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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Oracle sued by US for alleged overcharging The government has joined a whistleblower's action, claiming Oracle failed to give it the best prices
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Lighting a fire over lighting fibre Telus is objecting to the subsidiary of U.S. provider that wants to light and sell dark fibre it buys from the Canadian telco from being declared a reseller of telecom services. Instead, it has asked the telecom regulator to declare the subsidiary a telecom carrier. That, industry analysts say, would set off a foreign control fight, a fight Telus says isn't its intention
Friday, February 19, 2010
Cisco to drop HP as certified reseller As of May 1, Hewlett-Packard will no longer be a certified reseller of Cisco Systems Inc.’s networking equipment, meaning HP will no longer get proprietary Cisco data. HP is expanding its switch and router offerings with the acquisition of 3Com Corp. and will also resell QLogic Corp.’s fibre channel switches. Read the reaction from Info-Tech’s James Alexander and IDC Canada’s Paul Edwards
Monday, March 03, 2008
RCMP charge Canadian company for selling fake Cisco gear A Markham, Ont.-based hardware reseller has been charged by the RCMP for allegedly selling large quantities of counterfeit Cisco Systems Inc. networking equipment. Last February, the RCMP Greater Toronto Area Federal Enforcement Section searched Network IT offices, seizing approximately 1,600 counterfeit parts, worth an estimated $2 million.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
RCMP charge Canadians for selling fake Cisco gear Network IT in Markham, Ont. is busted for allegedly selling $2 million in counterfeit networking equipment. Experts explain how the line between grey market and black market is blurring
Monday, August 27, 2007
Canadian analysts assess Acer-Gateway potential The PC duo's combination could see a renewed push towards the enterprise, where neither firm has been able to seriously challenge HP or Dell. Info-Tech and IDC weigh in
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Business processes get a shot of smarts Epcor Utilities Inc. just couldn’t respond to customers quickly enough. The Edmonton-based utility company turned to business process management (BPM) to get needed information to both its operators and customers, in a timely manner. 
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
BMO gets smart after server situation A near disaster involving sensitive customer information, an outsource service provider and an eagle-eyed computer reseller caused BMO Financial Group to batten down its data management hatches. 
Friday, October 17, 2003
Roadpost points to global communication Roadpost Inc. has a new program designed to make managing communications for road warriors easier, although one industry analyst says it behoves the enterprise to watch the bottom line with this sort of service.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Nortel head: IP convergence way for Nortel to lead Nortel Networks Corp. named Malcolm Collins as its president of the enterprise networks division in December, two months after launching a renewed effort to win enterprise customers for networking products. That new direction came after layoffs and revenue declines for Nortel amid a stormy market for network gear makers. Collins spoke with Computerworld's (US) Matt Hamblen.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Nortel head: IP convergence way for Nortel to lead Brampton, Ontario-based Nortel Networks Corp. named Malcolm Collins as its president of the enterprise networks division in December, two months after launching a renewed effort to win enterprise customers for networking products.
Monday, January 27, 2003
Australia/NZ: More rebates for 3Com partners Greater rebates and additional perks are up for grabs for 3Com Corp. partners participating in the Focus channel program, after a revamp this month aimed at increasing loyalty.
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Hitachi and NSS strengthen ties Hitachi Data Systems Corp. furthered its relationship Monday with Network Storage Solutions Inc. (NSS), tapping the small storage vendor as a reseller of Hitachi's Freedom Storage line of products.
Friday, January 26, 2001
Lotus strives to appease dissatisfied business partners Lotus Development Corp. has affirmed that it undertook a corporate reorganization last year in part to better meet the needs of its business partners. But partner companies contacted by Computerworld this week said they're still waiting see the benefits of that reorganization.
Thursday, August 24, 2000
Sprint executive details company’s direction after failed merger Now that the WorldCom Inc. deal to buy Sprint Corp. is dead, Sprint is busily looking to re-strengthen relationships with employees, customers and Wall Street analysts. Other potential suitors are fewer now that Deutsche Telekom AG announced its intentions to buy VoiceStream Wireless Corp., eliminating DTs want of Sprints wireless business. Sprint Business President Len Lauer recently discussed the repercussions of a deal gone wrong and where the carrier might go from here. NWC: Sprint, along with WorldCom, has spent the past nine months working toward a merger. How does Sprint view those nine months now that the deal fell through? Was it time wasted? Lauer: No doubt we invested time and money into a deal and didnt get the results we wanted. Its very disappointing. The merger did consume the time of our senior management team. The short-term reaction from a vast majority of the employees is relief. There was uncertainty regarding job security and how the culture would change wi
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