Nathan Eddy

Business news Website Portfolio.com revealed results of a sentiment, investing and brand-preference study of small to medium-sized business owners in the U.S., conducted by American City Business Journals. The findings reveal shifting investment trends among the one-third of these business owners who rank among the “mass affluent.” The study probed attitudes and investment strategies, and […]

Processor specialist Advanced Micro Devices announced the release of the company’s latest 2010 Mainstream and Ultrathin notebook platforms, along with a desktop platform. AMD’s emphasis for these platforms seems to be on improving the multimedia experience: The company is claiming a Vision-based system with AMD discrete graphics scored 50 percent better than a comparable Intel-based […]

Communications giant AT&T announced Web hosting and design plans aimed at boosting the company Websites of small to medium-size businesses. The Get Me Started and Build It For Me plans are designed to help small businesses with what they need in their Website building efforts, according to the company. Starting at $42.50 a month, the […]

Printing services specialist Ricoh Americas Corporation announced @Remote Office Intelligent Remote Management System, which allows businesses to remotely manage Ricoh devices, optimize device usage and reduce total cost of ownership. This includes collecting device data, receiving and reporting service and toner alerts and enabling remote firmware upgrades. In addition, @Remote’s secured and Web-based reporting portal […]

The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-132 mission to the International Space Station are at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their prelaunch preparations, the space agency has announced. The crew arrived at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility in four T-38 jets yesterday evening. STS-138 Commander Ken Ham made a brief statement and then […]

Quantum, a specialist in backup, recovery and archive, announced availability of its DXi4500 disk backup appliances. The turnkey DXi4510 and DXi4520 work with backup software packages to provide non-disruptive deduplication.The company said the appliances are aimed at helping SMBs (small to medium-size businesses) and remote offices address their backup needs. They come bundled with all […]

Franklin Covey, a consulting and training firm, announced it signed a licensing agreement with Complete XRM, a provider of Enterprise 2.0 CRM solutions for small to medium-size businesses, for the rights to its PlanPlus product line, which includes PlanPlus Online and PlanPlus for Microsoft Outlook. PlanPlus Online is a planning and CRM solution and is […]

The WiFi Alliance, a non-profit industry association, and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, providers of WiGig wireless technology, announced a cooperation agreement for multi-gigabit wireless networking. The WiFi Alliance and the WiGig Alliance said they would share technology specifications for the development of a next-generation WiFi Alliance certification program supporting WiFi operation in the 60 GHz […]

AppliedMicro, a provider of energy conscious computing and communications solutions, announced the APM801xx, a family of energy-efficient embedded processors with a small form factor for Power Architecture-based products. The company said the APM801xx product family could support a broad selection of peripherals for a range of consumer devices, from gateways, control panels and energy meters […]

U.S. employment numbers released last week by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics found despite continued volatility in many IT employment segments, the largest net monthly job gain in IT-related jobs recorded since the Wall Street financial crisis was realized in April, IT labor market research firm Foote Partners reported. A net gain […]