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14 May 2012
Researcher runs IP network over xylophones
A graduate student has shown how to transmit Internet packets by playing them on a musical instrument to understand networking principles
14 May 2012
Network add-ons are all the rage
Higher network speeds and the shift to flatter networks means more network monitor and deep packet inspection products are being launched
14 May 2012
Is your BYOD policy out-of-date?
The realization that more end users are learning how to browse anonymously has made the option to block access to proxy servers a common policy decision
11 May 2012
Rogers offers lure to M2M developers
Carrier partners with a cloud-based software platform for developers which has hooks into Rogers wired and wireless network
09 May 2012
AT&T sees an end to Wi-Fi-only tablets
Thanks to falling prices of radio gear, soon any tablet you want to buy will come not only with Wi-Fi but also the ability to connect to a cellular network
09 May 2012
HP, F5 team to automate app deployment
Network and application orchestration from both companies will be seen in HP's Intelligent Management Center, which analysts say will be a boon to IT managers
09 May 2012
Panel debates future of physical WAN optimizers
Can software replace hardware-based wide area network accelerators? Yes, under the right conditions
08 May 2012
This is only a network disaster recovery drill ...
VIDEO PLAYLIST: AT&T simulates the recovery of a failed network in Toronto. Plus, a video screen that displays two images and the newest member of the iRobot family
07 May 2012
Ottawa firm says its APs outrun competition
Edgewater Wireless says its latest access points use three channels to dramatically increase throughput
07 May 2012
Consultant says critical infrastructure at risk
It's time the U.S. stops ignoring the risk that the profit-driven private sector enterprises pose to critical infrastructure, says Sean Martin
07 May 2012
Going wireless in the data centre
Super high speed Wi-Fi might work in the data centre in short bursts to relieve congestion, early research shows
07 May 2012
Alcatel-Lucent to bring 40G to mesh
Two 40Gig Ethernet line cards will be available in the third quarter for its OmniSwitch 10K network core switch, which, combined with software upgrades will fill out its fabric architecture.
02 May 2012
FCC launches new mobile broadband subsidy
The Federal Communications Commission has started taking bids for new mobile broadband subsidies designed to bring 3G or 4G service areas that don't have it
27 Apr 2012
Netgear to ship gigabit-speed wireless in May
The R6300 home router will be capable of 1.3Gbps using the emerging 802.11ac standard, the next generation of Wi-Fi
26 Apr 2012
Supreme Court rejects Public Mobile appeal
The highest court in Canada won't hear an appeal of a Federal Court ruling on the Canadian ownership status of rival Wind Mobile's Canadian ownership status
25 Apr 2012
Industry Canada proposes spectrum auction change
If the department has its way, the next auction for wireless frequencies will use a combinatorial clock auction format. Read what it's all about
25 Apr 2012
Dell brings 40-Gigabit Ethernet into blade system
Dell fleshes out its virtual networking strategy, showing off a 40-Gigabit Ethernet switch for its blade systems
25 Apr 2012
Cisco upgrades industrial Ethernet switches
New switches said to provide consistent network services between industrial environments and enterprise business applications
24 Apr 2012
Cisco touts Universal Power over Ethernet
Almost a year after it doubled the power in PoE, the network equipment maker says there's lots of opportunity for to leverage the technology
23 Apr 2012
Expert skeptical carriers need to cap LTE data
IEEE member claims major reason carriers are placing data caps on their LTE services is to prevent users dropping landlines and going exclusively with wireless data
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Analysis: Taking the heat at BlackBerry World
By: Howard Solomon (02 May 2012)
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The social media skill sets a CIO's staff will need
By: Sharif Faisal (10 May 2012)
The question is no longer ‘who is on social media?’; it is ‘who isn’t?’ Nearly 20 million Canadians communicate via soci ...
Ottawa Hospital goes mobile with IBM middleware
By: Brian Bloom (04 May 2012)
Ottawa Hospital has been one of the boldest health care institutions in North America in equipping clinical staff with Apple Inc.’s ...
Shaw wins Internet deal with city of Winnipeg
By: Howard Solomon (16 May 2012)
Shaw Communications has scored a big win in its campaign to extend its services to municipalities. The Calgary-based cableco won a bidding contest to ...
Open source Java moving to Linux, AIX on PowerPC
By: Paul Krill (11 May 2012)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Open source Java will be brought to the PowerPC architecture for Linux and IBM's AIX OS under a proposal floated lastweek that could ...
Canadian employee survey indicates dark view of cloud
By: Shane Schick (5/16/2012 2:41:00 PM)
If Canadian enterprises are using cloud computing, their employees may be the last to know. A recent research bulletin from Toronto-based Pollara of ...
Consumerization trends hit IT service management
By: Robert L. Mitchell (5/16/2012 1:15:00 PM)
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SAP launches Visual Intelligence for casual BI users
By: Brian Bloom (5/16/2012 11:44:00 AM)
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Unified communications still fragmented
By: Bob Violino (5/16/2012 10:17:00 AM)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Unified communications (UC) technology has garnered a fair amount of attention, much of it due to vendors touting their UC offerin ...
Shaw wins Internet deal with city of Winnipeg
By: Howard Solomon (5/16/2012 10:02:00 AM)
Shaw Communications has scored a big win in its campaign to extend its services to municipalities. The Calgary-based cableco won a bidding contest to ...
Open source Java moving to Linux, AIX on PowerPC
By: Paul Krill (11 May 2012)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Open source Java will be brought to the PowerPC architecture for Linux and IBM's AIX OS under a proposal floated lastweek that could ...
Consultant says critical infrastructure at risk
By: Sean Martin (07 May 2012)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Cybercriminals have already figured out how to hack into enterprise infrastructure, and the critical infrastructure that con ...
SAP fires back against Oracle's HANA 'falsehoods'
By: Chris Kanaracus (04 May 2012)
BOSTON -- SAP's technology chief has given a strong rebuttal to a recent presentation by an Oracle executive that was critical of SAP's HANA in-m ...
Open-source in government can save billions: group
By: Brian Bloom (04 May 2012)
On the eve of its 10-year anniversary, a Canadian advocacy group for open-source software in government says it’s closer to achieving its goal: ...
Google's BigQuery made to crunch big data
By: Thor Olavsrud (08 May 2012)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. --Few companies in the world have access to datasets as large as Google does, and, unsurprisingly, Google is one of the companies at ...
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