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IoT, Health Care Transactions Boost M&A Market

Merger and acquisition (M&A) deal-making has stabilized following record-setting levels in 2015, according to a report from Ernst & Young (EY).The first-quarter M&A findings...

Sierra Wireless Debuts AirLink MP70 for Connected Vehicles

Intelligent wireless solutions specialist and Internet of things (IoT) company Sierra Wireless announced availability of the AirLink MP70, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) vehicle router for...

Mobile Devices Complicate Security for Businesses

From lax password security to rogue IT behavior, North American workers continue to be careless users in the cloud, according to a Softchoice survey...

Financial Services Firms Lack Adequate IT Security, Survey Finds

IT professionals in financial services firms are overconfident in their breach detection capabilities, according to a study conducted for Tripwire by Dimensional Research.The study...

Businesses Turn to Social Media to Extend Marketing Reach

Nearly two-thirds of brands (65 percent) say they are planning to increase their influencer marketing budget this year, according to a Buzzoole survey of...

Businesses Lack Confidence in Data Analytics

Despite a strong appetite for advanced analytics technologies, more than half of businesses have low confidence in their organization's data quality management practices, according...

Android, iOS Devices Susceptible to Failure

For the second quarter in a row, there were far more device failures in Android phones (44 percent) than iOS phones (25 percent), according...

Small Businesses Pulling Back on Hiring, Investment

Nearly four out of five (79 percent) small-business owners express concern over the effectiveness of U.S. government leaders, according to a Bank of America...

Ransomware, Phishing Attacks Rise as Cyber-Crime Increases

Cyber-criminals are continuing to exploit human nature as they rely on familiar attack patterns such as phishing, and are increasing their reliance on ransomware,...

Spiceworks Launches Mobile App for Help Desk

Spiceworks announced the ability for IT professionals to deploy and manage its cloud-based help desk solution on mobile devices through the new Spiceworks Help...