Nathan Eddy

Small businesses are increasing their use of the Internet and social media platforms to connect with customers and grow their businesses, according to a recent survey by Citibank. The study found that 65 percent of the 749 small-business owners surveyed across the United States cited increased marketing activities as a key step in growing their […]

Hacktivism€”cyber-hacking to advance political and social objectives€”accounted for 58 percent of the data stolen last year, according to Verizon€™s annual data breach report. The latest study found the trend contrasts sharply with the data breach pattern of the past several years, during which the majority of attacks were carried out by cyber-criminals, whose primary motivation […]

The organizational cost of a data breach was $5.5 million last year, and malicious attacks are 25 percent more costly than other types, according to the findings of Symantec and the Ponemon Institute€™s “2011 Cost of Data Breach Study: United States.” The study revealed that negligent insiders are the top cause of data breaches. However, […]

Data protection and big data management specialist Quantum announced a software platform to help businesses employ cloud-based data. The new platform is centered on Quantum vmPro technology and its new virtual deduplication appliance, DXi V1000. The all-virtual platform serves as a component of Xerox’s recently announced cloud backup and disaster recovery services. It is also […]

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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Euronext, an operator of financial markets and provider of trading technologies, announced the launch of NYSE Big StartUp, a nationwide jobs-growth initiative to connect young companies and entrepreneurs with corporate America, in collaboration with small business financing company Accion, the Entrepreneurs€™ Organization and The Startup America Partnership. Online local search […]

Cloud backup and data recovery services specialist KineticD, announced KineticSeed, which provides small and midsize businesses (SMBs) with the ability to back up large amounts of data from a USB or external drive and send it securely to KineticD€™s certified data center for protection. KineticSeed customers can remotely back up an unlimited number of servers […]

Data storage specialist Western Digital announced the next generation of its My Passport storage drives with a range of capacities, beginning from 500GB and topping out at an industry-first 2TB. Featuring the company€™s SmartWare automatic backup software and WD Security technology for password protection and hardware encryption, the drives, which are powered through the USB […]

Networking, security and cloud services specialist Virtela has extended its automation and predictive analytics platforms to its managed IT infrastructure services for virtualized data centers and private clouds. The newly integrated technologies enhance the company€™s managed data center network and security services. Virtela’s managed IT infrastructure services for virtualized data centers and private clouds alleviate […]

Cloud platform provider Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) introduced Terra Alta, an enterprise-class solution designed to address the evolving complexities of application acceleration in the cloud. Terra Alta helps simplify the process of developing and deploying applications in the cloud, making it easier to optimize hundreds or thousands of applications with greater flexibility and control. Terra […]

The surge in malware targeted at Android devices has surpassed the Google Android operating system’s rise in market share, according to the findings of a new report from Total Defense, a malware detection and anti-crimeware specialist. The “2011 Internet Security Threat Intelligence Report” reveals that, in total, more than 25 times more Android Malware was […]

Accellos Inc., a provider of supply chain execution software solutions, announced the launch of its AccellosOne warehouse management system (WMS) in a cloud deployment option. The offering will be available for review at Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2012. The platform offers warehouse management capability in a hosted model using enterprise cloud technology. Key features of AccellosOne […]