Nathan Eddy

Clearwire, a provider of wireless broadband services and operator of the largest 4G network in the country, and Cbeyond, a provider of voice, broadband, mobile and IT applications to more than 52,000 small businesses in the United States, announced a wholesale agreement where Cbeyond will offer bundled 4G mobile Internet services to small businesses in […]

Data center hardware maintenance specialist Park Place Technologies released a resource for data center managers seeking to maximize or extend the value of hardware systems. The whitepaper, titled “Maximize the Value of Data Center Hardware Maintenance,” identifies four types of business value that third-party hardware maintenance supports: cost reduction, cost avoidance, business agility and risk […]

Utility storage provider 3PAR announced the availability of the newest 3PAR InForm Management Console, which aims to simplify remote replication configuration and administration, and which provides enhanced usability in administering all models of the company’s InServ Storage Server. Designed to offer greater simplicity, usability and visibility, the InForm Management Console gives 3PAR Utility Storage customers […]

O1 Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier serving retail and wholesale business customers, announced it has signed a definitive acquisition agreement to sell the company’s retail customer base to TelePacific Communications, a business telecommunications provider in California and Las Vegas. O1 Communications will retain its wholesale customer base and its name, the company said. Under […]

Tech Data, a distributor of IT products, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the stock of Triade Holding, a privately held portfolio of value-added distributors of consumer electronics, mobility and IT products in Benelux and Denmark. In a related transaction, Brightstar Europe, a joint venture between Brightstar and Tech Data, has announced […]

NASA has decided to wait until Aug. 6 to conduct a spacewalk to replace a failed ammonia pump module on the International Space Station. The spacewalk had originally been planned for Aug. 5. Mission managers, program managers, flight controllers, engineers, astronauts and spacewalk experts made the decision the night of Aug. 2 after continuing to […]

Network security and data protection solutions specialist SonicWall announced the launch of two remote access SSL VPN security solutions designed to help small to medium-size businesses and enterprises administer and monitor employee access to information behind the firewall. The Aventail 10.5 represents a software upgrade to existing enterprise class solutions, while the SRA 1200 is […]

Pay for 219 individual IT certifications displayed an unexpected gain in the second quarter of 2010 (April through June), the first quarterly increase since the same period in 2006, according to a recently published quarterly update of Foote Partners’ IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index (ITSCPI) of market values for 449 certified and noncertified IT […]

NASA reported Aug. 1 that “Mission Operations personnel and ISS program management met Sunday morning to discuss the status of the loss of cooling loop A … on the International Space Station when a circuit breaker tripped just before 7.p.m. Central time Saturday night that resulted in the failure of the Pump Module for loop […]

Big box retail giant Best Buy and wireless broadband service provider Clearwire July 29 announced a “strategic wholesale relationship in which Best Buy will use Clearwire’s 4G network to offer mobile Internet service to customers under the Best Buy Connect service. Beginning in 2011, Best Buy will offer a new 4G tier for its recently […]

Small business owners are signaling confidence in their own businesses despite their belief that the economic recession will continue into 2011, according to results of the 2010 U.S. Bank Small Business Annual Survey. The survey also revealed common characteristics of small business owners today, who demonstrate resilience, motivation and ingenuity. The survey found small business […]

Consumers looking for local businesses are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to access Internet Yellow Pages and local sites, while similar local searches performed on PCs grew at a steady but slower pace, according to report from research firm comScore. Released by the YPA (Yellow Pages Association), the study looked at the online local […]