Nathan Eddy

Secure enterprise mobility solutions specialist Good Technologies launched two service offerings–BYOD Policy Construction and Transition Services– designed to help businesses transition to a bring your own device mobile infrastructure and establish appropriate BYOD policies. The Policy Construction approach provides a structured framework to provide industry and peer data, as well as best practices, to inform […]

Small to misize businesses are gearing up to throw more of their advertising budgets into the mobile space, according to a survey conducted by Borrell Associates on behalf of Pontiflex, the company behind AdLeads, a mobile signup ad platform. The survey found 72 percent of SMBs surveyed said they would increase or keep the same […]

Netgear R6300 ($194.90) This router offers Simultaneous Dual Band, which doubles bandwidth and reduces WiFi interference for better connections, while the Netgear Genie provides a dashboard to manage and repair the network. Linksys EA4500 ($148.27) Dual-band 3×3 wireless supports high-bandwidth applications such as video streaming or file sharing, and runs Cisco Connect Cloud, giving users […]

Apple’s iPhone 5 packs some of the latest features, high quality materials and advanced components in the smartphone market into its slim frame, bringing the bill of materials (BOM) for the low-end version, the 16GB model, to $199, according to a virtual teardown of the handset by the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. The addition […]

When it comes to business, Apple’s popular iPad tablet is viewed as a critical tool, according to an online survey of 1,320 iPad owners employed at companies of varying sizes and across industries, conducted by online and mobile presentation company Brainshark. The iPad is helping users with their jobs to such a great extent, almost […]

The world’s largest mobile handset manufacturer, Samsung, turned to microblogging site Twitter to quash rumors that the company was planning to launch the follow-up to its wildly successful Galaxy S III smartphone, the S4, in March of next year. The post, written in Korean, can be loosely translated (thank you, Google Translate) as denying the […]

APXS Portrait This image shows the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) on the rover, which helped NASA scientists confirm the instrument had not become caked with dust during Curiosity’s dusty landing. SAM Is Closed The inlet covers (upper right) for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument are opened and closed as the rover continues […]

Network performance management remains a significant issue for organizations of all sizes as IT departments grapple with emerging technologies and legacy infrastructure, according to a report from network monitoring solutions specialist SevOne. The survey of 711 global IT managers across a variety of industries found 90 percent do not have confidence in themselves to find […]

Emerging technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization and mobile devices are rapidly increasing the complexity of managing data centers, according to the results of security specialist Symantec’s 2012 State of the Data Center Survey, which found 79 percent of respondents are dealing with this issue. The results suggest organizations should consider taking steps to manage […]

With market demand growing for cloud-based storage services, Web-based data storage specialist Box on Sept. 17 announced the launch of Accelerator, a global data transfer network designed to give customers up to a 10 times boost in upload speeds. The platform is a combination of new infrastructure in nine locations throughout the world and network […]

As organizations continue to adopt bring-your-own-device initiatives, which allow employees to use personal mobile devices to connect to the company network, these businesses are potentially opening themselves up to security breaches, according to a survey of more than 100 small and midsize business IT security providers during June and July 2012, which was sponsored by […]

As large corporations wrestle with social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to sell their goods and services to an online, socially interconnected audience, the temptation to write paid or fake reviews of products will grow, according to IT research firm Gartner. The company’s report predicts enterprise spending on paid social media ratings and reviews […]