Nathan Eddy

Technology giant Dell is bringing data warehousing to midmarket companies with the launch of the Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance 1000, which is powered by Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers and new Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data Warehouse Appliance Edition, as well as Dell Boomi cloud-based data integration software. The platform supports up to 5TB of […]

Shipments of PCs worldwide stalled in the second quarter of 2012, according to reports from IT research firms Gartner and IDC, with both firms reporting sales fell 0.1 percent compared with a year ago. The results were slightly below IDC’s May projections of a 2.1 percent year-on-year growth. Gartner reported worldwide PC shipments totaled 87.5 […]

A high percentage of businesses are unprepared for security threats and are using inefficient threat prevention tools such as vulnerability scanning, according to a survey released by security risk management solutions specialist SkyBox. The survey found that although 92 percent of companies have a vulnerability management program in place, nearly half consider their networks to […]

The latest addition to the Motorola Atrix family of handsets, the Atrix HD, will be an exclusive offer from wireless carrier AT&T starting July 15, with a $99.99 price point (with two-year service agreement). The ultra-slim smartphone is just 8.4mm thick and is reinforced with Kevlar components and invisible nano-coating that acts as a splash […]

Organizations are increasingly spending more time, energy and IT staffing resources on mobile device management (MDM), with full-time employee staff requirements to manage smartphones increasing to a median of 3.6 per employees from a median of 2.9 per 1,000 mobile devices in 2011. That figure is expected to reach 4.0 in 2013, based on an […]

The outlook for the nation€™s small and midsize businesses continues to dim, with the National Federation of Independent Businesses Index of Small-Business Optimism declining a troubling three points in June, falling to 91.4, in what the organization called a €œsignificant€ decline. Only one out of 10 Index components, expected credit conditions, improved in June, while […]

Storage specialist Western Digital launched its Red line of network-attached storage hard drives for small office/home office applications. The drives are shipping in 3.5-inch 1-, 2- and 3-terabyte capacities, and are specifically designed for NAS SOHO systems with one to five drive bays. The drives start at $109 for the 1TB model, $139 for the […]

Data security solutions specialist Imperva announced enhancements to SecureSphere Database Activity Monitoring 9.5, a database audit and protection solution, and released Scuba by Imperva 2.0, a free database vulnerability scanner. SecureSphere version 9.5 is currently available, with pricing starting at $25,000. SecureSphere Database Activity Monitoring 9.5 offers upgraded and enhanced capabilities to help small and […]

Toshiba America Information Systems announced the launch of VIPedge, a cloud-based business telephone solution that allows companies to pay a monthly service fee€”scalable to meet system size and usage needs. Together with its IPedge and Strata CIX business telephone systems, VIPedge offers small and midsize businesses (SMBs) a choice of cloud, IP or converged business […]

The Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone will be shipping a couple of days later than previously announced, according to a landing page on Verizon€™s Website. The smartphone will be released online via Verizon Wireless on July 12, two days later than the originally advertised date. The handset is already available from rival carriers Sprint, where […]

Mobile payments have more than doubled in popularity, reaching more than 33 percent of U.S. residents, according to the results of a report, €œBusiness Strategy: Results from the 2012 Consumer Payments Survey€ by IT research firm IDC€™s Financial Insights division. More than half of those who made a mobile payment used PayPal Mobile (56 percent), […]

Worldwide spending on IT is on track to surpass $3.6 trillion this year, up 3 percent from the $3.5 trillion spent on IT in 2011 and an indication that economic turmoil around the globe is having a limited effect, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The company said it expects enterprise spending […]