Nathan Eddy

Financial services firm American Express announced that its card members and merchants would be the first to have access to Twitter’s new advertising solution for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), which is scheduled to launch in late March. The company said it would give $100 in free Twitter advertising when using this solution to the […]

Cloud computing specialist Rackspace Hosting announced its acquisition of SharePoint911, a provider of SharePoint consulting, training and “JumpStart” services within SharePoint. The unification of both companies provides capabilities to deliver SharePoint hosting solutions along with services to the enterprise market. “For several years, Rackspace has focused on providing managed SharePoint infrastructure,” says John Engates, chief […]

Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a provider of data protection solutions, announced the launch of the StorCenter PX Server Class Series of network storage products, a line of desktop and rack mount NAS devices using server-class drives and aimed at small and midsize businesses (SMBs), remote offices and distributed enterprises. Designed with EMC […]

Parallels, a hosting and cloud services enablement provider, released the latest updates of Parallels SMB Cloud Insights, its series of research that profiles the cloud buying behavior of small to midsize businesses (SMBs), the fastest-growing segment for cloud services. The survey results continues to confirm why Parallels€“and service providers€“should remain laser-beam focused on meeting the […]

When it comes to technology, small businesses continue to ratchet up their use of emerging wireless solutions, including tablet computers, 4G devices and GPS navigation mobile apps, according to the just-released “2012 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll.” Nearly all small businesses (96 percent) surveyed use wireless technologies in their operations, with almost two-thirds (63 percent) […]

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Network operators AT&T and Verizon Wireless plan to launch a version of Apple€™s best-selling iPad tablet on their respective fourth-generation wireless networks, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Apple is widely reported to be releasing the latest version of the iPad in March. Tablet devices and smartphones can be lucrative devices for […]

The findings of a new survey revealed growing salaries and low unemployment among information security professionals. Nearly 70 percent of information security professionals polled reported a salary increase and 55 percent are expecting to receive an increase in 2012, according to the results of the 2012 Career Impact Survey, released today by (ISC)², the information […]

Catbird, a specialist in security and compliance for virtual, cloud and physical networks, announced that VMware vShield App controls are now available for Catbird vSecurity through an embedded OEM partnership with VMware. The integration gives Catbird vSecurity customers the ability to deploy VMware vShield App as an integrated component of Catbird€™s security and compliance solution […]

Houston (Overall Unemployment: 7.6 percent) Technology updates during the last three to five years have slowed due to the downturn in the economy, but as the economy gains footing, more companies are investing in their technology, therefore increasing demand for IT workers. Photo credit: Hequals2henry Toronto (Overall Unemployment: 8.5 percent) Toronto is the fourth-largest IT […]

A report from IT jobs specialist Dice that forecasts the Linux job market shows demand for Linux skills is on the rise but that finding talent is difficult. The report noted that this is triggering better salaries and bonuses for Linux professionals, as companies look to open-source IT specialists to solve their business challenges and […]

Storage specialist Starboard Storage Systems announced the release of the AC72 Storage System for small and midsize businesses, which is designed to simplify managing mixed workload environments that include unstructured, virtualized and structured data. The AC72 provides consolidation onto a single storage system, optimizing the configuration for each application by creating a Dynamic Storage Pool […]