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Cisco predicts big data surge over networks by 2016

Video, mobile and Wi-Fi traffic will drive exponential growth in the data carried over worldwide networks by 2016, according to Cisco Systems Inc.s latest Visual Networking Index report.In...

Zero-client Linux desktop virtualization launched

Userful Corp. says as Web-based applications grow, open-source virtualization will provide big cost benefits. But a Gartner analyst says the

The new DDoS: Silent, organized and profitable

DDoS attacks are now widely used in criminal extortion and by companies to get an unfair advantage over their competition, a security vendor says. Plus, the RCMP's take on DDoS attacks in Canada and how you can prevent them

Dark places, white spaces and soft skills in IT

MAILBAG A roundup of some of your recent comments on our coverage of rural broadband in Ontario, employee cloud awareness and IT jobs

The open-source answer to big data

Hadoop, R and NoSQL are allowing data scientists to fix the most difficult analytical problems and giving businesses a ready-made ingredient for their secret sauce. Find out how

VIDEO: Why IT pros need ‘soft skills’

A Toronto staffing firm CEO offers tips for IT pros on how to ace that job interview. Watch it below

SAP launches Visual Intelligence for casual BI users

Software will create a "one-stop shop" for data mashup, analysis and visualization, SAP says

SAP’s strategy: All cloud, all mobile and all in memory

SAPPHIRE NOW The three technologies are the future of enterprise computing, and SAP will invest heavily in them over the next few years, the company said at its annual user conference

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