Michael Martin

Articles by Michael Martin

Control freaks lack that knack for forum

In July 2004, Cisco and Microsoft both announced separate plans for enforcing endpoint security

Alberta university has big Wi-Fi plans

Back in 2004, senior management at the University of Calgary crafted a new network

Investment house solves WAN woes

Toronto-based investment firm Richardson Partners Financial may manage more than $5 billion in client assets, but when the company

ProCurve strips down to simpler stackables

Hewlett-Packard Canada Co. is taking aim at small and medium businesses by launching a series of ProCurve stackable switches the company describes as affordable and easy to use.

Consumer push won

Cisco CEO John Chambers recently said the network equipment giant is planning a major consumer advertising push aimed at making Cisco

Still early days for municipal Wi-Fi

Municipal Wi-Fi has been a hot topic for a while and shows no signs of cooling off. Late last month Google launched a free Wi-Fi service in its home town of Mountain View, Calif., making the city of 72,000 the largest U.S. city to offer a completely free broadband wireless network.

Bullish job market can be bear for some

Yet another study has come out saying Canadian companies are having trouble finding and keeping good IT people. This time the information comes from a human resources firm which surveyed 232 Canadian organizations.

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