Nathan Eddy

The Online Trust Alliance’s 2011 Online Safety Honor Roll released today recognized 26 percent of the top public and private Websites and government agencies for their adoption of key technologies to help protect users’ privacy and identity from abuse. While the number honored in 2011 represents a threefold increase from this time last year, 74 […]

Officials at NASA announced that the space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight into space is scheduled to launch the morning of Monday, May 16 on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. The STS-134 crew is preparing to return Thursday to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour’s final launch will also mark the beginning […]

U.S. employment numbers released last week from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed a net gain of 17,800 IT-related jobs in April, representing the 11th consecutive month of positive job growth across four primary IT labor segments in federal employment data. But in a continuing pattern that suggests a significant shift to […]

Processor manufacturer Nvidia announced that it has agreed to acquire Icera, a developer of baseband processors for 3G and 4G cellular phones and tablets. The acquisition, for $367 million in cash, has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors and is expected to be completed, subject to customary closing conditions, in approximately 30 days. […]

Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SC Square, a security software developer based in Israel, for approximately $41.9 million. The purchase price will be paid in cash, with a portion of the consideration placed into escrow pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement. Excluding any purchase accounting […]

The number of applications for the once-coveted H-1B visa, which allow foreign nationals to work in the United States, has dropped significantly this year as the pace of the country’s economic recovery has stagnated, the Wall Street Journal reported. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told the paper that 8,000 H-1B petitions were received from businesses […]

Small businesses have a positive long-term outlook and an eye on growth and investment, according to the results of the fourth annual FedEx Office “Signs of the Times” national small business survey released by FedEx Office, an operating company of FedEx Corp. The survey found that optimism is on the rise, with 63 percent of […]

As NASA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first American into space this week, another organization is looking ahead to the day when ordinary citizens can orbit the globe-or moon–with plans for a modified Russian Soyuz TMA spaceship for commercial space flights. Space Adventures, the only company that has provided human space […]

Storage software developer Paragon Software Group announced the launch of its Hard Disk Manager 11 Server to help small and midsize businesses with data backup and disaster recovery tasks for IT departments. The software suite incorporates the latest partitioning, disk-imaging and system-migration technologies for advanced format hard disk drives larger than 2.2 terabytes with 4K […]

A new study points toward significant growth in the storage industry and outlines the key market factors and main players driving that growth. The study, released by TheInfoPro, a division of analyst and data company The 451 Group, is completed biannually and is based on hourlong interviews with storage professionals and primary decision-makers at large […]

Clocks for Moms (99 cents) This app offers an in-app email feature so you can send emails without leaving it, as well as inspirational quotes for mothers. Mother’s Day Card Creator (99 cents) Send a more inspired Mothers Day card this year with an app that lets you design your own, using cute template icons […]

Contact centers can lower the cost of their contact handling and workforce optimization infrastructure by up to 43 percent over a five-year period by utilizing cloud-based offerings rather than installing equipment in their own facilities, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report, “Premise Vs. Hosted Contact Center: Total Cost of Ownership Analysis.” The study […]