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Bell Canada may disconnect Cybersurf, affecting thousands of Calgary-area customers

According to a CBC News report by Peter Novak , Bell Canada served Calgary-based independent ISP Cybersurf with “a notice to disconnect for failing to pay for rented network access” earlier today. Cybersurf provides dial-up Internet, high...

Published Thu, Aug 28 2008 3:54 PM by Jennifer Kavur
Fluke updates Visual Performance Manager

Fluke Networks today announced global availability of Visual Performance Manager 4.0, the latest version of its performance management system. Visual Performance Manager 4.0 improves delivery of business services by pinpointing the root cause of networked...

Published Thu, Aug 28 2008 3:53 PM by Howard Solomon
Mediatrix gateways work with Objectworld UC server

Sherbrooke, QUEBEC, August 28, 2008 – Mediatrix Telecom, a maker of Voice over Internet Protocol access devices and gateways, says its 1204 and 3000 Series VoIP gateways have achieved interoperability with Objectworld’s Unified Communications...

Published Thu, Aug 28 2008 3:53 PM by Howard Solomon
Cisco to buy PostPath

Cisco Systems says it will acquire privately held PostPath, Inc., a provider of innovative e-mail and calendaring software. Based in Mountain View, Calif. with additional development operations in Sofia, Bulgaria, Cisco said PostPath will enhance the...

Published Thu, Aug 28 2008 3:52 PM by Howard Solomon
DMTI joins BlackBerry alliance

DMTI Spatial Inc. has entered into a new partnership with Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. that it says will help bring enterprise location intelligence capabilities to BlackBerry smartphones. The Markham, Ont.-based company joined the BlackBerry Independent...

Published Wed, Aug 27 2008 8:51 PM by Rafael Ruffolo
Celerra NX4 supports virtualized storage

EMC Corp. is shipping the Celerra NX4, which supports up to 60 Terabytes of storage in the form of SATA disk drives and is targeted at small to mid-sized businesses. The product includes virtualized storage, with the SnapSure data protection software...

Published Tue, Aug 26 2008 3:50 PM by Greg Meckbach
Competition Bureau eyes Google-Yahoo deal

Canada ’s Competition Bureau is concerned that a new deal between Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. will result in rising costs for Canadian companies looking to buy ads online. The world’s two biggest search engines plan to partner, in a deal which...

Published Tue, Aug 26 2008 8:49 PM by Rafael Ruffolo
Q9 Networks spends $50M on third Calgary data centre

If you’re running out of capacity at your current data centre and looking to build a new one in-house, you may want to think twice, according to Q9 Networks Inc. To meet the demand from more and more Canadian enterprises choosing to outsource their...

Published Thu, Aug 21 2008 8:48 PM by Rafael Ruffolo
Absolute Software hire COO

Absolute Software Corp. of Vancouver has hired Carter McCrary, a former Dell executive, as its chief operating officer. McCrary is a former area vice-president for Dell Inc. and was president of Digital Axis, a value-added reseller. Absolute Software’s...

Published Mon, Aug 18 2008 3:47 PM by Greg Meckbach
Majority shareholder backs down from Corel deal

Corel Corp.’s majority shareholder, San Francisco-based Vector Capital Corp., has pulled out of its $87 million to buy the rest of the Ottawa-based software company. Vector Capital said Monday it has removed its bid “in the interest of facilitating...

Published Mon, Aug 18 2008 8:46 PM by Rafael Ruffolo
OnX grabs partners up with MIC Partner

Enterprise applications partner OnX Enterprise Solutions announced today its acquisition of the Toronto-based business software partner MIC Partner. OnX, a recent HP Canada Partner of the Year, will use the company’s business technology optimization...

Published Mon, Aug 18 2008 8:45 PM by Briony Smith
SAP Canada gets new prez

SAP Canada announced today the appointment of its new president and managing director, Mark Aboud. He previously held the position of executive vice-president of small and mid-size enterprises and public services with SAP Canada. Aboud will be in charge...

Published Fri, Aug 15 2008 8:44 PM by Briony Smith
.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 get RTM

Microsoft announced today the RTM of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. New featuresinclude the .NET Framework Client Profile, which aims to speed up Windows-based deployments, ASP.NET improvements, enhanced support for...

Published Thu, Aug 14 2008 8:43 PM by Briony Smith
U of T to create Canada’s fastest supercomputer

The University of Toronto has teamed up with IBM Corp. to create an energy-efficient supercomputer capable of processing 360 trillion calculations per second. The university’s SciNet Consortium – which undertakes research in aerospace, astrophysics...

Published Thu, Aug 14 2008 8:42 PM by Rafael Ruffolo
Toshiba unveils nine laptops

Toshiba of Canada’s information systems group has announced nine notebook PCs, four of which have fingerprint readers. The vendor yesterday announced four Tecra A10 models, which include shock absorbing capabilities for the hard drive, spill resistant...

Published Wed, Aug 13 2008 3:36 PM by Greg Meckbach

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August 2008 - Techbuzz

Bell Canada may disconnect Cybersurf, affecting thousands of Calgary-area customers

Fluke updates Visual Performance Manager

Mediatrix gateways work with Objectworld UC server

Cisco to buy PostPath

DMTI joins BlackBerry alliance

Celerra NX4 supports virtualized storage

Competition Bureau eyes Google-Yahoo deal

Q9 Networks spends $50M on third Calgary data centre

Absolute Software hire COO

Majority shareholder backs down from Corel deal

OnX grabs partners up with MIC Partner

SAP Canada gets new prez

.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 get RTM

U of T to create Canada’s fastest supercomputer

Toshiba unveils nine laptops

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