Managed Services & Outsourcing

Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) means to shed 85 people from the payroll by the end of the year, with the firm citing poor growth and unfriendly regulations as the main reasons for the move. Industry analysts, meanwhile, say the cuts indicate the state of Canada's telecom market.

Three years ago, IDC Canada research into IT security identified what was then described as a "disconnect" that existed between the risk apparent for many Canadian organizations and the effort invested to minimize that risk.

The task force responsible for investigating the cause of the Aug. 14 blackout that crippled most of the Northeast corridor of the U.S. and parts of Canada concluded that a software failure at FirstEnergy Corp. "may have contributed significantly" to the outage.

Creating a secure and safe computing environment is never an easy task, especially when you are responsible for the diverse requirements needed at one of Canada's largest school boards.

Polycom pickup boosts voice Conferencing provider Polycom Inc. has agreed to pay about US$100 million for Voyant Technologies Inc., a privately...

VoIP cut loose Calgary network gear maker Wi-LAN Inc. in November announced a wireless VoIP system that integrates with its Ultima3...

Britain has slipped in the last year when it comes to the effective use of information technology, the latest report by the Global Economic Forum has revealed.

A glitch in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Update automated patching service caused a security fix that was released last month to be delivered to computer users on Tuesday, the same day Microsoft proclaimed December would be a patch-free month.