Nathan Eddy

Sprint has announced Biz 360, a series of communication services aimed at small and midsize businesses. Biz 360’s tailored communications packages are available now with phones and applications and unique support from care advocates to help midmarket companies implement solutions. Biz 360 includes wireless phone solutions, fixed and mobile connectivity solutions, productivity solutions that let […]

The official Apple iPad application for the voice over IP service Skype officially launched after appearing briefly on Apple’s App Store on Monday. The application was then quickly taken down, with Skype claiming that it was launched prematurely. However, the free application is currently available via the App Store, and includes features such as the […]

Wireless carrier AT&T announced that starting Oct. 1, smartphone customers with unlimited data plans will experience reduced speeds once their usage in a billing cycle reaches the level that puts them among the top 5 percent of heaviest data users, a move that brings the company closer in line with its competitors’ selection of data […]

Polycom, a provider of unified communications technology, has closed the deal for Hewlett-Packard’s visual collaboration business. The deal not only gives Polycom the HP visual collaboration business, but it also makes Polycom the exclusive partner to HP for telepresence and certain video UC solutions, including both resale and internal HP deployments. The two companies also […]

Zyrion, a provider of business service management and network performance monitoring solutions, announced the integration of its service container technology with its storage monitoring module for providing visibility into the impact of NAS and SAN devices on business services. The integrated solution is designed to reduce the time to resolution for service-related issues that are […]

Customer relationship management solutions specialist Landslide Technologies announced a three-tiered CRM service and pricing structure targeted toward small to medium-size businesses. The new structure is designed to make business-class, sales-focused CRM services accessible to a wider range of organizations, allowing them to choose the appropriate level of service for their business at a reasonable price. […]

A number of dual-core application processors have been launched this year, according IT analytics firm ABI Research. With its MSM8260, however, Qualcomm has integrated an advanced dual-core application processor with an HSPA modem in one unit, which HTC has deployed in its Sensation phone. ABI Research conducted an in-depth teardown of the MSM8260, which revealed […]

Small and midsized businesses intend to expand their use of technology to improve customer interactions, mobility options and operational efficiencies, according to a study released by CompTIA, a nonprofit trade association for the IT industry. Seven out of 10 SMBs surveyed said they expect to increase their technology spending over the next 12 months, according […]

Budget constraints continue to weigh heavily on IT decision making at small and midsize companies, a new study shows. A Hewlett-Packard survey of more than 500 IT managers at U.S. SMBs shows that 93 percent of companies have placed cost concerns over the best IT solutions, leading 89 percent of those companies to experience IT-related […]

LightSquared, a wholesale-only integrated 4G LTE wireless broadband and satellite network provider, and network operator Sprint Nextel have entered into a 15-year agreement that includes spectrum hosting and network services, 4G wholesale and 3G roaming. Under the agreement, during an 11-year period, LightSquared will make payments to Sprint of about $9 billion in cash for […]

Google + (Free) This mobile version of Googles new social networking platform includes Huddle, which lets users send mass text messages. Google Search (Free) With the Goggles, Voice Search and My Location features, search becomes more personalized than ever—if thats what youre searching for, of course. Google Earth (Free) Explore the distant corners of the […]

Microsoft and SUSE have begun preparing the next phase of their cross-platform interoperability story. Microsoft and SUSE, now an independent business unit of Attachmate, announced a four-year extension of the agreement struck nearly five years ago between Microsoft and Novell for broad collaboration on Windows and Linux interoperability and support. This relationship will extend through […]