Nathan Eddy

Cloud gateway provider Nasuni announced the latest addition of the Filer platform, which allows IT administrators to set and automatically enforce policies governing how long data stored in the cloud can be recovered after it is deleted. The snapshot retention feature allows organizations to employ the benefits of a cloud-backed file server – including automated […]

Information infrastructure solutions specialist EMC Solutions announced a global partnership with SDL, a provider of global information-management systems, which EMC said would complement the company’s existing relationships in WCM (Web-content management) and WEM (Web-engagement management). The agreement with SDL is focused on joint selling and marketing. SDL offers SDL Tridion, a WCM platform that helps […]

Business communications specialist Fonality today announced the general availability of Trixbox Pro 5.2, a hybrid-hosted IP-PBX software solution designed for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). A hybrid-hosted solution combines a premise-based VoIP system with a hosted-cloud model. The company said the platform could help users increase productivity and lower the total cost of ownership while […]

AT&T’s $39 billion dollar deal to acquire T-Mobile USA, the American arm of German company Deutsche Telekom, has boosted European stocks and pushed Deutsche Telekom shares 16 percent higher. The acquisition-in addition to boding well for the communications business and the European market-was a good indicator for the U.S. economy as well, said Colin McLean, […]

Broadview Networks announced the availability of Cloud Computing Services, a suite of business software and infrastructure applications hosted in the cloud and tailored for small and midsize businesses. Broadview’s cloud-based services target the growing market for software as a service and infrastructure as a service. Both SAAS and IAAS allow companies to move software, applications, […]

Internet security solutions specialist BitDefender announced the launch of its latest version of Business Solutions, with features designed to make deploying and managing antivirus protection easier within the network environment while improving the ability to detect and block increasingly dangerous malware. Developed specifically with SMB (small to midsize business) budgets and requirements in mind, BitDefender […]

NASA’s Messenger spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. March 17, the space agency reported, marking the first time a spacecraft has accomplished what NASA called an “engineering and scientific milestone” at the solar system’s innermost planet. The probe will continue to orbit the planet once every 12 hours for the duration […]

Network operator Verizon and SAP America, a subsidiary of SAP AG, are jointly delivering the SAP CRM rapid-deployment platform to enterprise workers through Verizon’s cloud offering, Computing as a Service. Workers will now be able to access SAP CRM from their desktops or their mobile devices, the companies announced. As part of the SAP CRM […]

Network-based business communications provider Broadview Networks announced the release of its OfficeSuite Automatic Call Distribution and Recording platform aimed at small and midsize businesses. OfficeSuite ACD is a hosted application integrated with OfficeSuite, Broadview’s hosted IP phone solution. OfficeSuite ACD provides call center capabilities for business customers, including advanced call routing, queuing, call recording, out-of-the-box […]

Business collaboration systems, software and services specialist Avaya announced that employees in enterprise locations of all sizes can now collaborate via voice, video and data with its expanded Aura branch and midsize enterprise platform. Avaya unified communications products are designed to offer businesses greater flexibility to enable multimodal collaboration among groups of employees, including branch, […]

Advanced Micro Devices announced that the latest release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 browser is accelerated by the AMD Fusion family of accelerated processing units and the company’s Radeon graphics cards. Because AMD Fusion APUs are designed to enable an HD 2.0 experience and enhanced quality in online video and entertainment without sacrificing battery life, […]

Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Russian flight engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan Steppe this morning, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA reported. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 8, 2010. […]