Nathan Eddy

Hosting and cloud computing specialist Rackspace Hosting announced its managed cloud offering, Cloud Servers, which features a managed service level designed to provide businesses with proactive monitoring, troubleshooting and guidance on how to leverage cloud computing. Rackspace is expanding its Fanatical Support into the cloud by marrying its 24/7 managed service level with its scalable […]

Cost savings is the key benefit of implementing a storage virtualization initiative, said 59 percent of respondents to Promise Technology’s recent Storage Virtualization Survey. Only 18 percent ranked improvements in storage utilization as the No. 1 benefit. The survey was conducted over the past three months via face-to-face exchanges at VMworld 2010 and Gartner Symposium […]

Technology giant HP announced the release of a new firmware update for its latest generation of select networked HP LaserJet printers, giving customers with such printers supporting HP ePrint and HP Business Apps the ability to download the update and begin using the print solutions immediately. HP ePrint technology provides small to midsize business customers […]

To help small businesses protect their brand assets against squatters and hijackers in the social media space, Trademarkia, a legal search engines, announced the launch of its social brand management tools designed to help enable small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) to manage and defend their brand identities across more than 500 social networks. Trademarkia’s social […]

Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Mignon Clyburn distanced herself from the position of the body’s chairman, Julius Genachowski, with remarks during the Practicing Law Institute’s annual telecommunications summit, telling the audience she thought net neutrality-a concept supporting a free and open Internet– should extend to wireless networks as well. “While I recognize that there are distinctions […]

As a year dominated by social media comes to a close, Searchmetrics, provider of search analytics software, reveals its insights and predictions for the search engine optimization (SEO) landscape in 2011. Looking back at the evolution of Web usage and trends in 2010, Searchmetrics noted the game-changers to look out for, while providing an opinion […]

Cloud automation services provider Quest Software announced the release of its Cloud Automation Platform 7.5, the company’s cloud automation and management technology. The platform helps small to medium-size businesses manage and deliver IT services across the enterprise. When combined with the overall Quest virtualization management portfolio, the Quest Cloud Automation Platform offers a comprehensive solution […]

According to research from IT analyst firm AMI-Partners, growth is forecast in the VOIP market among small and medium-size businesses. More than 30 percent of small businesses (1-99 employees) and 50 percent of midsize businesses (100-999 employees) said that voice over IP technology will become critical to their business operations. SMB decision-makers said they see […]

Consumers are very willing to follow brands, though most do so to find coupons or deals, according to the results of Empathica’s latest Consumer Insights research. Six in 10 consumers indicated they follow at least one brand via a social network such as Facebook or Twitter, and 40 percent of people reported doing so to […]

The video game industry enjoyed an eight percent bump in sales in November, raking in $2.99 billion across hardware, software and accessories categories. It marked the best November on record for the industry, besting the previous record, set in 2008, by roughly $30 million. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console was the best-selling console hardware system for […]

Wireless capability on many office appliances, including printers, is becoming increasingly frequent in the marketplace and affordable for cost-conscious businesses. At the same time, the onslaught of low-priced digital cameras, also with wireless capabilities, has allowed small businesses to print photos without extra cables or the circuitous e-mailing of files. One such wireless connectivity option […]

Network Automation has released its latest automation software solutions-AutoMate 8 and AutoMate BPA Server 8. These releases expand the current platform with virtualization and cloud computing automation solutions. With the AutoMate 8 solutions, the company continues to expand its no-code platform, offering fully enabled cloud automation via Amazon Web Services (AWS) actions.These actions include Simple […]