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02 May 2012
Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?
Although Fibre Channel is seeing single-digit growth rates, Ethernet for storage is exploding. An analysis on what the future holds
25 Apr 2012
Apple's IPv6 misstep is a sign of the times
Lack of IPv6 feature parity for network hardware, software and services is one of the biggest challenges in deployment of new standard
13 Apr 2012
Apple under fire for backing off IPv6 support
Computer maker criticized at conference because the latest version of its AirPort Utility doesn't support the new Internet protocol
26 Mar 2012
Akamai to launch IPv6 service in April
"Now the market is starting to take IPv6 seriously," says official of content delivery company. "By the end of 2012, we're going to see some real uptick in the percent of IPv6 traffic we see out there."
15 Mar 2012
MAILBAG: Jobs, disasters, spectrum and lofty goals
Our weekly roundup of reader views on wireless spectrum, IT jobs, cloud disaster recovery and goal-setting for a senior vice-president
27 Feb 2012
Network operators get serious about Wi-Fi
Cellular operators are eager to use Wi-Fi to supplement their networks, so they it to behave as conveniently, predictably and reliably. Is this the end of free Wi-Fi?
25 Jan 2012
Wavefront, Rogers announce Vancouver wireless incubator
To further push wireless innovation in Canada, Wavefront and Rogers have joined together to create a Wireless Innovation Center and the Wavefront Rogers Wireless Mentorship Program
24 Jan 2012
Google looks to speed up the Internet
The search giant proposes enhancements for the Web's TCP transport layer to reduce latency. An industry analyst says the ideas are good
24 Jan 2012
IBM, NEC team to push OpenFlow solution
Equipment makers say they can deliver the industry’s first complete high-performance commercial OpenFlow solution
18 Jan 2012
Why World IPv6 Launch day is important
The chief technology officer of the Internet Society says its important enterprises know that some carriers and content provider are ready
17 Jan 2012
Leading ISPs, Web sites commit to June 6 start for IPv6
No Canadian providers are on the list of announced companies officially ready to handle traffic on the new Internet protocol
11 Jan 2012
ICANN CEO defends new gTLD plan
Organization will start accepting applications this week for new generic top level domain names, despite criticism from U.S. Congress
05 Jan 2012
Broadcom to unveil four faster Wi-Fi chips at CES
The 802.11ac silicon will break the Gigabit barrier, Broadcom said
03 Jan 2012
Five major changes facing the Internet in 2012
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-- 2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this...
14 Dec 2011
Domain name woes highlight Congressional hearing
ICANN's new generic top level domains will hurt businesses, U.S. politicians were told. But the agency believes there are enough protections
28 Nov 2011
Father of RFID, Charles Walton, passes at 89
The first patent to mention the technology, for a "portable radio frequency emitting identifier," was awarded to his company in 1983
28 Nov 2011
Hackers already targeting IPv6, warns expert
Haven't moved on IPv6 yet? It doesn't matter, an IT expert says in this opinion piece. You've got to start preparing, even if you haven't started to transition
16 Nov 2011
ISP future is a four-letter word, conference told
IPTV is the way independent Internet providers can fight integrated carriers who own television networks, says a consultant. Read why
14 Nov 2011
'Anemic' adoption imperils IPv6, says consultant
Service providers and enterprises should find business cases for new Internet technologies or they will be in trouble, a conference has been told
13 Oct 2011
Cloudmark tackles IPv6
Messaging software vendor's security suite offers features that take advantage of the new protocol's capabilities
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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)
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Open source Java moving to Linux, AIX on PowerPC
By: Paul Krill (11 May 2012)
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Canadian employee survey indicates dark view of cloud
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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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Unified communications still fragmented
By: Bob Violino (5/16/2012 10:17:00 AM)
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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
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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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