Nathan Eddy

Disk-based data protection platform developer Sepaton unveiled its next-generation platform, Version 6.0 software, which drives its new S2100-ES2 Series 1910/2910 system. The new platform is designed to deliver grid scalability of performance and capacity, multiprotocol support, high-reliability and deduplication. With performance of up to 1,500MB/sec/node, the S2100 more than doubles the performance of previous models. […]

Recent advancements in software capabilities, technologies and deployments are shifting business intelligence paradigms and are changing the way companies do business, according to a Forrester Consulting study commissioned by geographic BI software developer Alteryx. Industries such as retail, real estate, banking and telecommunications are moving quickly toward single-vendor BI solutions and prepackaged content, converging business […]

The nation’s business brokers closed more business-for-sale transactions in 2010 than in 2009, according to data released by online business marketplace BizBuySell. According to the company’s Insight Report, the number of closed business-for-sale transactions in the United States, as reported by business brokers, rose by 3 percent in 2010.The increased business-for-sale market activity came at […]

As the space agency’s storied space shuttle program winds down, NASA announced it has “baselined” the STS-135 mission for a target launch date of June 28. The mission would see space shuttle Atlantis deliver supplies to the International Space Station, including a replacement for a malfunctioning pump, and conduct a spacewalk. The last two scheduled […]

Seeking to gain a leg up in the growing e-reader market, Samsung Electronics has acquired Liquavista, a Dutch company that uses electrowetting cell technology to build digital displays for mobile applications such as e-readers, mobile phones, GPS devices, portable media players and cameras. “In the future, consumers will need products that not only support full […]

The small to medium-size business market is fertile ground for breaking Research in Motion’s corporate smart phone hegemony, a report by IT research firm AMI-Partners indicated. Apple’s iPhone, in particular, is making headway, especially with smaller businesses (SBs), according to company research. “The wealth of applications available for the iPhone makes it an attractive option […]

In the future, mobile phones will dominate, with businesses moving to a “bring your own device” strategy and voice virtualization will take on more importance in business’ networks, according to survey results taken by business communications and collaboration software and services provider Mitel Networks. The survey found 53 percent of respondents felt that, in the […]

A survey of more than 3,000 small to medium-size businesses (SMB) conducted by the Ponemon Institute revealed that while attitudes towards backup and recovery differ widely around the world, businesses everywhere want a single backup and recovery solution for physical, virtual and cloud environments. The vast majority (68 percent) of IT managers agree that their […]

Social networking and e-business solutions provider BroadVision announced the release of Clearvale Enterprise for Corporate Communications, a platform designed to streamline the process of creating, managing and publicizing corporate marketing materials across private and public networks. The first in a series of collaborative marketing solutions from BroadVision, Clearvale Enterprise for Corporate Communications is part of […]

A report in the Taiwanese publication DigiTimes claimed sources at Pegatron Technology, a notebook manufacturer, has increased its shipment of CDMA iPhones orders to 12-15 million units this year. “Pegatron originally only forecasted internally to ship about 10 million CDMA iPhones in 2011, but as demand continues to stay strong, the company has recently increased […]

Western Digital is offering its second-generation WD S25 server-attached-storage drives and its latest WD RE server-attached-storage 3.5-inch drives for the traditional enterprise market. Shipping now, the 2.5-inch, 10,000-rpm, WD S25 with SAS 6G bps interface hard drives offer IT professionals expanded storage with new 450GB and 600GB capacities. The WD S25 line, including the previously […]

Talari Networks announced the addition of the Mercury T750 appliance to its family of adaptive private-networking products for WAN Virtualization. Aimed at midsized enterprises with up to 24 remote sites, the T750 is designed to provide business-class (99.99 percent or greater) reliability and predictable performance by using inexpensive public WAN links. The Mercury T750 appliance […]