Nathan Eddy

IT performance specialist Riverbed Technology announced the introduction of three Whitewater cloud storage gateway models designed to optimize data protection. Whitewater now allows a wider range of organizations, including small to midsize businesses, to take advantage of the benefits of cloud data protection. The Whitewater models 510 and 710 are purpose-built for SMBs, while Model […]

Despite the latest jobs report that shows employers added fewer jobs in May than expected, a majority of small businesses (57 percent) say they plan to hire this year, according to a survey from Manta, an online community for promoting and connecting small business. Manta’s SMB Nation Survey queried 1,016 small business owners–the majority of […]

Workers at Google earn the best pay relative to other tech companies, while Facebook employees are the most satisfied and those at IBM stay the longest, according new data released today from PayScale Inc. Overall, when holding all else constant, median pay for Google employees is 23 percent higher than similar workers performing similar roles […]

According to the study released by The Business Group, half a million small and midsize business executives are under the age of 40 in the United States. Top of mind for these young business owners are the future prospects for their companies and how to best use technology for business and personal use. Those entrepreneurs […]

Open-source telephony software developer Digium introduced Switchvox 5.0, an updated version that adds fixed mobile convergence and further integration with third-party business applications into its voice over IP unified communications solution designed for small and midsized businesses. The release is designed to enhance Switchvox mobility to allow users to integrate any type of phone with […]

Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to grow by just 4.2 percent in 2011, down from a February forecast of 7.1 percent, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. A combination of declining first-quarter shipments, an increasingly conservative economic outlook, relative saturation among developed market consumers and competing products will lead to slow growth […]

To help health care organizations and their business partners address evolving federal requirements for health data security and privacy, Verizon is enhancing two of its security programs. The Verizon Security Management Program-Healthcare (SMP-H), an online dashboard that helps organizations assess and strengthen their security, now includes a module based on the Health Information Trust Alliance […]

TemplateZone, a subsidiary of KMT Software, announced the availability of Social Page Builder, a set of online tools for creating professional Facebook page designs and automatically publishing them. The tools are designed to allow small businesses to create Facebook pages with the aim of increasing their social presence. With Social Page Builder, the first of […]

The crowded tablet market is about to receive another entry, this time from Toshiba. The company’s Thrive tablet, long expected but largely a mystery device, will debut July 10 with a tiered-pricing structure, starting at $429. The 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) tablet runs Android 3.1 and features a front-facing 2.1-megapixel camera and 5-megapixel rear-facing camera […]

Business management software developer Pronto Software has introduced the new Pronto-Xi Dimensions, a product that brings together enterprise resource planning (ERP) transactions and businesses intelligence (BI) analytics in a unified, out-of-the-box solution aimed at small to medium-size businesses. Embedding the IBM Cognos BI suite, Pronto-Xi Dimensions is designed to enable midmarket businesses to manage large […]

Security IP and software provider Elliptic Technologies announced the availability of its programmable and configurable security accelerator and Hardware Security Module, SPAcc-HSM. The security engine is designed to provide protection for sensitive data and transactions and can be shared simultaneously with an application processor that requires lower levels of security. The SPAcc-HSM provides specialized access […]

Hubble Repair Endeavour spent 299 days in space and traveled more than 122.8 million miles during its 25 flights. It launched on its first mission May 7, 1992. Up and Away Endeavour thunders past the uppermost reaches of the Fixed Service Structure at Launch Pad 39B in 1992. Piggyback Touchdown Endeavour, riding atop the 747 […]