Government & Public Sector

A set of case management and emergency management software tools has helped Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) track the status of thousands of Canadians stranded overseas in aftermath of the tsunami disaster.Dubbed COSMOS, the system was jointly developed by FAC and Ottawa-based WorldReach Software Corp. in 1993. After the tsumani struck, COSMOS enabled FAC to handle massive incoming call volumes, monitor the latest statistics and resolve most cases related to the crisis.

Safer, faster, smarter border crossings

Security is arguably the single most important issue for business and the public sector in the 21st century. Its importance is even more apparent in government, where the need to safely store, access and share highly confidential information is paramount. And yet it

The Canadian telecom industry is far better regulated than its counterparts in the U.S., Britain, and Europe, a recent study concludes. The industry

The war on spam is far from over, but there was a growing sense among the antispam crusaders gathered at MIT last week that advances on both the legal and technology fronts have turned the tide against the Viagra peddlers and Nigerian princesses. Nobody was claiming that spam will ever be completely eliminated, or even that the amount of spam is decreasing.

Opening arguments in the securities fraud trial of former WorldCom Inc. chief executive Bernard Ebbers are scheduled to begin at about 2 p.m. EST Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ebbers, who resigned in April 2002 amid a federal probe into WorldCom's accounting practices, faces nine charges: one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, one count of securities fraud and seven counts of false filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Two British companies have come up with a new system that will monitor company PCs for abuse, including criminal activity.Security company 3ami and storage...

The dramatic growth in the volume of computer viruses and spam e-mail is continuing to push demand for products that can filter and block...