Shane Schick

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Articles by Shane Schick

The Conficker conflaguration

Three months is a pathetic response time for pretty much every business issue, but it’s particularly pathetic when you’re talking about an issue that...

The Obama inauguration’s network effect

“Filled with hope.” “Proud to be an American today.” “That was the most incredible speech. Completely uplifted.” Those were some of the tweets I...

Quebec City airport takes off with UC, 802.11n

Jean Lesage International Airport is using unified communications and the latest wireless standards to allow airlines to make common use of check-in counters. Now the pressure's on, according to the COO

The flip side of ‘Freedom to Compute’

There has to be at least one person under the age of 25 who hates Facebook. Nagging thoughts such as these came to me...

One in five choose relaxed IT policies over money

In the last of our five-part series, Generation Y employees show a surprisingly strong desire for more freedom to use technology at work. What a "proactive computing" environment might look like

Don’t write Nortel’s obit just yet

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Enterprise customers react to Nortel bankruptcy

The head of an international user association says members are confident creditor protection will give the firm the time it needs to get back in the black. Plus: How Nortel will keep its supply chain going

Gen Y workers: We know all about this IT stuff

Online tools? They already downloaded them. Mobile devices? They bring their own. An IT World Canada/Harris Decima report examines what technology proficiency really means. Part three of five

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