Nathan Eddy

Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew 0.9 percent from 2010, reaching $302 billion in 2011, according to preliminary results by IT research firm Gartner. After a strong start to the year, worries about the strength of the macroeconomy slowed equipment and semiconductor orders in 2011, the report found. Intel held the No. 1 position for the 20th […]

The proliferation of powerful smartphones and tablets poses a challenge for IT departments, such as providing secure remote access to network resources for a growing number of employees who use their own mobile devices for business purposes. With the introduction of the SonicWall E-Class SRA EX9000 running on the new SonicWall Aventail 10.6 architecture, SonicWall […]

Fans of Apple’s iPad tablet can look forward to a version of the device with a smaller screen size-7.85 inches, to be exact-in the fourth quarter of 2012, along with a new version of the popular tablet in the first quarter of the year, according to a report in Taiwanese tech site DigiTimes. According to […]

More than three-quarters (77 percent) of business owners say they started their companies to provide financially for their families, yet despite these good intentions, less than half feel confident with their current personal financial situation. More than a quarter (28 percent) say that it is all they can do to keep up with everyday business […]

Enterprise resource planning software for on-premise and cloud-based utilization specialist Syspro launched a four-part architectural platform that offers business capabilities for small and midsize business manufacturers and distributors. Called Quantum Architecture, the company’s framework leads on from the Syspro USA “Einstein” strategy, designed to solve problems that have affected ERP solutions. Parallel to Einstein’s Quantum […]

Expanding on its offerings to small business partners, networking specialist Cisco announced a cloud-based service called OnPlus that offers channel partners a way to provide network assessment, management and advisory services to their small business customers. By enabling value-added resellers (VARs) to create or expand their managed services practice, OnPlus aims to help to evolve […]

Unified visual communications specialist Radvision announced a suite of video tools aimed at small to medium-size businesses, including the addition of the Scopia Elite MCU 5105 to its portfolio of standards-based video conferencing infrastructure solutions. Additionally, the Scopia XT1000 SMB Solution now incorporates Scopia Mobile. The Elite 5105 bundle includes the 5105 MCU, dynamic capacity […]

D-Link DIR-655 Extreme-N Gigabit ($69.99) Ideal for streaming HD video or streaming multiple applications simultaneously, this router’s dual active firewall protection (SPI & NAT) helps block malicious attacks on networks from the Internet. Cisco-Linksys E4200 Dual-Band Wireless-N ($155.70) Double your network bandwidth with dual-band N (2.4 and 5 GHz) designed to avoid interference, maximize throughput, […]

Google’s Android mobile operating system and Apple’s iOS dominate the U.S. smartphone space, holding about 82 percent of the market, according to the latest numbers from market research firm NPD Group. According to the NPD report released Dec. 13, Android exceeds more than half of the market, at 53 percent, followed by iOS, which holds […]

Voice over IP (VOIP) service provider Skype announced the latest version of its service for Google Android devices, Skype 2.6 for Android, which allows users to send photos and videos to contacts from Skype on an Android device. The service is free and works over WiFi or 3G on a mobile data plan. As well […]

Following a meeting on a multi-vehicle highway accident last year in Gray Summit, Mo., the National Transportation Safety Board is calling for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of cell phones while driving a motor vehicle. The NTSB’s recommendation specifically calls for all 50 states and Washington D.C. to ban all nonemergency use of […]

Apple announced that more than 100 million applications have been downloaded from the company’s App Store in less than one year. Featuring thousands of free and paid applications-the store now has more than 500,000 applications total-customers have downloaded more than 18 billion applications and continue to download more than 1 billion applications per month. Amar […]