The company’s Canadian vice-president of developer and platform evangelism responds directly to reader feedback on career issues with editor-in-chief Shane Schick.
Check out Computerworld Canada's 2009 Salary Calculator. Access up-to-date information from our 2009 IT Salary Survey, including salaries, cash bonuses, and percentage increases over 2008.
The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance is calling out to municipal, provincial and federal governments for the creation of technology test beds that would provide opportunities current procurement processes don’t. The end game is accelerating enterprise creation in Canada, says John Reid....
A plan by Britain's security forces to recruit former "naughty boys" to help protect the country's IT infrastructure from online attacks meets with steep opposition ...
Cisco saves $277 million through telework strategy
(26 Jun 2009)
By using its own virtual office technology, Cisco claims it has earned more than $277 million in productivity savings by sending employees home to work ...
University of British Columbia journalism students uncovered a hard drive containing sensitive U.S. defence information while filming a documentary in Ghana. Find out why it happened and how you can keep your company from a similarly embarrassing experience...
In many cases, it doesn't matter how good you are at your job or how hard you work. That pink slip could still land on your desk. Here are seven strategies to help minimize the blow of a layoff...
IT careers aren’t cool enough for Canadian high school students
(17 Jun 2009)
High school students regard cool and fun factors more than salary and job security when considering their future careers, according to a study conducted by the Conference Board of Canada for the Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills and Bell Canada...
The company made several additions on Wednesday to its enterprise technology portfolio, including a set of pre-packaged server bundles geared toward virtual environments...
IT Hero Awards: IGLOO's corporate social network heats up Waterloo's tech community
(10 Jun 2009)
A Kitchener, Ont-based software developer uses social networking technology to create an online hub that connects manufacturers, tech experts, government agencies and universities. Here's how the technology is speeding up innovation in the Waterloo Region ...
Vancouver becomes role model for open source in government
(08 Jun 2009)
Open source activists are praising the Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source motion passed by the City of Vancouver last month. City Councillor Andrea Reimer provides an update on what to expect next. ...
Businesses and public entities today face increasing pressure to develop policies that are both good for the planet and good for business. A framework developed by IBM offers businesses and other organizations a
comprehensive approach to energy and environmental issues. The framework helps identify and prioritize environmental efforts by breaking down problems and opportunities into seven distinct business areas, which can then be segmented into manageable projects.
