Nathan Eddy

About

A graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Nathan was perviously the editor of gaming industry newsletter FierceGameBiz and has written for various consumer and tech publications including Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, CRN, and The Times of London. Currently based in Berlin, he released his first documentary film, The Absent Column, in 2013.

Employee Security a Major Issue for Businesses

A surprising disconnect exists between employees’ growing concern over the security of their personal information and their attitudes toward data security practices in the workplace, according to a SailPoint survey of 1,000 office workers at large organizations worldwide. The survey found that 85 percent of employees would react negatively if their personal information was breached […]

HP Expands PageWide, OfficeJet Pro and LaserJet Printer Lines

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) unveiled a new brand of PageWide printer and expanded its business printing portfolio with new OfficeJet Pro and LaserJet printers. In addition to a lineup of A4 devices early next year, HP will expand the reach of PageWide technology with a new portfolio of A3 multifunction printers (MFPs). The portfolio increases […]

Video Conferencing Capabilities Worry Workers

Even as video conferencing and webcast technology become more accessible, it seems organizations aren’t taking steps to help their workers learn about and acclimate to these resources, according to a survey by West Unified Communications. The survey of 230 full-time U.S. employees found a large majority of employees (71 percent) have attended a webcast, and […]

Dataguise Debuts DgSecure Data Monitoring Platform

Data-centric security solutions specialist Dataguise announced DgSecure Monitor for monitoring, detection, and alerting of potential breaches of sensitive data across the enterprise and the cloud. The platform keeps track of who is doing what to an enterprise’s sensitive data, and delivers real-time, policy-based alerts whenever unauthorized access or unusual access behavior occurs. While it can […]

MegaPath Enhances Managed Networking, Security Portfolio

Voice, data, security and cloud services specialist MegaPath announced the release of its Managed IPsec VPN and Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution. The managed network and security service can be used with virtually any commodity Internet connection and is aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). With MegaPath’s IPsec VPN with Managed Firewall and UTM, […]

Axero Updates Communifire with Page Builder

Social intranet software, collaboration and knowledge management specialist Axero released an upgrade to Communifire, its intranet software solution for small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs). Communifire 5.2 delivers an array of new features designed to improve the user experience for administrators, plus offers new gamification capabilities that allow users to recognize other users by granting them […]

Small Businesses Turn to QuickBooks for Taxes

More than a fifth (21 percent) of small businesses are planning to file taxes on their own, without help from tax software or an accountant, according to a Manta survey of more than 1,500 small businesses. According to Manta’s poll, 30 percent of small business owners are still tracking their expenses with paper receipts—a system […]

IT Systems Failing to Scale with Business Growth

The vast majority (89 percent) of organizations worldwide have experienced growth that hasn’t gone exactly according to plan, resulting in a significant level of anxiety among top business leaders about their company’s ability to succeed in the face of growth and change. The research, which was conducted by Morar Consulting and commissioned by Epicor, surveyed […]

Neustar, Tomorrow Networks Partner on Health Care Marketing

Neustar, a provider of real-time information services, announced a partnership with Tomorrow Networks, a division of Aptus Health, which fuses Neustar’s authoritative identity with Tomorrow Networks’ geo-targeting capabilities to help marketers deliver strategic mobile marketing campaigns. With this partnership, Neustar combines its AdAdvisor Audiences profiles with Tomorrow Networks’ geo-targeting segmentation capabilities to deliver personalized consumer […]

Western Digital Offers Raspberry Pi Community 314GB Drive

WDLabs, a business growth incubator of storage solutions specialist Western Digital (WD) announced availability of the WD PiDrive 314GB, a storage device engineered to serve the Raspberry Pi community. Featuring low-power USB operation, reliability and ease of integration, the WD PiDrive 314GB HDD is designed to support Raspberry Pi growth by addressing barriers to hard […]