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Quebec politician may seek domain name in vain
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Quebec politician may seek domain name in vain
The Parti Quebecois's Daniel Turp starts a petition to get the province its own ".qc" for all French-Canadian Web sites, but CIRA says he may have overlooked an important rule in granting such addresses
Australian businesses may be forced to publicly admit data breaches
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Australian businesses may be forced to publicly admit data breaches
Proposed changes to Privacy Act issued in discussion paper
Needed: a code of ethics for IT security
Friday, November 30, 2007
Needed: a code of ethics for IT security
Many computing groups have developed, or are working to establish, ethics codes for IT. Some are currently working together to draw up a code of ethics for IT security professionals
Man charged with selling hacked VOIP services
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Man charged with selling hacked VOIP services
A Miami man was charged with stealing more than 10 million minutes of VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone service and then selling them to unsuspecting customers for as little as US$0.004 per minute.
Putting printers in their place
Monday, October 03, 2005
Putting printers in their place
After several years of experimenting with pay-per-use printing, Pitt Ohio Express LLC grew tired of sending its maintenance man around to each of 80 printers to read the page meter and calculate the bill each month.
Time for a change – part 2
Monday, May 23, 2005
Time for a change – part 2
This part of the paper gives some additional information which will, hopefully, give a clearer understanding of how the concepts work.
'Showdowns' expected as bar-code deadline nears
Sunday, June 13, 2004
'Showdowns' expected as bar-code deadline nears
Many North American retailers are preparing to comply with an approaching Jan. 1, 2005, "Sunrise" deadline that requires them to be able to process one more digit than they're accustomed to when scanning bar codes.
Pain-free CRM
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Pain-free CRM
Two years ago, John Ounjian, senior vice-president and CIO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Minnesota, managed to convince General Mills Inc., a US$8 billion consumer goods giant, to join his regional health plan on the basis of a promise: He would soon be installing a Web-based customer service system that would let subscribers manage their health benefits online.
ID theft calls for security
Thursday, January 02, 2003
ID theft calls for security
The US$2.7 million identity theft scam recently uncovered in the U.S. should serve notice to all enterprises that information security cannot be taken lightly, according to one IT security expert.
Incident highlights need for better security
Thursday, December 12, 2002
Incident highlights need for better security
The US$2.7 million identity theft scam recently uncovered in the U.S. should serve notice to all enterprises that information security cannot be taken lightly, according to one IT security expert.
Merging data silos
Thursday, July 11, 2002
Merging data silos
Redundant data, wrong data, missing data, miscoded data. Every company has some of each, probably residing in IT nooks that don't communicate much.
If you build it, they won’t necessarily come
Thursday, April 04, 2002
If you build it, they won’t necessarily come
When Intria-HP of Toronto, a joint outsourcing venture between Hewlett-Packard Co. and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed, its executives had a daunting task ahead of them: Transform an IT department that had been a cost centre into a revenue centre selling IT services to banks.
‘E-Tailers’ team up to combat on-line fraud
Wednesday, January 31, 2001
‘E-Tailers’ team up to combat on-line fraud
A fraud prevention website launched on January 15, 2001, is the first initiative of the Worldwide E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Network. Located at www.merchantfraudsquad.com, the site provides expert advice about how to combat the unauthorized use of credit card numbers and other payment vehicles to purchase goods and services.
Exorcising the ghosts of IT past
Thursday, November 16, 2000
Exorcising the ghosts of IT past
For an industry or profession that is less than 100 years old, IT has a lot of ghosts.
Business-to-Business
Thursday, March 09, 2000
Business-to-Business
The black and white on red and yellow
Thursday, September 09, 1999
The black and white on red and yellow
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