RIM finally launches closer link to Office 365 By: Howard Solomon (1/30/2012 6:20:00 PM)
Mobile workers whose organizations subscribe to Microsoft Corp.’s cloud-based Office 365 service can now access some of the messaging applications through Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smart phones.
RIM said Monday that BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Office 365 is n ...
New Rogers USB sticks almost double LTE speeds By: Howard Solomon (2/7/2012 12:49:00 AM)
When two of the country’s biggest cellular carriers started their high speed LTE data service last year, it was a bit disappointing to some that the devices they offered promised network speeds of only up to 25 megabits a second.
Admittedly, that’s about double the promised speed of th ...
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 ...
Salesforce customers angry about fees By: Chris Kanaracus (1/30/2012 9:02:00 AM)
BOSTON -- Salesforce.com customers are sounding off about the fact that an upcoming Analytics Edition of the CRM (customer relationship management) software will have an additional price tag, saying that the functionality it includes should be part of their base subscriptions.
The company announced ...
ISPs get go-ahead to offer faster speeds this week By: Howard Solomon (1/30/2012 8:32:00 AM)
A group of independent Internet service providers has won a temporary victory in their continuing fight with BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada over the wholesale pricing of Internet services.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled Friday that a new wholes ...
Oracle seeks new trial in IP suit against SAP By: Jaikumar Vijayan (2/8/2012 10:45:00 AM)
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. - Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a second trial is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday.The company clearly wants to distract SAP by forcing it to go through another bruising battle in court, they said."SAP wanted t ...
Accessing Internet by mobile device doubled in 2011 By: John Cox (2/7/2012 4:25:00 PM)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Over the past 12 months, mobile access to the Internet around the world nearly doubled to 8.5 per cent, not counting tablets, according to data released this week by StatCounter, a Web analytics company. The vast majority of Internet usage is still tied to desktop PCs, ...
New Juniper routers converge the access net By: Jim Duffy (2/7/2012 4:10:00 PM)
RAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Juniper Networks Inc. will soon release access routers designed to provide an on-ramp to service provider networks from residential, business and mobile networks. Juniper's ACX series Universal Access routers are intended to provide a single platform supporting multi ...
3M creates high-density material for PCBs By: Brian Bloom (2/7/2012 3:47:00 PM)
3M has announced a new high-density version of its Embedded Capacitance Material (ECM), an innovation it says will have wide application in miniaturized computing. Embedded Capacitance Material (or ECM) is constructed from a thin layer of epoxy filled with ceramic and layered on both sides with ...
Facebook ads soon on smartphones, tablets By: Ian Paul (2/7/2012 3:41:00 PM)
SAN FRANCISCO - Get ready for advertising to hit the mobile version of Facebook in early March as the company looks to generate more revenue leading up to its forthcoming initial public offering, according to an online report.Nearly half of the social network's 845 million monthly active users log o ...
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 ...
SAS's Carl Farrell on staying on top in the big data game By: JD Speedy (30 Jan 2012)
In this week's RADIO IT World Canada, executive vice-president for SAS Institute Inc. and former president of SAS Canada Carl Farrell joins us to discuss staying on top of the big data game, why he thinks SAS is able to grow in a declining market and where SAS is hiring in 2012. ...
U.S. Institute of Health taps Canadian site for database By: JD Speedy (01 Feb 2012)
The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Library of Medicine have been trying to devise a system that can intelligently answer medical questions. What they wanted was a program that could be asked common questions, in plain English, and give an appropriate response. What they nee ...
Rogers gives up on traffic shaping, for now By: Howard Solomon (03 Feb 2012)
After fielding complaints from the federal telecommunications regulator and the online gamers that it slows residential Internet customer traffic, Rogers Communications Inc. has decided to stop traffic management starting next month.
“New technologies and ongoing investments in network capac ...
Interview: McAfee's Doug Cooke on mobile security By: JD Speedy (06 Feb 2012)
In this week's RADIO IT World Canada, Doug Cooke joins us to explain some of the finer points of McAfee's new mobile security software service, Mobile Security 2.0. He also explains why smart phone security is often overlooked, who should look into this service and what are the most present and omi ...
