Nathan Eddy

Despite lowered optimism about the U.S. economy, a majority of small business owners anticipate stable revenues and balanced staffing levels in the months ahead, according to a survey from TD Bank. An encouraging 66 percent of small businesses polled during a recent TD Bank survey said they expect to meet or exceed revenue projections in […]

Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) announced the availability of Symantec Instant Messaging Security.cloud (IMS.cloud) with support for Microsoft Lync. Symantec is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor that supports Microsoft Lync users, helping organizations that communicate using instant messaging platforms address their security and compliance issues. IMS.cloud scans messages and attachments for malware, blocks malicious URLs, protects organizations from […]

Small-business owners are battling regulatory challenges and the war for talent, factors that are negatively impacting their bottom line and potentially altering how they vote in 2012, according to the findings of The Hartford’s Small Business Success Study. Despite high unemployment rates, finding qualified talent is a challenge for 59 percent of small-business owners, according […]

Research in Motion released two new smartphones based on the BlackBerry 7 operating system-the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. The Bold 9790 offers a high-resolution touch display and a tactile keyboard. The Curve 9380 is the first-ever Curve smartphone with a touch display. The Bold 9790 combines a high-resolution and touch display with a tactile […]

Solarflare, a provider of application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking hardware and software, announced it is collaborating with Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO), a specialist in shared data decentralization, on solutions that accelerate applications. A member of Fusion-io’s Technology Alliance Program, Solarflare’s products, paired with Fusion-io products, are designed to minimize latency and increase application performance. Solarflare’s application-intelligent […]

Data storage specialist Drobo has released storage industry predictions for the coming year, based on the company’s interactions with customers, analysts and industry experts, predicting pure cloud adoption will become less common than a hybrid approach that tightly integrates public and private cloud architectures with modern on-premises storage systems-a trend the company said will hold […]

DataDirect Networks, an information storage company, unveiled the SFA12K series of Big Data appliances, a suite of products designed to accelerate data-intensive applications and consolidate infrastructure to minimize total cost of data storage ownership for Big Data, high performance computing, cloud and content-intensive environments. With this release, DDN is introducing three new models of its […]

Overland Storage, a provider of data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle recently conducted a nationwide survey of its customers in the United States to learn more about how they use Overland tape libraries. The results of the survey indicate that tape storage remains a critical component of the data center. Half […]

As cloud computing and virtualization rapidly evolve, business management software specialist SAP (NYSE: SAP) is working in a three-way strategic collaboration with partners EMC (NYSE: EMC) and VMware to develop tools and services that make it possible for businesses to adopt cloud and run SAP systems in cloud infrastructures with increasing levels of automation. The […]

With operations disrupted at more than a dozen hard disk drive (HDD) factories, damage to the HDD industry is significant, due to widespread flooding across Thailand. According to a report from IT analytics firm IDC, this will have a direct impact on worldwide PC shipments through the first half of 2012.The report said the severity […]

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The Federal Communications Commission is unveiling a plan to bring broadband Internet connections to eligible low-income families in the form of a contract for two years of $9.95 broadband cable Internet, with a no installation or activation fee option and no modem rental fees (with an option to purchase a $10 modem). The offer will […]