Nathan Eddy

CommuniGate Systems, a specialist in scalable unified communications (UC), announced its partnership with Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), a provider of international carrier solutions, to deliver a white-label UC-as-a-service platform to carriers. The partnership aims to provide competitive and distinctive communication products to small to medium-size business customers that deliver value and […]

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, announced Aug. 16 that Texas Memory Systems has become its newest member. Texas Memory Systems designs and builds solid-state storage systems for accelerating enterprise applications. It uses the storage technology PCI-e solid-state drives to provide solutions to the IT industry that allow […]

Printing solutions specialist Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA announced the availability of the Bizhub 20 Series of A4 monochrome printers, designed to reduce overall costs and drive office efficiencies while offering a small footprint. The Bizhub 20 all-in-one (AIO) combines printing, copying, faxing and color scanning capabilities, while the Bizhub 20P laser printer specializes in […]

The video game industry inched lower in July, down 1 percent, to $846.5 million, compared with $850.6 million in July 2009, despite a 12 percent increase in hardware sales. Year-to-date (YTD) overall sales are down 8 percent, at $7.5 billion, compared with $8.2 billion for the same period last year. Software sales fell 8 percent, […]

Storage solutions specialist Toshiba announced 32nm double data rate Toggle Mode NAND flash memory for use in solid state drives, in multilevel cell versions with densities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB and single-level cell versions with densities of 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. The company said Toggle Mode NAND features a faster interface than conventional or […]

Document management solutions and services specialist Ricoh announced the launch of Ricoh HotSpot technology for Ricoh multifunction printers. HotSpot MFPs offer mobile users the ability of printing remotely; the company is targeting business travelers, sales reps, educational facilities, medical offices and others who require access to files while on the road. Providing a hard copy […]

Cypress Semiconductor subsidiary AgigA Tech, a specialist in high-density, battery-free, non-volatile random access memory solutions, announced solutions in the AgigARAM non-volatile system family, which deliver densities up to 8GB. The product family merges NAND Flash, DRAM and a battery-free ultracapacitor power source into a non-volatile memory system. When used as a write cache in enterprise-class […]

Virtualization data protection and management solutions specialist and Quest Software subsidiary Vizioncore announced that FlashRestore technology would be available later this year as an add-on to its back-up and restore product, vRanger Pro. FlashRestore technology handles image-based recovery by making Virtual Machine (VM) back-up images available by booting them directly from the vRanger Pro backup […]

Configuration management and remote equipment monitoring and control specialist New Boundary Technologies announced the launch of PwrSmart Service, a PC power management solution that aims to deliver energy savings and reduces carbon emissions to meet tightening facility budgets and increased corporate sustainability requirements. Built for facility managers, finance directors and corporate sustainability officers, PwrSmart Service […]

The Geeks Guide to Boston by Nathan Eddy Boston Museum of Science In 1956, the museum was successful in campaigning for a Science Park MBTA station that now brings visitors to within 200 yards of the museum. The Charles Hayden Planetarium, funded by major gifts from the Charles Hayden Foundation, opened in 1958. The Mugar […]

Avere Systems, a company specializing in Demand-Driven Storage solutions, announced that investors have contributed an additional $17 million in funding bringing total investment in the company to $32 million and enabling it to expand production and distribution of its FXT Series appliances that accelerate the performance of network attached storage environments. Led by Tenaya Capital, […]

Data loss prevention solutions specialist Palisade Systems announced the launch of ComplianceSafe, the company’s first DLP product optimized for small businesses. ComplianceSafe runs as a service, like Facebook or Web mail, and is designed to protect small businesses against inadvertent disclosure of private or sensitive data that can occur through outbound e-mail data leaks. “Smaller […]