Beijing's iPhone turmoil a lesson to Apple: analysts By: Michael Kan (1/16/2012 10:00:00 AM)
BEIJING (01/13/2012) - Apple should consider launching its products earlier in China, and expand its online distribution there, if it wants to avoid future displays of customer dissatisfaction like Friday's egg throwing at a Beijing company store, according to analysts.On Friday, Apple launched the ...
U.K.'s ElasticHosts opens cloud data centre in Toronto By: Shane Schick (1/17/2012 9:24:00 PM)
A hosting company based out of the U.K. is hoping that a data centre located in Toronto will convince Canadian businesses fearful of the U.S. Patriot Act to take a cloud computing approach to managing their IT infrastructure. ElasticHosts this week announced an expansion of its footprint in the Nor ...
Carleton’s industry-assisted cloud services lab opens By: JD Speedy (1/19/2012 9:34:00 AM)
The Huawei-TELUS Innovation Centre for Enterprise Cloud Services on Carleton campus has finally opened. The lab, announced in June, and with a $1.4-million investment from Shenzen China-based Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Vancouver-based Telus, is already being utilized by graduate students for s ...
Blackberry users are ready to move on: Study By: JD Speedy (1/20/2012 9:01:00 AM)
It’s a lot less shocking now when someone proclaims that former Research in Motion Ltd. customers are edging away from the failing brand than it was, say, five years ago. Still, the fact that 75 per cent of popular gadget enthusiast site Drippler’s audience are planning to drop thei ...
Wikipedia, Craigslist black out against SOPA midnight By: John Ribeiro (1/18/2012 11:31:00 AM)
BANGALORE (01/18/2012) - Wikipedia and some other Internet companies blacked out their websites in one way or the other early Wednesday in protest against controversial legislation in the U.S.Google blacked out its logo and posted a message on its home page that said "Tell Congress: Please don't cen ...
Proposed ISP access law threat to privacy, say groups By: Howard Solomon (1/27/2012 4:13:00 PM)
Privacy groups are increasing pressure on the Harper government to change its plan to give law enforcement agencies the right to demand subscriber information from Internet providers and cellular carriers without a court order.
At a seminar Friday the three pieces of legislation – expected to ...
EHR app causes buzz at mobile health care summit By: Howard Solomon (1/26/2012 10:28:00 PM)
A soon-to-be released medical application for smart phones was the talk of a Toronto mobile healthcare summit Thursday, not so much for what it will do but for the innovative way it’s being developed.
“Awesome,” and “very impressive” were the words used by two Ca ...
Canadian IT hiring study suggests career paths unclear By: Shane Schick (1/26/2012 3:54:00 PM)
Canadian organizations may be planning to hiring more IT professionals in 2012, but they’re worried about how to develop their role over the long term, based on the results of a survey released this week. Recruiting firm Hays Canada released its fifth annual Hays Compensation, Benefits Recrui ...
Career Watch: In job interviews, watch your body language By: Jamie Eckle (1/26/2012 5:31:00 AM)
Let's say I've prepared a presentation for a large group of colleagues. I've mastered the material and run it by a few people to make sure it's on the mark. I'm reminding myself of some old advice: Smile and make eye contact. What am I forgetting? Slouched posture can telegraph uncertainty or su ...
Half of CIOs don't expect to be in the same role in their next job By: Julian Goldsmith (1/26/2012 5:20:00 AM)
The majority of CIOs don't expect to continue the job in their next role according to research from Gartner. Gartner's CIO Agenda survey for 2012, of over 2,300 CIOs across the world, found 55 per cent of respondents didn't think they would be in a CIO role in the next career move. Speaking with ...
CES 2012: That's a wrap By: JD Speedy (16 Jan 2012)
For the final ComputerWorld Canada Consumer Electronics Show 2012 cast, Info-Tech Research Group analyst, Mark Taushek, once again joins JD Speedy to talk Smart TVs, higher than high definition and the YouTube keynote. Also included is Mark's hands-on experience with the Playbook OS 2.0. Right-click ...
World CIO Forum: The vice-chair's 8 takeaways By: Stephen Ibaraki (23 Jan 2012)
CIOs from more than 50 countries collaborated and created a manifesto about their role as part of the first World CIO Forum last November, an event filled with notable insights could shape and guide decisions for their peers in 2012. Sponsored by the United Nations-founded International Federatio ...
U.K.'s ElasticHosts opens cloud data centre in Toronto By: Shane Schick (17 Jan 2012)
A hosting company based out of the U.K. is hoping that a data centre located in Toronto will convince Canadian businesses fearful of the U.S. Patriot Act to take a cloud computing approach to managing their IT infrastructure. ElasticHosts this week announced an expansion of its footprint in the Nor ...
Wavefront, Rogers announce Vancouver wireless incubator By: JD Speedy (25 Jan 2012)
In an effort to drive Canadian innovation in wireless technology, Rogers Communication Inc. and Wavefront, a non-profit for Canadian wireless start-ups, have announced a new Wireless Innovation Center (WIC) for the west coast. In addition to the WIC facilities, which would resemble an existing ...
Carleton’s industry-assisted cloud services lab opens By: JD Speedy (19 Jan 2012)
The Huawei-TELUS Innovation Centre for Enterprise Cloud Services on Carleton campus has finally opened. The lab, announced in June, and with a $1.4-million investment from Shenzen China-based Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Vancouver-based Telus, is already being utilized by graduate students for s ...
