Michael MacMillan

At least one industry group says there's little in Ontario's budget to help bolster the province's high-tech sector. Outside of health care and education, the budget, the first handed down by the Liberals since coming to power, is notable for its overall freeze on spending.

Companies bank on enterprise resource software to unify various tasks under one software banner. What they often overlook, however, is that the documents such systems produce aren't always cost-effective, or even much to look at.

Too bad for the IT community for not forcing equipment suppliers to move more quickly.

Hundreds of International Oracle Users Group members recently gathered in Toronto for the group's Live! 2004 education conference

In this issue you'll find letters responding to Peter de Jager's recent column on finicky Canadian IT hiring practices in general, and the barrier faced by talented and hard-working folks who struggle with English in particular.

ROUND ROCK, TEX. - He may be about to take on the CEO role at Dell Inc., but current chief operating officer Kevin Rollins said neither his customers nor the industry at large should expect anything different from the Round Rock, Tex.-based IT equipment supplier as a result.

Microsoft Canada Co. joined a growing number of software companies Monday by unveiling a tool designed to help its customers ward off the looming effects of U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley accounting regulations, otherwise known as SOX.