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Monday, May 16, 2011
Cisco prices sure to drop, say analysts With the company under financial pressure to improve results, it's time to play Let's Make a Deal. One analyst says you mustn't make a purchase now without getting several competitive bids first
Monday, May 02, 2011
Juniper rolls out latest Cisco challenge The network equipment maker will release its first dedicated line of enterprise edge routers to try and gain on its traditional rival. An industry analyst says it won't be easy
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Tablets the last nail in netbook's coffin Watch for more enterprise-targeted tablets this year. But analysts caution they may not be right for your business
Friday, August 20, 2010
Businesses failing at social networking: study Most consumers want to reach companies via social networks, but few businesses are ready for it, according to a new Yankee Group survey. Why social media is a golden opportunity
Monday, June 28, 2010
40/100G Ethernet standard ratified Financial services companies, where a few miliseconds of latency can mean a competitive advantage, and those who need high-bandwidth video or imaging will be early adopters
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Enterprise customers react to Nortel bankruptcy The head of an international user association says members are confident creditor protection will give the firm the time it needs to get back in the black. Plus: How Nortel will keep its supply chain going
Monday, March 31, 2008
Crowd smarts Crowdourcing can help drive product strategies, but it can be a dangerous tool
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Workplace security: Eight dangerous technologies High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smart phones, voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call, the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Majority of IT security will be outsourced A recent report from the Yankee Group points to increasing government regulations, an ever expanding number of threats and vulnerabilities, and rapid changes in security technology as the reasons that 90 per cent of all corporate IT security will be outsourced by 2010. 
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
IT industry optimistic about business conditions Looking for a cheerful message? A new study commissioned by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) suggests confidence about the overall business climate for the next 12 to 18 months.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
High-end router on tap from Cisco Cisco Systems Inc. plans to unveil by June its next-generation Internet core router, a key part of the company's bid to retain its sizable market lead in the face of growing competition from Juniper and others.
Sunday, February 08, 2004
Macromedia kicks off Web conferencing push Macromedia Inc. is expanding its Breeze online presentation offering into a full-fledged Web conferencing product, going head-to-head with vendors including WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc.
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Windows Server 2003 completed, survey says adoption slow Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has wrapped up the development work on Windows Server 2003 and will ship the operating system on schedule next month. However, a just released survey by the Yankee Group says that only 12 per cent of the current Windows installed base plans to adopt the new OS in the next year.
Sunday, March 23, 2003
Industry execs discuss EDI's place in an XML world EDI lives and .Net cannot be ignored, said industry executives and audience members at a panel session in Santa Clara, Calif. last week.
Saturday, November 30, 2002
IP storage market holds promise, lacks volume It sounds like a good idea: technology that makes it possible to build less expensive, native IP-based storage networks and mixed Fibre Channel-to-IP storage-area networks.
Wednesday, April 03, 2002
WorldCom reduces workforce by 3,700 WorldCom group, a subsidiary of the global communications firm WorldCom Inc., confirmed suspicions late Wednesday that it would cut staff, but the company would not say if the announcement will affect its Canadian workers.
Sunday, March 10, 2002
What's behind RIM's new BlackBerry 5810? More than a year ago, I gave up my cell phone in favor of the Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry 957. While I occasionally miss making calls from the road, it's been an easy trade-off. Yet, should Research In Motion offer a BlackBerry phone, you'd find me first in line for it.
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Q9 buys Exodus data centre Former Internet outsourcing giant Exodus Communications Inc. sold is sole Canadian data centre on Tuesday to Q9 Networks Inc., a Toronto-based provider of managed Internet infrastructure services.
Tuesday, January 08, 2002
McDonald’s orders Web sites to go IBM Canada has been selected by McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd., to provide Web hosting services for two of its sites — one for employees and an external, bilingual site.
Sunday, January 06, 2002
VoIP to find receptive ears in 2002 The slow but steady adoption rate of VoIP (voice over IP) technology will continue in 2002, but could get an additional boost as more enterprises catch on to the administration and application payoffs offered by the technology.
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
B.C. firms team up to battle the wireless market Four Victoria-area companies are joining forces to create a new wireless software platform targeted at national-level network carriers and hardware manufacturers.
Monday, February 12, 2001
Feature: Buenos Aires — capital of tango, dotcoms The big city on the right bank of the Río de la Plata sports many names: the Queen of the Plata, the Capital City of Tango, the New York City of the Southern Cone, or simply the Port.
Monday, December 18, 2000
Latin America starved for bandwidth Providers of telecommunications services in Latin America are hungry for capacity in international fibre-optic networks, because demand for Internet, data transmission and long-distance services continues to increase in the region. This is opening the door for companies that build undersea pan-regional networks to carry international traffic and that sell capacity in their networks to other carriers.
Thursday, July 27, 2000
What will the future of Call-Net be? The future direction of Toronto-based Call-Net Enterprises Inc. was thrown into doubt on June 15 when the firm announced it was in negotiations with Vancouver-based 360networks Inc. to sell fibre optic infrastructure in both Canada and the U.S. to 360.
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