Nathan Eddy

A new bipartisan poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and American Viewpoint found strong support among small business owners for clean energy and climate legislation. The survey, which included interviews with 800 small business owners, is one of the first to look specifically at small business owners’ attitudes regarding clean energy policies. A majority […]

Glowpoint, a managed video services provider, today announced a partnership program with Tata Communications to extend connectivity to their respective customer communities. The program, announced at the InfoCOMM2010 conference in Las Vegas, provides extended global connectivity and improved interoperability across a wide range of endpoints to customers utilizing Glowpoint’s managed service offerings and Telepresence interExchange […]

Many of the technology and digital communication industry’s biggest players announced the formation of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG or TAG), which will work together to find consensus on issues relating to net neutrality. The organization, represented by AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft, Google, Intel and others, will examine broadband network management practices or other […]

NetSuite, a vendor of cloud computing business management software suites, announced the availability of NetSuite Manufacturing Edition, a cloud manufacturing suite designed to help midsize manufacturers run business operations with greater agility and visibility, including support for the multicompany, multiplant, multilocation and multicurrency enterprise. Key functionality in NetSuite’s manufacturing solution includes multisite planning and management, […]

External storage solutions specialist Western Digital introduced the WD TV Live Plus HD media player, which makes it possible for Netflix members to instantly watch TV episodes and movies on their HD television set. The Netflix interface enables members to browse and add movies to their instant Queue on the Netflix Website from the television, […]

U.S. employment numbers released Friday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed a net loss of 100 IT-related jobs in May following April’s 8,800 overall job gain. With job numbers in five bellwether IT job segments in the BLS also in negative territory in March-following three straight months of gains (December […]

While most of the Apple-centric stories on Monday concerned the debut of the worst kept secret in the technology world, the latest edition of the iPhone, Apple also released Safari 5, the latest version of its Web browser. The latest edition features Safari Reader for reading articles on the Web, a 30 percent performance increase […]

Asigra, a cloud backup and recovery software provider, announced the launch of Cloud Backup v10. The latest edition extends the reach and performance of the Asigra platform, including protection for laptops, desktops, servers, data centers and cloud computing environments with tiered recovery options to meet Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). The solution is available through the […]

Radvision, an end-to-end solution provider for unified visual communications including video network infrastructure, developer tools and high-definition room, desktop and mobile video conferencing systems, announced a video conferencing solution specifically tailored for the communication requirements of small and medium-size businesses, the Scopia XT1000 SMB solution, which provides a HD video conferencing room system with integrated […]

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest technology company, is planning on shoring up its massive printing division with printers aimed at smartphone owners. The four devices, which will range in price from $100 to $300, are the brainchild of executive vice president of HP’s imaging and printing group Vyomesh Joshi. The printers allow users to print from […]

The rise of Asian-based original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) led the worldwide PC market to rise an impressive 22.7 percent in the first quarter of 2010, according to market research firm iSuppli. The company noted with shipments in the first quarter totaling 81.5 million units–up from 66.5 million during the same period in 2009-the surge marked […]

Interest in server virtualization among U.S. medium-size businesses (MBs, firms with 100-1,000 employees) increased significantly in the past year, according to AMI Partners’ latest MB tracking study. The survey found the percentage of U.S. MBs that consider server virtualization strategically important has increased from 46 percent to 75 percent. Melissa Chong, manager of managed services […]