Nathan Eddy

Security specialist Check Point Software Technologies announced the release of Mobile Threat Prevention, a mobile security platform that allows enterprises to combat the mobile threat environment. The platform offers a set of tools for stopping mobile threats on iOS and Android, and delivers real-time threat intelligence and visibility for extension into existing security and mobility […]

NetMotion Wireless announced the release of Diagnostics version 3.10, a data analytics and visualization solution for organizations with a mobile workforce. The update now allows businesses to analyze streams of data coming from Apple iOS, Google Android and Microsoft Windows devices in third-party operational intelligence providers’ systems. “Diagnostics is valuable to any organization—large or small—that […]

Mobile identity solutions specialist TeleSign announced the release of Auto Verify, a lightweight software development kit (SDK) for mobile app developers. The kit is designed to streamline account verification processes while providing an alternative method to SMS-based verification. Auto Verify simplifies mobile app user registration by streamlining the verification of a user’s mobile phone number […]

Visa and Orbitz for Business, the corporate travel arm of the online travel services giant, announced a partnership to help mid-size businesses streamline the process of managing corporate travel. The platform, Visa Travel Manager, is a turnkey, end-to-end business travel and expense solution designed to make booking, reconciliation and reporting more efficient. Travel Manager combines […]

A majority of American manufacturers fail to either implement or leverage important technological advancements that can help them capitalize on the recovery, according to a survey of 116 manufacturers and distributors from Sikich, a professional services firm. The survey revealed that although many companies lag on technology when it comes to key performance indicators (KPIs), […]

Shoppers are using a wider variety of payment options with digital and mobile payments serving as supplements to the traditional cash and card-based payments tools, according to a survey of more than 1,000 American consumers, which was released by Blackhawk Network. Cash, checks, cards are still the most used payment methods with select digital offerings […]

Smartphone shipments reached 338 million in the second quarter of 2015, representing a year over year growth rate of 16 percent, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report indicated the global smartphone market has continued to mature this quarter, with the gap between winners and losers growing larger. Apple’s record-breaking streak with the […]

Brainshark announced additional analytics capabilities for its Sales Accelerator platform, which is designed to illuminate how sales reps’ knowledge and behavior affect sales outcomes, providing insights designed to drive greater productivity and more deals. The platform gathers information about behavior of sales reps by tying sales content, conversations and training to data about the overall […]

Nearly half of consumers aware of Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the market are most familiar with Apple’s IoT devices (48 percent), while just 13 percent are most familiar with Google’s connected devices, according to a ThroughTek survey of 1,157 consumers. One in four consumers noted a top preference for an IoT brand. Most […]

The most common method that American consumers use to manage passwords for their online accounts is simply their memory (63 percent), but two in five say that they write down passwords on paper, while a quarter allow their browser to save their passwords for them, according to a survey of 2,030 U.S. adults, conducted for […]

Nearly 75 percent of organizations have an application programming interface (API) strategy, and more than 50 percent say they are generating revenue through an API or will be within a year, according to a MuleSoft survey of 300 IT decision makers. The vast majority (86 percent) of IT respondents say they’re under “moderate” to “extreme” […]

The rise and rise of Internet of Things (IoT) technology continue unabated, as a report from Juniper Research indicates. Devices connected to the Web—the marketplace of IoT technology — will number 38.5 billion in 2020, up from 13.4 billion in 2015, a rise of more than 285 percent, according to Juniper’s report titled The Internet […]