Friday, March 04, 2011
CIOs won't impress anyone with a data dump Our columnist suggets that, in attempting to communicate the value of IT, chief information officers risk offering too much information to people who don't want to hear it. How to change the conversation
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Sprint to launch more than US$4 billion in network upgrades The three- to five-year project will focus on consolidating equipment and phasing out cell sites, the company says
Monday, July 19, 2010
Firm promises new take on containerized data centers I/o Data Centers will formally announce plans in two weeks to enter the containerized data center market. Find out more about the company
Friday, May 21, 2010
IT should pay the power bill, reasons eBay exec The online seller's data centre chief makes the case for coupling performance and power management. Find out about eBay's own data centre
Monday, July 06, 2009
Q&A with the man who helped raise server temperatures It's been a year since an engineering body said it was safe to raise the operating temperatures of servers and storage systems. Roger Schmidt, IBM fellow and one of the leaders of the initiative, discusses new temperature parameters and other issues involved in cooling data centres and reducing power usage
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
What you can learn from a UBC class trip University of British Columbia journalism students uncovered a hard drive containing sensitive U.S. defence information while filming a documentary in Ghana. Find out why it happened and how you can keep your company from a similarly embarrassing experience
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Small ISPs face new pressures under Tory bill The federal Conservatives hope a newly tabled piece of legislation will officially end the 10 year long lawful access debate in Ottawa. The bill will force ISPs to maintain wiretappable technologies, giving the police unprecedented online snooping powers
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ericsson Canada demos video apps on LTE During a media tour of its lab in Town of Mount Royal, Quebec, the Swedish manufacturer showed base stations, a wireless-connected bicycle and a social networking site for uploading photos. Find out about the tower tubes
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Cisco unveils 802.11n controller, OfficeExtend The 5500 series can control up to 250 access points. Find out about University of British Columbia’s beta test
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Sun introduces open cloud amid IBM takeover talk Sun might have sweetened the deal with its new cloud assets. Is IBM licking its chops?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Web turns 20 CERN marks the World Wide Web's 20th anniversary
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
How to block the right traffic Experts offer advice on deciding when to use intrusion detection and when to turn to intrusion prevention
Monday, February 02, 2009
Federal budget provision could boost hardware spending A temporary tax break allowing companies to write off 100 per cent of their hardware and software purchases is getting a positive reaction from the industry, but a BDO Dunwoody CGA cautions that companies spending without a business case are just bankrupting themselves more quickly
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Nortel dumps WiMAX, follows carriers to LTE Faced with tough financial decisions, the equipment maker chooses the technology its carrier customers prefer, despite mobile WiMAX’s lead in getting to market
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Edge-Core pushes WiMax for Philippines The solution provider believes the technology is ideal for a country spread across 7,000 islands
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Rookie cellphone company gets more cash to build network OMERS, Ontario’s municipal employees’ pension fund, is putting up to $50 million into BMV Holdings, which will launch service in Toronto and Montreal later this year
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Ugandan carrier launches wireless Internet service The company's WiMAX-based service gets around its slow landline offering and is already a hit, despite hardly any publicity
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Six steps to a green data centre According to a 2007 Gartner report, during the last five years the power demands of data centre equipment have grown by five or more times. IT executives need to start investigating alternative ways to address this issue. By following these six simple steps, they can come closer to achieving their vision of a green data centre, according to author Darryl Wilson
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Colleges flock to 802.11n: ABI Though the wireless standard has yet to be finalized, ABI Research predicts a large demand among high learning institutions for high-speed wireless networks. Find out why
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009 Sharp reductions likely in contract staff, professional services and hardware, and almost no investment in cloud computing
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Small town Ontario to get wireless broadband Utilities Kingston has received $480,000 from the Ontario government to build towers and install fixed wireless base stations and customer premise equipment in sparsely populated areas. The project will connect three schools and bring broadband service to rural businesses
Monday, June 16, 2008
Kelowna firm spends $75M on green data centre A partnership between IBM Canada and RackForce will see an energy-efficient facility built for the customers of gigaCenter Services Corp. Why location matters as much as the technology
Monday, June 09, 2008
Network equipment sales will be strong: IDC Canada Industry analyst firm believes that over the next five years spending on network equipment in Canada will grow faster than the overall IT spend. 
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Green IT success requires behaviour changes - not just tech, says Ontario ADM Technology is a factor in enabling the Ontario government to meet their green targets, but behaviour and mindset also plays a role, according to associate deputy minister Hugh MacLeod. "This is a transformational change for which new conversations and new partners are required," said MacLeod yesterday at a Green Technologies town hall meeting hosted by the Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
How to measure green IT ClimateCHECK is trying to quantify the environmental impact of IT products, including data centres, power and printers. How Ontario’s government is tackling electronic waste