Nathan Eddy

LaCie Brings Design, Durability to Storage With Mirror, Rugged Drives By Nathan Eddy Form and Function Make a Colorful Marriage The Rugged Raid, a Neil Poulton-designed drive, features LaCie’s signature orange and brushed steel color combination. The vibrant bumper also helps protect the device against the bumps and bruises of working in the field, be […]

Last year was an all-time record for total dollars raised in digital health, with more than $4 billion pouring into the space, according to a report from Rock Health. The digital health accelerator recorded around 120 percent growth year over year (YoY) for total dollars invested in the market, with an absolute growth of over […]

A majority of Americans want to monitor their health with connected devices (56 percent), with most Americans concerned about their weight while less than half are concerned with their blood pressure, according to an online study of 2,024 U.S. adults conducted by Harris Poll and sponsored by A&D Medical, a specialist in connected health and […]

Small business and consumer networking specialist TP-Link announced the Archer C2600 and Archer C3200 WiFi routers, which will be available in the third quarter of the year and are aimed at home environments and small business office settings. The Archer C2600 utilizes Qualcomm Vive 802.11ac WiFi technology delivering speeds of up to 2.6Gbps using the […]

The vast majority (83 percent) of consumers report various problems when they use new device types such as wearable fitness monitors, smartwatches, smart home thermostats, in-vehicle entertainment systems, home-connected surveillance cameras and security systems, and wearable health products, according to a report from Accenture. Across all age groups and geographic regions surveyed, 33 percent cited […]

Cloud-based financials software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) specialist NetSuite announced that it has appointed Fred Studer, a global marketing executive as its chief marketing officer (CMO). In this role, Studer will be charged with overseeing all of NetSuite’s worldwide marketing initiatives and driving awareness and adoption of NetSuite’s cloud-based business management software. He joins […]

The high-end division of Seagate Technology, LaCie, unveiled the Mirror portable hard drive as well as the 4 terabyte (TB) Rugged RAID mobile drive, featuring hardware RAID 0 and 1, which lets users optimize the product for speed or data security according to their workflow and use it on any Mac or PC. The Mirror […]

Small business online security education specialist Prilock Security announced the availability of its Internet-based security awareness program to consumers. Prilock shows people how to use the Internet, email and social media safely, which can reduce their visibility and vulnerability to identity theft and other malicious attacks. The company’s online security awareness program is designed for […]

Mobile traffic accounted for 57.1 percent of all online traffic on Christmas Day, an increase of 18.6 percent year over year, while online sales were up 8.3 percent over Christmas Day 2013, as consumers, retailers and marketers dove into the holiday shopping season, according to an IBM report. The average online order value was $100.33, […]

Networking specialist D-Link announced an addition to its EasySmart line of Gigabit Ethernet smart switches, the DGS-1100-24P twenty-four-port PoE+ switch. Enclosed in a rugged metal housing and installable in a standard 19-inch rack, the DGS-1100-24P carries a limited lifetime warranty and offers Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) capabilities on the first 12 ports. “The DGS-1100-24P switch is ‘built-to-last,’ […]

Dell introduced the SonicPoint AC Series of wireless access points (WAPs), which supports the high-performance IEEE 802.11ac wireless standard. SonicPoint combines with deep packet inspection security from Dell SonicWall next-generation firewalls to provide small and midsize businesses (SMBs) with a comprehensive wireless network security solution, the company said. SonicWall firewalls are designed to automatically detect […]

Extensive use of digital technologies is expected to support the implementation of advanced shared-services models across a broadening range of business functions over the next several years, according to a new report from Accenture and HfS Research. Digital technologies—including software-as-a-service (SaaS), big data and analytics, cloud and mobile—are expected to have the largest projected changes […]