Mark Els

Ottawa-based startup VoIPshield Systems Inc. is marking time on the release of protection products for voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, but last month released VoIP-specific auditing software as its first product.

Bell Canada has announced a pilot program that will explore further applications of radio frequency identification (RFID) within the retail and supply chain industries. The announcement follows the carrier

As IT vendors begin shipping 64-bit servers at an increasing rate, both enterprises and small and midsized firms will be forced to at least consider whether the benefits offered by the new technology will be applicable to their business processes.

Bell Canada is aiming to speed up the development of custom new IP-based products by partnering with Mitel Corp., March Networks Corp., NewHeights Software Corp. and Ubiquity Software Corp. for research and development at Bell

Telecom Ottawa will be pitching the federal government for converged network services with a new suite of products that facilitate high-bandwidth communication and extended storage area networks.

A clear understanding of business objectives, with greater collaboration between the CIO and CEO, is critical to the success of IT projects. And accountability for IT success should fall not only on IT managers but also on business leaders, said Frank Koelsch, executive vice-president, corporate strategy and research for Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ont. Likewise, he said, CIOs must have an equally important role in defining business strategy as the CEO.

With the goal of significantly boosting wireless speeds, Ericsson Canada Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. are running trials of 3G high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) wireless services and converged IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) applications over their cellular network in Toronto.

The new Aventail Mobile networking platform offers added flexibility to large financial institutions, in particular those that operate over a virtual private network with secure socket layer (SSL) encryption.