment, offering midmarket companies with limited budgets ways to connect with central offices […]

When it comes to security, small and midsize businesses are largely unaware of the risks they face, according to a survey of 1,015 U.S. SMBs by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and security specialist Symantec. The report found more than three-fourths (77 percent) of respondents said their company is safe from cyber-threats, such as […]

With small and midsize business owners split on perceptions of the economic recovery, local marketing company Reply’s eighth Merchant Confidence Index, a survey of local business owners across the country sharing their confidence levels about the current economy, indicated the use of mobile marketing on free social media platforms is growing among midmarket companies. The […]

Although most of the hype and media attention regarding Apple’s iPhone 5 focused on its design and usability, the human cost of actually making the phone has come to light. The company that manufactures the handset, Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world’s largest maker of electronic components, has come under scrutiny again as it admitted to employing […]

More than three-quarters (76 percent) of enterprise IT decision makers plan to adopt mobile business apps in the next 12 months, but security, potential loss of data and compliance remain key concerns about business application implementation, according to a survey by IT security and information risk management solutions specialist Integralis, which studied the use of […]

Security specialist Marble Cloud, formerly known as IronKey, announced the Oct. 15 launch of Marble Access, a cloud-access management platform aimed at companies deploying bring-your-own-device initiatives. The platform is comprised of Marble App, Marble Network and Marble Cloud management service. Marble Access is now available on Apple iPhones, iPads and Macs, Windows-based and Linux notebooks, […]

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard’s enterprise services division announced the launch of business process outsourcing, or BPO, analytics services, designed to help organizations address the need for data-driven business insights, such as customer, supplier and market information by extracting data buried in employee emails, PowerPoint presentations, Webcasts, instant messages and other unstructured data. With the service, HP […]

Network virtualization specialist MidoKura announced its entry into the U.S. market with the launch of MidoNet, a distributed, decentralized, multi-layer software defined virtual network solution specifically designed for infrastructure as a service and virtualizes the network stack for cloud platforms such as OpenStack. MidoNet is currently available in beta to early access customers, partners and […]

While Apple has still not officially announced anything about a smaller version of its iPad tablet, unofficially dubbed the iPad Mini, attention remains focused on the widely anticipated tablet—thanks to a stream of leaked images showing what could be components of the device, as well as technical details and other rumors from various unnamed sources. […]

Iomega, a storage solutions subsidiary of storage hardware firm EMC, announced the availability this month of the StorCenter px12-450r Network Storage Array, a multi-protocol networked data storage solution for small to medium-size businesses, remote office and branch office installations and distributed enterprises. Storage capacities for the StorCenter PX series range from diskless models up to […]

With a highly competitive presidential election on the horizon, small-business owners are in standby mode until voters make their decision, although optimism among midmarket companies in September indicated another month of low expectations and pessimism, with the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) Small-Business Optimism Index losing 0.1 points and falling to 92.8. Optimism took […]

Security risk intelligence firm Rapid7 announced the acquisition of mobile device management solutions specialist Mobilisafe, in an effort to bring its risk management portfolio into the growing bring your own device market. Mobilisafe’s cloud-based risk management solution will be integrated into Rapid7’s existing security assessment and management solutions, Nexpose and Metasploit, which are designed to […]