Nathan Eddy

Organizations are taking an inefficient approach when it comes to mobile messaging, with 62 percent of businesses using more than one messaging platform, and 78.5 percent deploying more than one of the same use case active across different departments. The report, a commissioned study from mobile solutions specialist OpenMarket, conducted by the IT research firm […]

Technology initial public offerings (IPOs) continued to remain a key market driver and reached their highest levels since the dot com era, according to PwC’s US Technology Deals Insights 2014 Year in Review and 2015 Outlook report. Even excluding the single largest IPO, valued at nearly $22 billion, IPO value increased 40 percent and volume […]

Shares of impressions for banner and interstitial format type ads continue to grow in the mobile advertising space, according to the latest report from Celtra. Banner impressions now represent over a quarter of all requested impressions, and since the fourth quarter, which includes the holiday shopping season, the retail industry represents more than 20 percent […]

IT performance management software specialist SolarWinds announced a series of new and enhanced product offerings, including Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) and updates to Server & Application Monitor (SAM), Virtualization Manager and Web Performance Monitor (WPM). The SRM provides IT with insight into storage resources and the potential performance impact on virtual environments, to ensure business-critical […]

IT monitoring software provider ScienceLogic, announced a $43 million Series D venture capital funding round led by Goldman Sachs, with current investors NEA and Intel Capital also participating. “ScienceLogic is strategically using this funding to further our leadership in the hybrid cloud monitoring marketplace,” Dave Link, CEO of ScienceLogic, told eWEEK. “Specifically we will grow […]

The United States was about average globally in the amount of shoppers who have bought online in the past year using a smartphone, which put them on par with countries including the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil, according to a PayPal study of 17,600 consumers in 22 countries. The report also indicated mobile commerce, also […]

Half of American business owners say smartphones, tablets and the overall availability of mobile information are raising their business value, compared to just 10 percent who say they are hurting values, according to a BizBuySell survey of more than 1,400 small business owners and potential buyers in the United States. The remaining 40 percent say […]

Sixty percent of consumers are replacing their smartphones because they want additional functionality, or they just want a new device, according to a survey of more than 5,600 U.S. and German consumers conducted by IT research firm Gartner. Based on this evidence, Gartner is projecting that the worldwide market for refurbished will grow to 120 […]

The health care industry had the worst security score of every industry surveyed in all four quarters, according to IT security specialist Agari’s TrustScore Report. The report tracks the volume of cyber threats targeted toward any given company’s customers via email, and how well companies are protecting consumers from email cyber threats. “The most worrisome […]

Americans primarily use antiquated methods to communicate with their doctors and manage their health, according to a survey of 1,700 adults, conducted by Salesforce. The company’s first “State of the Connected Patient” report found less than 10 percent of those surveyed use the Web, email or text to set up appointments. All respondents had health […]

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Digital Guardian announced the launch of Digital Guardian 7.0, which extends the functionality of its Digital Guardian Agent platform. The latest version includes a redesign of the product architecture for easier deployment for use cases ranging from data visibility and device control to indicator of compromise (IOC) detection and incident response. Digital Guardian enables visibility, […]