With 60,000 employees, a $65 billion budget and 22 ministries, the government of Ontario has the unenviable task of providing a secure IT environment not only to carry out its own duties, but also to provide more than 300 services for millions of citizens.

IEEE cans spam with Roaring Penguin

Carly Suppa - April 4, 2004

Like many other enterprises, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) has been battling with the issue of spam. On Monday, it announced it has made a move to help control the amount of unwanted e-mail its users receive with the purchase of software from a Canadian firm.

CAN-SPAM law goes under the microscope

Allison Taylor - April 1, 2004

For A.J. Byers, CEO at Magma Communications, an Internet service provider based in Ottawa, anti-spam legislation, either in Canada or the United States, will do little to curb the 24 million unsolicited e-mail messages that arrive at his business each month.

Making government more secure

Chris Conrath - April 1, 2004

With 60,000 employees, a $65 billion budget and 22 ministries, the government of Ontario has the unenviable task of providing a secure IT environment in order to, not only carry out its duties, but also provide over 300 services for its millions of citizens.

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