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The temptations of Sony's eBook

By Howard Solomon Assistant editor, Network World Canada For the first time that I can remember, technology made a bold appearance at the annual Word On The Street book and magazine festival Sunday in Toronto. At the event, which took place also in Vancouver...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2008 8:09 AM by Howard Solomon

Filed under: Reader, Newspaper, Mp3 player, Sony, Format

Cogetating Cogeco

Telecom consultant Iain Grant and his colleagues at the SeaBoard Group still believe a partnership of interests -- a so-called "rebel alliance" -- could come together to create a stronger new spectrum owner than the licence winners from the recent AWS...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2008 4:09 PM by Howard Solomon

Filed under: Seaboard, Cogeco, Bundles

McAfee to buy Secure Computing

In an effort to expand its cloud computing offerings, McAfee Inc. has agreed to acquire Secure Computing Corp. of San Jose, Calif. for US$465 million. McAfee said it “expects” with the acquisition, it could offer data life cycle management, including...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2008 12:09 PM by Greg Meckbach

Filed under: Secure, Trusted source, Encryption, Filtering, Mcafee

Ottawa company provides service control to Russian WiMAX network

Ottawa-based Bridgewater Systems is providing its WiMAX service control technology to help mobile service provider Scartel LLC support IP services offered over a mobile WiMAX network in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The partnership will enable Scartel to...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2008 12:09 PM by Kathleen Lau

Filed under: Wimax, Subscriber, Scartel, Market, Mobile wimax

What's really going on?

By Howard Solomon Assistant editor, Network World Canada As I write this on Friday morning, global markets are in a semi-state of europhoria on the expectation that the U.S. government is going to take dramatic action to save the American financial industry...

Published Fri, Sep 19 2008 9:09 AM by Howard Solomon

Filed under: Network management, Spending, Survey

Microsoft unveils IPTV migration program

Microsoft Corp. is launching a new program that will help Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) providers upgrade their IPTV platforms with the Redmond, Wash. software giant. The Microsoft Mediaroom Migration Program will assess and provide tools for service...

Published Mon, Sep 15 2008 9:09 AM by Rafael Ruffolo

Filed under: Microsoft mediaroom, Service providers, Iptv, Migration, Platforms

Toronto East General Hospital introduces state-of-the-art mobile communications network

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Published Fri, Sep 12 2008 3:36 PM by Jennifer Kavur

Telus gets $7-million City of Vancouver contract

The City of Vancouver has awarded a contract to Telus Corp. to provide a new IP telephony system and contact centre suite. The $7 million deal will see the telecommunications provider supply, install and support the new platform, which in turn, will support...

Published Fri, Sep 12 2008 3:09 PM by Kathleen Lau

Filed under: City, Support, Phones

Toronto East General Hospital introduces state-of-the-art mobile communications network

Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) is taking advantage of IBM’s Enterprise Mobility Services for the healthcare industry in a project that will connect roughly 800 critical care staff in the ER and Complex Continuing Care departments. Using wireless...

Published Fri, Sep 12 2008 3:09 PM by Jennifer Kavur

Filed under: Integration, Care

Smoke signals

By Howard Solomon, Assistant Editor, Network World Canada There were plenty of signals being sent this week at the BMO Nesbit Burns telecom conference for investors, and they weren't all in smoke. Execs from new wireless entrants Quebecor and Globalive...

Published Thu, Sep 11 2008 4:09 PM by Howard Solomon

Filed under: Telus, Mcfarlane

Entrust, 3M collaborate on passports

A week after it unveiled a partnership with GET Group, Dallas-based Entrust Inc. has announced a partnership with 3M to provide secure passports. The companies will jointly offer ePassport technology so users can implement Basic Access Control (BAC) and...

Published Wed, Sep 10 2008 2:09 PM by Greg Meckbach

Filed under: Authority security manager, Epassports, Access control, Entrust, Partnership

When silence is deafening

By Howard Solomon Sometimes silence is golden, but in the case of 6934579 Canada Inc. it's positively deafening. This is the numbered company that won some $52 million in interesting spectrum in the recent AWS auction, including 10Mhz covering southern...

Published Mon, Sep 08 2008 4:09 PM by Howard Solomon

Filed under: Investors, Quebec

The sociological context of reflectoporn

"You should really do a blog posting on reflectoporn," says my friend over dinner last night (Mexican. El Trompo in Kensington Market. Yum). "?" I reply. For all the hours I spend online, at work and at play, there still always seems to be some subcultural...

Published Fri, Sep 05 2008 11:09 AM by Dave Webb

Filed under: Reflectoporn, Auction site, Posting, Internet, Picture

Denzil Doyle awarded by hall of fame

A 50-year veteran of the Canadian tech industry is being recognized for his contributions to telecommunications. The Canadian Telecommunications Hall of Fame announced Thursday it will present a career service award to Denzil Doyle, founding president...

Published Thu, Sep 04 2008 12:09 PM by Greg Meckbach

Filed under: Canadian, Doyle, Telecommunications, Networking

Are you ready for mobile HD videoconferencing?

By Howard Solomon Assistant editor, Network World Canada I suppose it was inevitable, but HD video conferencing from laptops is coming. As if there already isn't enough going on to suck up your organization's bandwidth. The latest sign that it's on the...

Published Wed, Sep 03 2008 4:09 PM by Howard Solomon

Filed under: Movi, Tandberg, Images, Video conferencing