Rebecca Reid

For traveling workers, connecting wirelessly to the home office is about to become easier as wireless telcos worldwide beef up to support a faster third-generation (3G) technology, also known as EVDO (Evolution, Data Optimized or Evolution Data Only).

Three years ago, agribusiness firm James Richardson International Ltd. (JRI) was still running legacy green-screen applications on its decentralized network.

Intel Corp. recently released the upgrade to its Centrino chip, which includes support for more wireless protocols, improved graphics and better sound, and is now on par with performance of its best desktop PC chip, the Pentium 915, the company said.

Canadian businesses have been under-investing in their technology infrastructure, and that

Many Canadian firms spend tens of thousands of dollars each year on modifications that enhance the "look" rather than the functionality of their Web sites, according to Toronto-based Web strategy firm, Bonasource Inc. Such so-called improvements are cosmetic as they improve the apperance rather than the quality of information, said Bonasource president Dmitri Buterin.

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is running an e-learning initiative that is starting to transform how federal government employees acquire new skills. The program, the ICT E-Learning Gateway, enables users across federal departments to learn IT as well as Office Application (OA) skills, quickly and effectively. Under the program, PWGSC licenses courses from e-learning provider SkillSoft Inc. and, in turn, offers them to other federal government ministries, agencies and departments.

Finding the right software to solve a specific business need can be frustrating. When companies can

Before deploying customer relationship management (CRM) software from Siebel Systems Inc., it was nearly impossible for the British Columbia Automobile Association