Coffee Briefing Dec. 5 – OpenText to divest AMC to Rocket Software; Global companies hiring Canadians; Bell and ServiceNow partner; and more

Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team!  Missed...

IT outage hits Newfoundland and Labrador healthcare systems

With files from Samira Balsara An IT outage affecting healthcare services in Newfoundland and Labrador has entered its third day, with the largest regional health...

RCMP charges two in Montreal over Bell customer data theft

RCMP arrested two Montrealers on charges of stealing Bell customer data.

Report dismisses claims Canada lags in broadband

A report funded by phone and cable companies says Canada isn't doing as bad as some studies say. However, an industry analyst says the real issue is lack of competition

BCE-Telus merger would be nightmare: Forrester

RBC Dominion Securities published a report predicting a merger between Telus and Bell Canada Enterprises is increasingly likely over the next two years. An IDC Canada analyst agrees this may happen, but Forrester

Why Telus is so outspoken about Globalive

With the growing rivalry between Telus and Globalive heating up before the companies have even started competing, many industry observers are debating why the Vancouver-based wireless giant has taken such a strong stance in the debate, the potential impact it could have on both competitors, and why Rogers and Bell have stayed relatively quiet

Bell reaches out for faster IP innovation

Bell Canada is aiming to speed up the development of custom new IP-based products by partnering with Mitel Corp., March Networks Corp., NewHeights Software Corp. and Ubiquity Software Corp. for research and development at Bell

Diversity looks good to the enterprise

Duke Energy Corp. prides itself on offering solid-state service to customers. Too bad the company

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