Nathan Eddy

Network infrastructure control solutions provider Infoblox announced the release of network infrastructure automation capabilities to help businesses accelerate deployment of virtualization and cloud computing initiatives. Infoblox automation features now available through Infoblox NetMRI offer infrastructure automation and management visibility into the health, policy and compliance of the network. Features include dynamic selection options to help […]

The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to grow 55 percent year over year in 2011 as a growing number of users turn in their feature phones for more advanced devices. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors will ship a total of 472 million smartphones in 2011 compared with roughly 305 million […]

A report from Check Point Software and the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, revealed that 77 percent of organizations surveyed have experienced data loss in the last year. Key findings from the report, Understanding Security Complexity in 21st Century IT Environments, showed respondents cited customer information (52 percent) as the most […]

IT infrastructure management services provider NetEnrich announced the launch of Cloud Practice, designed to support IT solution providers that have or want to build a full portfolio of cloud computing solutions aimed at small to medium-size businesses. The Cloud Practice uses NetEnrich’s Service Delivery framework to remotely manage IT application stacks and databases within private, […]

The pending transition to a new addressing protocol for Internet-connected devices will likely create new business opportunities for IT product, service and support companies, according to CompTIA, a nonprofit trade association for the IT industry. A survey of 400 IT and business decision makers in the United States found that just 31 percent of respondents […]

Most enterprises face apprehension over adopting cloud computing, and with good reason, according to a recent global cloud security survey conducted by Trend Micro. Nearly half (43 percent) of enterprise IT decision-makers reported a security lapse or issue with their cloud provider within the last 12 months. The global survey of 1,200 United States, UK, […]

Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted year-over-year growth of 13.2 percent, totaling just under $5.6 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to just shy of $7.5 billion in revenues, representing 12.1 percent growth […]

Grandstream Networks, a manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, announced two new additions to the GXP line of Enterprise HD IP Phones, the GXP1400 and GXP1405. The newest additions to the GXP family of HD IP Phones, the GXP1400/1405 bring HD audio and functionality to the SMB (small and midsize business) market. […]

Semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices announced the results of a global research study on adoption, attitudes and approaches to cloud computing, surveying IT decision-makers in public and private sector organizations across the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The findings revealed global and regional trends in cloud computing adoption and usage, highlighting the importance of both […]

SanDisk, a provider of flash memory storage solutions, introduced the iNAND Extreme embedded flash drive (EFD), SanDisk’s first in a new line of products designed for high-end tablets running advanced operating systems and data-intensive applications. The drive features up to 50 megabyte per second (MB/sec) sequential write and up to 80MB/sec sequential read speeds. The […]

Internet advertising revenues in the United States hit $7.3 billion for the first quarter of 2011, representing a 23 percent increase over the same period in 2010, according to figures released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC. This marks the highest first-quarter revenue level ever for the industry and a “significant increase” over last […]

CDW, a provider of technology products and services to business, government, education and health care, announced the results of its first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, an assessment of current and future cloud computing use in business, government, health care and education based on a survey of 1,200 IT professionals familiar with their organization’s use of, […]