Nathan Eddy

Cloud services and software as a service continue to penetrate the small and midsize business market, with 39 percent of SMBs saying they expect to be paying for one or more cloud services within three years, in contrast to the 29 percent currently paying for cloud services, according Microsoft€™s global “SMB Cloud Adoption Study 2011.” […]

Networking specialist Cisco unveiled a line of Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers with app-enabled capabilities for users to connect their homes or small-office/home-office (SOHO) setups. The three Smart Wi-Fi Routers offer support for Cisco Connect Cloud, the next generation of Cisco Connect software, which provides any time, any place management of multiple home networks. Cisco also […]

DataVault Password Manager ($9.99) This app stores confidential information related to credit cards, bank accounts, log-ins and more using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) protection. Lock Photo+Video ($2.99) Hide your secret photos, videos, voice recordings, notes, documents and other files and create decoys to add an extra layer of protection. Security Suite ($0.99) Prevent unauthorized access […]

Fifty-eight percent of consumers who have a smart device use location-based applications, despite concerns about safety and third-party use of their personal information for marketing purposes, according to a survey from nonprofit global information security association ISACA (previously known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association). According to the survey, the location-based activities most […]

Nearly 60 percent of small businesses surveyed plan on spending as much in 2012 as they did in 2011 or more on online marketing efforts, according to the 2012 “AT&T Small Business Technology Poll.” Inexpensive, modern grassroots marketing techniques€”both online and offline€”have grown to be among the most popular for small businesses in the past […]

Following months of speculation, Google gave the world a sneak peek at its Project Glass plans, glasses which present visual information in front of your eyes, such as the temperature outside, time, and even messages from friends. A two-and-a-half minute promotional video the Project Glass team posted on YouTube, which takes viewers on a tour […]

Data storage specialist Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) introduced My Passport Studio, WD’s first 2-terabyte capacity portable drive dedicated for Mac customers. Along with Apple Time Machine compatibility for automatic backup of Mac hard drives, the hard drive allows Mac users to employ one drive for the protection and transport of all their digital content. The […]

Spending on information technology by the 8 million small and midsized businesses in the United States will account for approximately one-quarter of overall global SMB IT spending and more than 10 percent of all IT spending worldwide in 2012, according to a report from IT research firm IDC. The small business segment will spend nearly […]

Network operator AT&T announced plans to expand its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network by 12 markets starting on April 8, corresponding with the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone. The new markets being added April 8 include Bloomington and Muncie, Ind., along with Bryan-College Station, Texas€”with St. Louis, Mo.; Naples, Fla.; Lafayette, Ind.; […]

Worldwide revenue in the market for business intelligence, analytic applications and performance management software rose 16 percent to $12.2 billion in 2011 from $10.5 billion in 2010, according to a report from Gartner. The BI, analytics and PM software market was the second-fastest growing sector in the overall worldwide enterprise software market in 2011, according […]

Code 42 Software announced the release of CrashPlan PROe 3, its updated enterprise backup solution. PROe 3 features new hybrid architecture, dynamic data balancing, secure mobile access with one-touch update, and new management and deployment tools. The offering is designed to provide enterprises with greater levels of security, flexibility and efficiency with their data backup. […]

Hard-disk drive unit shipments worldwide experienced a year-over-year decline of 4.5 percent in 2011, due in part to massive and tragic natural disasters in Japan and Thailand, according to a report from IDC. Although efforts to clean and repair flooded factory buildings and equipment will take most of the first half of 2012, HDD and […]