Nathan Eddy

External storage, network-attached storage (NAS) and networking solutions specialist Buffalo Americas has announced the availability of its MiniStation Extreme NFC portable hard drive. The ruggedized drive, which adheres to U.S. Military Standard shock protection and is safeguarded against water and dust damage, also features advanced hardware encryption and near-field communication (NFC) technology to block unauthorized […]

Small-business marketing solutions specialist Manta launched a portfolio of marketing automation products, as well as a newly designed Website. The product suite includes Manta Ads, which help small businesses advertise online by targeting thousands of potential customers searching for local small businesses, products and services. “Between business operations, human resources responsibilities, product and service development […]

Collaboration content management software vendor Metalogix released Archive Manager 7.0, which is designed to improve mobile access, Office 365 backup, security and social media compliance capabilities. The Archive Manager Suite is designed to give IT departments the ability to archive content from Exchange, Files, SharePoint and social media sources into a central archive for improved […]

Smartwatch ownership in America is forecast to reach 9 percent of the adult population by 2016, closing in on activity trackers, according to IT research specialist NPD Group’s Connected Intelligence Wearables report. The survey of 5,000 U.S. consumers ages 18 and over predicts that by the end of 2016 activity-tracker ownership will have peaked at […]

Lexmark announced a hybrid cloud management platform designed to deliver software quickly and consistently, regardless of location or workload. OpenAperture supports Lexmark’s Perceptive Evolution platform, and equips applications to automatically and immediately distribute components across the globe. This allows end users to interact with an application from the closest data center, reducing response times for […]

Gen M, the global generation of hyper-connected workers is bringing a new set of preferences and worries to the workplace, according to a MobileIron study of more than 3,500 full- or part-time workers who use a mobile device for work. On average, Gen M workers do 26 percent of their work on smartphones or tablets […]

Social media users are divided on just how to handle their online afterlife. Thirty percent of adults between the ages of 18 and 30 dislike Facebook’s recently-announced legacy contact policies. Another 38 percent like them, according to a Harris Poll survey of 2,009 adults, ages 18 to 30. A slight majority (51 percent) of respondents […]

InterSystems launched the HealthShare Personal Community, a patient engagement software application built on the company’s interoperable HealthShare health informatics platform. The configurable, vendor-neutral patient engagement software enables health care providers to give patients a user-friendly and comprehensive view of their health information. Patients can view, download, and transmit all or portions of their records to […]

InetSoft Technology announced Style Scope Agile Edition, a free version of its visualization-driven business intelligence application. This version has been developed for small teams at organizations of any size, and is especially targeted at small businesses and nonprofits whose budgets might otherwise preclude purchase of business intelligence software. “Data is an asset for any business […]

SpectorSoft introduced a security solution that monitors user behavior to detect and prevent insider threats. Spector 360 Recon 8.3 is aimed at small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs), and includes user behavior analytics (UBA) to help organizations detect insider threats, targeted attacks and financial fraud. The software does this by looking at patterns of human behavior […]

Passengers want in-flight connectivity, but very few expect to pay for it, according to a report by connected airline specialist SITA OnAir. SITA’s passenger research shows nearly every passenger has the potential to be connected, with 97 percent carrying a personal electronic device of some form onboard. The research found 81 percent carry a smartphone, […]

Health and fitness app developer Nudge announced April 14 the release of Nudge+Coach, a program aimed at pairing consumers with health coaches through the Nudge platform. By partnering with one of Nudge’s vetted health professionals, users can gain feedback on how to improve their overall health and make sense of the data being pulled from […]