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29 Jun 2009
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SoftMaker Office 2008 shows superior compatibility with Microsoft Office formats, while OpenOffice.org 3.1 falls flat
22 Jun 2009
Saudi Arabia, Germany moving in on Top500 supercomputer list
New high-performance computing systems from Germany and Saudi Arabia recently made it to the Top 500 list of supercomputers. However U.S. made machines still dominate the market
17 Jun 2009
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Before striding out onto the stage, rock stars, actors, 10-year-olds and CIOs do one thing in common – practice. Successful public speakers in the corporate world share their secrets
24 May 2009
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The IdeaPad U350 is a cheap laptop that delivers full PC functionality
13 May 2009
Recession is perfect time re-negotiate maintenance fees
Vendors use unfriendly practices on support, according to Forester Research. But now is the time to ask, negotiate even threaten your vendor to re-evaluate maintenance fees
10 May 2009
Faster OpenOffice.org 3.1 takes a big step forward
Much of the improvements in this new version of the free open source alternative to Microsoft Office are hidden under the hood
07 May 2009
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Need to get your news fix? Just have to listen to that podcast on the go? Or have you stumbled onto something you think the whole world should know? Here are four easy ways to stay in loop with your iPhone
23 Apr 2009
Green computing tips for the Mac user
Increasingly, Mac notebooks and desktop computers are finding their way to the enterprise. Here are some advice on how you can save energy — and money — as you use your Mac
23 Apr 2009
Windows 7 on a netbook
Microsoft said that any version of Windows 7 will run on a netbook. Writer Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols tried Windows 7 Ultimate on a Dell Mini 9 and reports on how the new OS performed
08 Apr 2009
ITWorld Canada at IT 360 2009
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30 Mar 2009
IT World Canada Conficker resource centre
While the worm's actual purpose remains a mystery, ITWorldCanada.com has compiled news stories, videos, and editorials that track Conficker's progress and provide tips on how to detect Conficker and protect your machine from it
26 Mar 2009
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The major applications that are making money on the Internet are on MPLS. Here are the reasons why
24 Mar 2009
Move up from good manager to great leader
Management skills are a must for getting teams to carry out day-to-day tasks. But if you intend to command the troops through this economic recession or pursue a strategic vision, your organization will need more
23 Mar 2009
Eight free security tools
Here are eight free downloads and services that will help you beat back the bad guys with antivirus, personal firewalls and even a program that tells you if your Web site is under attack
18 Mar 2009
Employment Insurance troubles await laid off tech workers
Canadian workers facing layoff will have to deal with a gutted employment insurance fund and flawed delivery system. Here's some advice on the very little that you can do about the situation
16 Mar 2009
16 IT strategies to do less with less
Government tech departments can take these tips from their enterprise counterpart on cutting unnecessary expenditures, scaling back over-allocated services and clearing out outdated apps and orphaned software as well as buying bagels for the staff
16 Mar 2009
Scaling back on tech for better work-life balance
Mobile technologies and today's always-on culture can wear down an IT professional. Panelists at this third installment of Microsoft's Ignite Your Career Webcast series talk about shutting off the BlackBerry and other strategies for maintaining balance between work and personal life
15 Mar 2009
Survival strategies for the security company
Many customers are putting security in the backburner. But the economy will eventually revive, security firms will thrive when that moment comes if they use the bad times to create and perfect their offerings
12 Mar 2009
Web turns 20
CERN marks the World Wide Web's 20th anniversary
09 Mar 2009
Top 3 outsourcing initiatives in a down economy
It's hard enough to handle planning, budgeting and forecasting in normal times, but it becomes a nightmare in the uncertain economic environment we live in now. Here's how outsourcing can help
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The social media skill sets a CIO's staff will need
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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
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SAP launches Visual Intelligence for casual BI users
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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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