Nathan Eddy

LiveEnsure announced a solution designed to address current shortcomings in global user authentication techniques, adding contextual analysis to ensure certainty of identification with minimal personal imposition and a focus on privacy. The company pairs a light mobile client with a few lines of system code to help ensure ease of deployment and use on both […]

Business users and IT pros realize the value of self-service analytics tools, yet adoption of these tools has yet to take off, according to a report from Logi Analytics. The survey revealed that less than a quarter (22 percent) of business users and a similar number (23 percent) of IT professionals have access to self-service […]

The vast majority (95 percent) of businesses face challenges with securing and supporting bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs, strongly indicating the need for more robust security solutions for personal devices tied to the corporate network, according to a Check Point Software survey of more than 700 IT professionals. Of the security professionals surveyed this year, 82 percent […]

A majority of IT organizations are kept in the dark when it comes to protecting corporate data in the cloud, putting confidential and sensitive information at risk, according to a Ponemon Institute study commissioned by data security specialist SafeNet. Nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of IT professionals confirmed that cloud computing is very important today, and […]

Next IT, developer of Alme, a virtual assistant platform, launched Alme Health Coach, a purpose-built product for chronic disease management. The product includes a human-emulated virtual health assistant that guides patients during their time between doctor visits as they manage chronic conditions—encouraging them, through coaching and tracking, to be adherent to their health management plan. […]

Enterprise leadership has buried its head in the sand regarding the risks of ungoverned file sharing practices among their employees, according to research conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by enterprise file sharing and collaboration leader Intralinks. Based on a survey administered to 1,100 IT professionals across three countries (U.S., U.K. and Germany), half […]

Leading corporations are making serious commitments to their big data and analytics initiatives, with more than two-thirds (67 percent) of executives now reporting that they have big data initiatives running in production within the corporation, according to a New Vantage Partners report. C-executives and business unit chief executives, representing organizations including American Express, Aetna, Fidelity […]

As this year’s holiday shopping season approaches, a Manta small-business study reveals that 67 percent of 1,268 respondents are already experiencing steady or improved sales. Optimism is high, with 71 percent of small businesses feeling positive about upcoming holiday sales, and small business owners in the South are the most optimistic in the nation when […]

Disaster recovery and data protection specialist Paragon Software Group announced the release of Paragon Hard Disk Manager 15 Suite and Professional a data management solutions set for Windows PC users working in physical or virtual environments. The HDM 15 lets users create backups directly in the form of virtual disks in any of the supported […]

Networking solutions specialist Ruckus Wireless unveiled the Xclaim WiFi system developed for the small and midsize business market. Marketed as a new brand of cloud-ready, controller-free WiFi products, included within the Xclaim portfolio is the free Harmony for Xclaim mobile application. Built for the iOS and Android operating systems, Harmony for Xclaim streamlines installation, configuration […]

Ruckus, TP-Link Among Latest WiFi Options to Increase Speed, Security by Nathan Eddy Dual Band Means Dual Speed One of the Archer C8’s main selling points is its ability to operate simultaneously over the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, which means bandwidth-light tasks such as sending emails or Web browsing are handled by the 2.4GHz band, […]

Three-quarters of chief financial officers think their businesses are missing out on revenue opportunities by not having the right cloud applications and infrastructure in place to support digital business transformation, according to a recent survey of chief information officers, CFOs and business decision makers. The Canopy study found U.S. CFOs believe their business missed out […]