Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Intel, Nvidia sign US$1.5 billion licensing deal In the agreement, the two companies will resolve ongoing patent litigation. Intel will begin making payments to Nvidia this month, with $300 million due next week
Friday, September 24, 2010
No XP support ensures slow IE9 rollout, bloggers say BLOGOSPHERE Microsoft is taking another step to finally stamp out Windows XP adoption among businesses, but some bloggers think the plan won’t succeed
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Enterprises still a factor in software piracy, BSA says A new IDC report sponsored by the software industry watchdog says Canada can add thousands of jobs and inject a few billion into the economy by slowing down software piracy rates. Find out what the BSA thinks enterprises could be doing
Friday, July 23, 2010
Virtual stall: What it is and why you have it OPINION Embotics president Jay Litkey's take on why virtualization projects hit the wall -- and why it's a bigger problem than VM sprawl
Monday, July 12, 2010
Five tips for managing Microsoft licencing costs No single article can cover everything you need to know about Microsoft licenses. But here are five tips that could save your business money when it comes time to upgrade or purchase new Microsoft software
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Rogers CEO urges early spectrum auction It's been less than two years since the last spectrum auction, but already incumbent wireless carriers are facing off against startups. Find out why
Monday, April 26, 2010
Office 2010 upgrade could help some cut licence fees Office 2003 users should welcome an upgrade, while Office 2007 users should take a pass, Info-Tech said. Plus, how both camps can actually cut down on Office licence seats and move some employees to OpenOffice
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Globalive blasts incumbents at ownership hearing Startup says Bell, Rogers, Telus are trying to block competition. Meanwhile, an industry analyst suspects one of the trio may stall Globalive with an appeal to Ottawa
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Cellular carriers demand relief from spectrum fees As Industry Canada reviews its policy on wireless licence fees and renewals, the industry is demanding a significant overhaul. Read why an telecom analyst says carriers have a lot of nerve asking for drastic cuts
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Ottawa ready to push high-speed wireless data services Industry Canada wants to hear from licence holders why it shouldn't force them to start delivering advanced wireless services. A telecommunications analyst says its about time.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Who's counting your licences? With software purchasing gone virtual, counting software is no longer a walk in the park. Experts share the benefits and complexities of licence tracking
Monday, February 16, 2009
Look Communications silent on bids for its assets Who and how many bids for the potentially valuable wireless spectrum up for sale in Ontario and Quebec won't be known for a while
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Open Text content viewing tools support new file formats The latest versions of Open Text’s Desktop Viewer and Open Text Thin Client Viewer now support new file formats like Excel 2007 and Solidworks 2008 among others. One analyst describes a “ping pong” effect in content management
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Canadian provider may finally have a way to sell its wireless spectrum Look Communications has been trying for years to sell its vision of mobile broadband around the spectrum it owns but the stars weren't aligned. Now, the company's controlling shareholder believes not only is the time right but also he has found a mechanism for selling the asset at a premium
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Telecom veteran takes over Natural Convergence After the CEO and co-founder left the software firm, the chairman took over the top spot. Patrick Smith has been involved with Natural Convergence since entrepreneur Terry Matthews invested in it four years ago.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Nortel brings out more unified communications intro bundles Company adds four more starter kits, hoping to entice customers looking to dip their toes into UC
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Ontario's Brockville launches BizPaL service The City of Brockville in Ontario has become the latest municipality to offer Industry Canada's online service tool BizPaL. "Whenever we can simplify the paperwork and bureaucracy and get to the business quickly, we not only should do so, but must do so," said Brockville Mayor Dave Henderson.
Friday, December 07, 2007
CIO Government Review December issue Inside CIO Government Review this December.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Canadian municipalities sign up for eUniversity The Municipal Information Systems Association has introduced an online learning portal for municipal IT staff and end-users, which offer both technical and business skills development programs. Proponents say the portal provides big benefits for municipalities in remote areas by taking the traveling part out of training.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
ID cards Around the world, governments without national identity cards are trying to implement them. Canada is no exception; for public officials who struggle with the challenge of identifying and authenticating citizens before they can deliver programs or services, a single comprehensive card is like a dream come true, especially if it is functional in a digital environment. 
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Don’t let the (software) bugs bite If you thought you could take software quality for granted, think again. According to one expert, the software industry has a history of launching products before they are fully debugged. As a general practice, software companies release a product once it reaches 80 per cent functionality, said independent analyst Warren Shiau. 
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Racism row does in OSI head The president of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) was asked to leave his job, less than a month after taking on the post, for allegedly racist posts.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Public Works takes its IT learning to the Web Three years ago the Ministry of Public Works and Government Services of Canada (PWGSC) began an e-learning initiative that is changing how federal government IT professionals learn new skills.
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Deciding who should pay for speed Recently Microsoft announced that when it comes to upcoming dual-core processors, it has no plans to charge for two licences per processor for any of its Windows Server products. The company may be bucking a trend. But by doing so, it may serve to reverse that trend. 
Thursday, November 04, 2004
NetWare users have mixed feelings on OES Novell Inc. insists it is not abandoning its NetWare install base with the upcoming release of its Open Enterprise Server (OES), but its message was greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism when the firm stopped in Toronto on Thursday as part of a North American tour.