Nathan Eddy

President Obama signed an initiative to nearly double the amount of available commercial and federal broadband spectrum for mobile devices, the White House reported. In a planned speech to the New America Foundation, a nonprofit, post-partisan think tank, White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers is expected to provide further details on the plan, which would […]

Tripp Lite, a manufacturer of power protection solutions, introduced a line of hot-swap Power Distribution Units (PDUs), which are designed to make it possible to remove standard plug-in UPS systems for maintenance or replacement without interrupting power to the connected load. Prices for PDUs on the company’s Website range from $122 for the PDU1215, designed […]

Data security and data management solutions specialist Paragon Software Group (PGS) announced the release of Virtualization Manager 2010 Professional, which is designed to remove boundaries and limitations between physical and virtual environments. Paragon Connect VD technology is a technology of data access inside diverse virtual disk types, compatible with the products from most modern virtualization […]

Concerns over data security are inhibiting government agencies from embracing Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs and social networking, a survey by telecoms, IT services and software company Ovum discovered. The study, which involved 150 local and national government agencies across Europe and North America being surveyed, found that security is the most significant barrier […]

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest technology company, confirmed the acquisition of music streaming company Melodeo, first reported in the technology blog TechCrunch. The move follows HP’s recent acquisition of struggling smartphone maker Palm and suggests the company is looking to go after Apple, which recently bought LaLa, a competing music-streaming site. HP did not disclose the […]

At the GigaOm Structure conference, Spiceworks, which offers a free social IT management application, launched its Reach partner program, which is designed to enable providers of cloud-based services to reach the 1 million IT professionals using the company’s social IT management application. The program includes integration APIs and services that allow vendors to make their […]

Catbird, a provider of security and compliance solutions for virtual and physical networks, announced the launch of its vCompliance 1.1 Essentials Edition to provide real-time automated monitoring and enforcement of security and regulatory compliance for physical, virtual and cloud-based IT infrastructure. Catbird is positioning Essentials as ideal for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) that need […]

M86 Security, a specialist in real-time Web and e-mail threat protection, announced the expansion of a partnership with Kaspersky Lab, a developer of Internet threat management solutions. The extension of this relationship allows M86 to offer Kaspersky Lab’s anti-malware scanning capabilities to users of M86 MailMarshal SMTP, M86 MailMarshal Exchange and M86 WebMarshal products. Available […]

Network operator AT&T announced it completed its acquisition of wireless assets from Verizon Wireless, which enhances AT&T’s wireless network coverage in primarily rural areas in 79 service areas across 18 states. Verizon agreed to divest the properties to secure regulatory approvals for its purchase of Alltel in 2009. Over a period of approximately 12 months, […]

WatchGuard Technologies, a provider of business security solutions, announced the launch of Reputation Enabled Defense, a cloud-based security service. Coupled with WatchGuard XTM or XCS security appliances, Reputation Enabled Defense aims to provide small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) and their employees protection against viruses, malware, spyware, keyloggers, botnets and other Web-based threats, in addition to […]

Pervasive Software, a provider of cloud-based and on-premises data integration software, announced the launch of Pervasive DataSolutions WebStore, where Pervasive and its partners will offer cloud-hosted, preconfigured subscription-based solutions. The company also announced two new offerings, Pervasive DataSynch for FreshBooks and Salesforce as well as IdaApps’ eCatalog Enterprise for Salesforce.The DataSolutions WebStore features solutions that […]

As the Federal Communications Commission moves to intensify broadband communications regulations under a set of rules already in existence for phone companies, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s chief of staff, Edward Lazarus, scheduled closed-door meetings with industry leaders such as AT&T and Verizon Communications. “The FCC is hosting discussions seeking a consensus on Internet access rules […]