Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Backup bonanza - Toronto provider boosts storage services with Dell A Toronto-based online backup service provider, Data Deposit Box, is using Dell servers to enhance its ability to provide secure information storage to customers.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Australian state snubs Linux and Vista for 100000 PCs Talk about new desktop operating systems may be at an all-time high, but the government of Australian state Queensland has no intention to progress from the six-year-old Windows XP for more than 100,000 computers to be purchased over the next three years.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
BlackBerry outage suggests IT infrastructure weakness BlackBerry users are once again getting their CrackBerry fix after a network outage caused widespread service disruptions across North America.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Novell-Microsoft pact questioned Novell and Microsoft leaders used the keynote stage at Novell’s BrainShare show last month to trumpet their evolving partnership, but across the street a prominent open source advocate was singing a different tune. The agreement between Microsoft and Novell announced last November aims to make Novell’s SUSE Linux the preferred Linux distribution for Windows networks, and includes technology interchange, joint marketing and a US$240 million payment to Novell from Microsoft.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Microsoft opens up to thin client computing With its increasingly popular Terminal Services software, Microsoft lets users access applications running on corporate servers; its détente with vendors such as Ardence and ClearCube Technology . that develop products to stream software, including Windows, to end users; and even the rollout of consumer Web initiatives such as Windows Live and Office Live, Microsoft has shown its willingness to cautiously embrace thin-client computing -- provided it is on its own, Windows-centric terms.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
New virus mimics IE 7 beta download If you receive an e-mail offering a download of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2, delete it. A new virus is making the rounds that comes disguised as a test version of Microsoft Corp.'s current Web browser. 
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Digital data surge to hit enterprises Is your business ready for a digital hurricane? A study released by market research firm IDC Corp. revealed the amount of digital information that will be created between 2006 and 2010 will increase from 161 exabytes to a whopping 988 exabytes. One exabyte is equivalent to about one billion gigabytes
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Law firm lays down a disaster recovery plan Goodman and Carr LLP, a full-service business law firm in Toronto with 325 employees, is not unlike many businesses today: It needs uninterrupted site availability and uptime for its e-mail and document management systems.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Impact of daylight saving time shift 'won't be cosmetic' The daylight saving time (DST) shift that will kick in this weekend is a "sleeper event" whose impact hasn't yet been fully grasped, says a Canadian executive
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Getting your wireless act together A mobile mess looms for CIOs who ignore the rising popularity of handhelds. New third-generation (3G) cellular networks make wireless handheld computing more convenient for everyone from executive travelers to salespeople and field technicians. This trend poses new challenges to CIOs who need to maintain enterprise network and data security, plus keep end-user support costs down.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Google exec decries “insane complexity” Google's General Manager of Enterprise Business, Dave Girouard, recently said a “crisis” in IT is preventing enterprises from pursuing the type of innovations that allow businesses to grow.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
TakingITGlobal plugs into outsourcing solutions Managing company data involves more than just stable network architecture. Outsourcing data storage means putting trust in a company to keep mission-critical applications up and running. For not-for-profits, it means all of those issues plus turning to service providers for effective economies of scale.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Nuclear Safety Commission of Canada hacked This past Wednesday the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) was attacked and hacked and it could have been somebody very bad sending a menacing message, says a Canadian security expert.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Data centre virtualization increasingly popular, report says Going virtual is becoming a real answer for data center managers, according to a survey of large and small businesses. 
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hacking attack a warning? A hacking attack on the Web site of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on Wednesday could have been meant as a warning, says a Canadian security expert. The hacker/s defaced the site's media section, renaming current and archived news releases, going back to 1995, as "security breaches".
Monday, January 22, 2007
Sun likely to buy Intel server chips Sun Microsystems Inc. may start buying server chips from Intel Corp. in a deal that could be announced Monday, according to media reports.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
These chips can do everything…well almost everything Chip makers, including Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), are ushering in a new era in processor design by adding hardware-enabled features to their wares. The goal is to either replace functions that have traditionally been done via software or, more often, significantly improve the operation of the software. 
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Microsoft enhances partner access to next CRM release Titan, which will probably be officially known as Dynamics CRM 4.0, will be the first Microsoft CRM release based on a multitenant architecture and using a single code base
Monday, January 08, 2007
Intel aims new quad core chips at wider market One of the new chips, the Core 2 Quad, marks Intel's first attempt to spread the new technology to a wider market than large data centres and research grids
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Bank on virtualization for bottom-line relief Companies not making a virtualization play in 2007 stand to spend far too much maintaining their datacentres. Read on for all the reasons why the time is ripe for datacentre consolidation via virtualization.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Are you being (virtually) served? Data center managers have adopted server virtualization wholeheartedly in the past year, across a variety of businesses, and for nearly every kind of application. 
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Product Hits - January 2007 New products include SAS Model Manager, Teradata Warehouse Miner 5.0 and more.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Security Issues Beyond such complexity, there also are problems implementing virtualization in an environment in which not all layers are virtualization ready. This is especially true for security, which Antonopolous calls a virtualization laggard. 
Monday, January 01, 2007
Controlling e-mail chaos The hospital relies on e-mail to transmit patient test results to doctors, coordinate the schedules of residents and staff, and send intensive-care unit alerts to the pagers of physicians and nurses. Physicians, residents and others use e-mail to collaborate.