Saturday, March 07, 2009
Network management for the masses How do you find out why the network’s so slow? A comparative review of PacketTrap, Paglo and ManageEngine. 
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Cognos CTO drills down on critical BI metrics Don Campbell makes an appearance at the 2008 IFIC Conference to discuss scorecards, dashboards and the key performance indicators enterprise customers can't afford to ignore
Monday, April 21, 2008
CA taps Opalis for data centre automation deal The Toronto firm’s workload management software will be integrated with CA’s product line to reduce the manual efforts of enterprise IT departments. Is this the beginning of another acquisition? 
Monday, January 21, 2008
Looming statute leads Halton Region down the path of compliance In 2009, every municipality in Canada will be required to record and report the value of all its assets. Local government and commercial software vendors with expertise in inventory asset management and public sector business processes are working hand-in-hand to develop effective solutions to prepare for the introduction of the new legislation.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Dell adds PowerEdge blades for data centre play The company counters offering from HP and IBM with its M-Series, which will include a 10U enclosure along with systems management technology intended to keep energy costs down 
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Open Text plans update to Hummingbird's Genio After acquiring one of its biggest competitors in the enterprise content management space, the Ottawa-based firm plans improvements to a popular ETL tool
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Canadian Linux firm buys e-mail provider Xandros moves on after its controversial partnership with Microsoft to acquire Scalix, an open source e-mail, calendar and groupware platform. The CEO explains his strategy
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Ten questions to test your virtualization readiness Virtualization appeals to IT executives looking to maximize data-center operations, but they must ask themselves 10 difficult questions before rolling virtualization out to successfully adopt the technology, industry watchers say.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
IT gets a grip on handheld devices PDAs and smartphones pose new challenges for enterprise device management
Monday, June 04, 2007
Microsoft seeks to build corporate computing platform of the future Microsoft on Monday used the opening of its annual TechEd conference in Orlando, Fla., to bundle up a cornucopia of forthcoming products aimed at developers and IT managers that it hopes will foster a Windows-based automated corporate computing platform for years to come
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Canadian IT execs 'not impressed' by info mgt tools Nearly half of Canadian IT decision makers feel the proliferation of information management tools is making handling data more complex, according to a recent survey
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Microsoft launches PowerShell, lays out Longhorn roadmap On the heels of the completion of Vista and Office, Microsoft Tuesday opened its annual IT Forum conference by confirming the road map for the next beta of Longhorn Server, announcing the release of its long-awaited PowerShell command line tool, and unveiling a host of new and upcoming releases of platform and application management tools.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Analysts applaud HP acquisition Hewlett-Packard Co. is set to beef up its software offerings with its planned acquisition of Mercury Interactive Corp. Analysts say the US$4.5-billion deal will push HP’s OpenView management suite to significantly higher levels, giving users greater insight and control of the applications that run on their networks. 
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Microsoft promising Vista of savings for IT When its long-awaited Windows Vista operating system (OS) is released to the enterprise market in late November, Microsoft Corp. promises IT managers will save a bundle.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
CA offers free database tool CA recently rolled out a free distributed-database management product that could help administrators manage multiple heterogeneous databases across networks.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
A banner year for virtualization IT execs who have delayed virtualizing their x86-based servers for fear the technology is still unproven should put that project at the top of their to-do lists for 2006, as the market for virtualizing the low-volume systems heats up. Companies lacking a virtualization strategy for low-end systems will pay more in the long run, in hardware costs and management headaches, analysts say. 
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
CRM gains ground as management tool Customer relationship management (CRM) is gaining importance as a management tool among executives globally, according to a recent study by Bain & Co. Survey respondents ranked CRM second to strategic planning among 25 of the most popular management tools and techniques. 
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Automation is allowing Xwave to ward off DBA skills shortage As some of its senior database administrators (DBAs) contemplate retirement, xwave Solutions Inc. is taking a proactive approach in the face of a potential mainframe skills shortage within its data centre. The St. John’s-based IT integrator announced this month that it is using an automated solution from BMC Software Inc. to consolidate its DBA staff. 
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
EDS intros Microsoft desktop management service Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) is unveiling Wednesday a service to manage the deployment of Microsoft Corp. desktop applications and system software in companies and government agencies.
Sunday, June 01, 2003
Cisco touts plan to tame WLANs Cisco Systems Inc. this week will answer the challenge of a pack of aggressive wireless LAN switch vendors with a plan for managing WLANs across an enterprise network.
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Veritas upgrades backup software, looks to diversify Veritas Software Corp. this week upgraded its flagship data backup technology. But Veritas, the second-largest vendor of storage management tools, is also embarking on an acquisition-fueled strategy to expand into other IT management technologies.
Thursday, October 03, 2002
HP bundles Unix offerings While IT belts continue to tighten, cash-strapped enterprises are on the hunt for lower-priced network gear that doesn’t scrimp on functionality. Hewlett-Packard Co. Canada said it has the answer.
Thursday, October 03, 2002
HP bundles up Unix offerings While IT belts continue to tighten, cash-strapped enterprises are on the hunt for lower-priced network gear that doesn’t scrimp on functionality. Hewlett-Packard Co. Canada said it has the answer.
Monday, July 01, 2002
A Close Look at Oracle Database Analysis Oracle database administration teams require good database management tools to avoid spending most of their time in reactive mode, but they are challenged by numerous individual management tools available on the market, each with their own unique learning curve.
Sunday, March 03, 2002
Product Guide: Get a grip on Exchange server storage It’s a Microsoft Exchange administrator’s job to ensure users don’t consume all of the disk space on Exchange servers. This product guide looks at Exchange management tools and storage options.