Nathan Eddy

Customer, student, employee and patient information is most at risk for cyber-attacks today, and defending that data is a top concern for IT professionals this year, according to the Data Loss Straw Poll, a national survey published by CDW, a provider of technology solutions to business, government, education and health care. Concern about data loss […]

When pursuing the American dream of starting a business, new entrepreneurs save $16,550.52 with high-speed broadband Internet, according to the report €œStart-Up Savings: Boosting Entrepreneurship Through Broadband Internet,€ released by the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council). The analysis looks at the top 10 ways broadband creates significant […]

Enterprises across a range of industries now have the ability to tap into Verizon€™s 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network, which the company has integrated with end-to-end private networks. Verizon€™s Enterprise Solutions division is combining 4G LTE access, available in more than 200 U.S. markets, with its global Private IP network service to create a […]

With the pervasive, worldwide adoption of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, job seekers know that the all-important first impression is potentially made well before the first interview. But just how many hiring managers browse social media profiles, and what types of information are they hunting? More than a third of companies (37 […]

Managed service providers may be missing revenue-generating opportunities in the areas of offsite data backup and recovery services, according to an informal survey by Modular Data Protection Services, a provider of cloud data protection for the channel servicing the SMB/SME market. Modular DPS surveyed resellers of Intel AppUp Small Business Service and discovered that while […]

Cloud backup and storage provider SpiderOak announced the release of SpiderOak Blue, a private enterprise-class cloud storage system with a €œzero-knowledge€ privacy guarantee, online backup, and secure syncing and sharing capabilities. In addition, SpiderOak Blue enables centralized management and provisioning of company data. Companies retain complete ownership and administration of all their data, under a […]

Concerns about regulations and energy prices continue to impede growth for small businesses, according to a recent poll commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive between March 27 and April 2, found that while small-business confidence grew in the first quarter of 2012, small businesses continue to lose employees. […]

Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are still struggling to figure out how social media applications can boost their business, the results of a new survey suggest. Only 19.5 percent of SMB Websites have a link to a Facebook page, and even fewer have links to popular social networking sites Twitter and LinkedIn, according to the […]

Google is gearing up to offer consumers and businesses Drive, an online storage service to rival Dropbox, as early as next week, according to a draft press release obtained by technology blog The Next Web. The service will offer users 5GB of storage for free, considerably more than the 2GB currently offered by Dropbox. According […]

Data storage specialist Western Digital (NYSE: WDC), announced it is now shipping the WD VelociRaptor 1TB hard drive, the latest addition to its drive family and the largest capacity 10,000 rpm hard drive available. Designed for high-performance PCs, Mac computers and professional workstations, the WD VelociRaptor drive is aimed at enthusiasts and creative professionals. The […]

Although 2012 may be the year of living hesitantly, as 85 percent of CEOs surveyed said they believe their enterprises will be impacted by an economic downturn in 2012, according to IT research firm Gartner, the survey results showed by a ratio of more than 2:1 that CEOs said they will increase IT investments in […]

Data backup, disaster recovery and data migration solutions provider Paragon Software Group (PSG) announced the release of Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 Professional, developed to solve migration and virtual management challenges. The platform allows users to migrate their PCs to a virtual environment (P2V) or vice versa (V2P) with zero downtime. Since most hypervisors do not […]