Nathan Eddy

Executives at three out of four midmarket companies are maintaining or boosting their long-term investments despite the U.S. economy’s less than 1 percent growth rate during the first half of the year, according to a Deloitte survey. The report, “Mid-Market Perspectives: America’s Economic Engine – Competing in Uncertain Times,” also indicates that a majority of […]

Perot Museum of Nature & Science, Dallas This museum is undergoing a state-of-the-art addition in the Victory Park area of downtown, designed by architect Thom Mayne. Fair Park Site of the 1936 Texas centennial exposition, Fair Park is the only intact and unaltered pre-1950s world fair site remaining in the United States.Photo credit: Andreas Praefcke […]

For the first time, computer maker Lenovo has surpassed technology giant Dell in worldwide PC shipments, leaping into the No. 2 spot behind Hewlett-Packard, according to the latest data from IT analytics firm Gartner. Total worldwide PC shipments rose to 91.8 million units in the third quarter, a 3.2 percent increase from the third quarter […]

As more workers become mobile-enabled, the mobile software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is evolving, with more small to medium-size business employees using smartphones with data plans-and other wireless devices-to further improve productivity and worker mobility, according to Strategy Analytics Wireless Enterprise Strategies’ latest report, “Why Mobile SMBs Are Opening Doors to Software-as-a-Service to Increase Productivity and Efficiency.” […]

The continuing uncertainty about the U.S. economy is impacting staffing levels at IT companies, according to the latest CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index. In the quarterly survey, 54 percent of IT firms say they are understaffed by five percent or more. Another 22 percent of firms are fully staffed, but would like to hire […]

Network operator T-Mobile USA introduced its Global Corporate Access solution, a response to the needs of multinational corporations, U.S. enterprises and government agencies that seek secure access to corporate tools and resources from across the globe. In partnership with iPass and Deutsche Telekom AG, the T-Mobile GCA solution provides authenticated customer online access and support […]

A report from IT research firm IDC found increasing SMB interest in a broad range of enterprise and consumer communications capabilities, including voice over IP (VOIP); conferencing technologies that support audio, Web and video; and unified messaging, which integrates voice and data messaging. Still, the report noted relatively few have implemented a comprehensive, end-to-end unified […]

Network operator AT&T announced the upcoming availability of five Android smartphones-the Motorola Atrix 2, Samsung Captivate Glide, Samsung DoubleTime, Pantech Pocket and AT&T Avail, a smartphone option for prepaid customers. These handsets increase AT&T’s 2011 Android lineup to 19, with more planned. In addition, competitor T-Mobile launched two 4G Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) tablets-the T-Mobile SpringBoard […]

IT-as-a-service delivery specialist OS33 announced the Cloud Drive, a technology that creates a unified file system by bringing together storage from different private and public cloud technologies. OS33’s Webtop with Cloud Drive technology is designed to allow end users to access their files from any device, across cloud-based and local applications. Cloud Drive technology acts […]

Small business optimism gained 0.8 points in September, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’ latest index, ending a six-month decline. However, the NFIB’s chief economist cautioned that in spite of this uptick, there is little among the 10 index components that can be considered “positive.” Reports of owners expecting real sales to improve […]

Motorola Solutions, a provider of communication products and services for enterprise and government customers, unveiled the ET1 tablet, the company’s entry into the enterprise tablet market. The ET1, designed for a variety of vertical markets, offers enhanced durability, an optional bar code scanner and magnetic stripe reader, hot-swappable battery packs, and secure system software. Key […]

Apple announced that preorders of its iPhone 4S have topped 1 million in a single day, surpassing the previous single-day preorder record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. The iPhone 4S is the company’s latest smartphone and comes with new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip, an all new camera with advanced optics, full 1080p […]