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CATA proposes test beds in government

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance is calling out to municipal, provincial and federal governments for the creation of technology test beds that would provide opportunities current procurement processes don’t. The end game is accelerating enterprise creation in Canada, says John Reid.

IN BRIEF: Twitter followers for sale

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Plus, partnering in 3-D, a new enterprise server from Mandriva, and more

OPINION: The urge to verb up

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Especially in the Web search market, companies are recognizing that success is about sharing, not guarding, the brand

Dell and HP India operations criticized for poor recycling programs

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Part of HP and Dell's problem is that the market is slow in adopting recycling, say analysts

TerreStar leverages mass-market handhelds with satellite launch

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Cisco to broaden its cloud computing offerings

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Company says its trying to build an enterprise-class software as a service architecture for collaboration. An industry analyst says it’s the only way it can go after Microsoft

Launch an intranet before it’s too late

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

According to a new report, the use of corporate intranets is pretty much split evenly among organizations in North America and Europe. Read why one Toronto company says enterprise 2.0 is now a mainstream technology

Sun upgrades NetBeans IDE

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Plus, kudos to a Winnipeg medical device company, nominations open for the Intelligent Community Forum, and more

SoftMaker bests OpenOffice as Microsoft alternative

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT

SoftMaker Office 2008 shows superior compatibility with Microsoft Office formats, while OpenOffice.org 3.1 falls flat

Symantec releases worldwide disaster recovery statistics

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT