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California dreaming?

After Marius Haas announced the latest products in HP ProCurve's lineup in Palo Alto on Monday , the division's vice-president and general manager sat down with Canadian IT reporters to chat about his goals for the coming year. He's only been...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2009 8:04 AM by Howard Solomon

What the federal budget does for the telecom and IT sectors

Today the Government of Canada proposed a budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, and it doesn’t provide great news for the tech industry. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives only hold a minority of seats in the House of Commons, and...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2009 8:02 AM by Greg Meckbach

What are you seeing in video?

Video is on the minds of many networking hardware and software vendors as its use increases among businesses and consumers. But two new reports from IT research companies cast contradictory outlooks on the future. The Yankee Group said a U.S.survey suggest...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2009 7:53 AM by Howard Solomon

Does VoIP give you what you pay for?

IP telephony has been a mainstream technology for some time now, with large organizations such as a Winnipeg school board opting for the technology. But users complain about delay, jitter and users having a hard time understanding each other continue...

Published Mon, Jan 19 2009 7:52 AM by Greg Meckbach

Doh! Network World Canada editor gets it wrong again

Shortly before Christmas, I dismissed rumours published at the time that Nortel Networks Corp. was seeking creditor protection. As one reader put it, “that’s gotta be the dumbest blog post (he has) read all year.” The Brampton, Ont....

Published Wed, Jan 14 2009 7:51 AM by Greg Meckbach

Feds need to be firm with Enhanced 911

It wasn’t so long ago that knowing where you were was a survival skill. In a hunter and gatherer society, if you went out looking for game, you probably wanted to know how to get back to your village or cave. Similarly, if you sailed away from shore...

Published Mon, Jan 12 2009 5:51 AM by Greg Meckbach