Allison Taylor

The year 2004 will be one of consolidation, strategy and execution for the IT industry, according to one insider.

The appearance of the tiny, yellow icon on the bottom right-hand corner of the computer monitor means different things to each user. On the most basic level it indicates that the inbox attached to the envelope can be opened with new electronic messages, or it can remain closed. The fact that there is a choice, is why e-mail is valuable to the enterprise

Oracle Corp. announced on Wednesday the availability of Oracle JDeveloper 10g

In an effort to embrace utility computing, BEA Systems Inc. and Veritas Software Corp. announced a partnership on Monday to provide BEA infrastructure software and Veritas

Job cuts are rattling through Montreal this week as both Celestica Inc. and CAE Inc. announced plans to reduce their workforces by a total of approximately 1,000 jobs.

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Reaction to Microsoft Corp.'s decision to delay the release of its next-generation SQL Server database and .Net development tools, code-named Yukon and Whidbey respectively, is mixed.

For A.J. Byers, CEO at Magma Communications, an Internet service provider based in Ottawa, anti-spam legislation, either in Canada or the United States, will do little to curb the 24 million unsolicited e-mail messages that arrive at his business each month.