Chris Conrath

Environment Canada, always at the cutting edge of Canadian computing, recently celebrated the first anniversary of its latest supercomputer acquisition. Standing in the heart of the "beast," Jean-Guy Desmarais, with the National Metrological Service of Canada, said its new supercomputer is helping increase the accuracy of weather forecasts.

Sun Microsystems Inc. will announce a series of initiatives later today at its quarterly Network Computing Web event including a utility-computing offering and a new pricing structure for Java Enterprise System. In a pre-briefing with ITWorld Canada, Anil Gadre, Sun

When the recent tsunami decimated South East Asia there was little or no warning for millions. Yet those with access to technology were aware of its existence within minutes.

When creating a corporate privacy strategy, Canadian companies should look to the Germans for simplicity, said Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian at a breakfast talk in Toronto yesterday.

Environment Canada has always been at the cutting edge of Canadian computing and this week it celebrated the first anniversary of its latest supercomputer acquisition, one that allows it to slice and dice atmospheric data at a level only dreamed of a few years ago.

Denis Chamberland was pleased when his auto dealership e-mailed him to say it was PIPEDA compliant. In fact, it even offered him a test drive. He wrote back saying he

A former high-ranking Oracle Corp. executive recently said the PeopleSoft deal is unlikely to have a big impact on the market, and that his former employer

Traditionally it takes weeks if not months to rework an application. But Mike Porter said using Tenfold