Nathan Eddy

Desktop virtualization and software specialist Citrix has launched Podio for iPad, an application designed to automate simple tasks and structure lightweight workflows for businesses implementing bring your own device, or BYOD, initiatives or looking for ways to use mobile devices like tablets to improve efficiency in the workforce. The platform extends Podio’s core features, including […]

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing, and to provide education on the uses of cloud computing to help secure all other forms of computing, launched a Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group in the EU and a partnership […]

While they battle it out for market share in the worldwide server space, technology giants IBM and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are also in close contention for worldwide market leadership in high performance computing (HPC), capturing 32.7 percent and 29.8 percent of overall revenue share, respectively, according to IT research firm IDC’s Worldwide High-Performance Technical Server QView. […]

Software-as-a-service solutions specialist Fiberlink, whose services focus on secure enterprise mobile device and application management, announced the release of MaaS360 Mobile Device Management, a platform that helps small to medium-size businesses securely manage corporate and personal devices, distribute mobile applications and share documents. The platform requires no minimum device commitment is designed to let small […]

Cloud services provider Hostway announced the beta launch of its virtual machine replication service, designed to provide disaster recovery on Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. The service is enabled by the Hyper-V Replica feature included in Microsoft’s recently released Windows Server 2012 operating system. The service and other components of Windows Server 2012 are available as […]

The social media giant Facebook is taking steps to delete false “likes” that are posted to company Facebook pages, often by users who don’t exist or don’t have knowledge of the particular business, in an effort to fix an issue that could devalue a major part of Facebook’s advertising model. In a blog post on […]

The trials and tribulations of the world’s most notorious file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay, continue this week as the site’s co-founder, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, 27, who had disappeared after being found guilty of illegal file sharing in 2009, was arrested in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, according to various sources, including Swedish-language newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. Warg, a […]

As the expected launch date for Apple’s latest-generation iPhone, commonly referred to as the iPhone 5, fast approaches, information about the smartphone has been leaking onto the Web from multiple sources around the globe. The latest bit of intelligence stems from a video and still photos showing a full mockup of the iPhone 5 at […]

Hewlett-Packard is delivering on its promise to launch an open-source version of its webOS mobile operating system-and is doing it right on schedule. The Beta release, launched Aug. 31, comprises 54 webOS components available as open-source software and brings more than 450,000 lines of code released under the Apache 2.0 license. Incorporating two build environments-a […]

Cloud services specialist j2 Global’s Campaigner subsidiary, which specializes in sales and marketing software, announced the launch of CampaignerCRM, a customer relationship management platform aimed at small and midsize businesses. Available through a Web-based subscription model starting at less than $29.99 per user, per month, the platform combines sales process software, social media connectivity, sales […]

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a nonprofit organization focused on best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing, and information and communication technology specialist Fujitsu Laboratories of America, announced the launch of the Big Data Working Group. The BDWG will address the need for collaborative research and solutions to big data security challenges. Sreeranga […]

Technology giants Hewlett-Packard and IBM landed at the top of the worldwide server market as factory revenue in the overall market decreased 4.8 percent year-over-year to $12.6 billion in the second quarter of 2012, according to a report from IT research firm IDC. Server shipments decreased 3.6 percent year-over-year to 2 million units in the […]