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LinuxWorld: Canadian business “lags” in productivity and investment

Canadian business got yet another smack from analysts for lagging the U.S. in productivity and investment in new technology at the LinuxWorld and NetworkWorld Canada conference underway in Toronto this week.

managing director, operations, Canadian Western Trust

Customer queries bounced back and forth like ping-pong balls, calls were lost and employees switched between client service and business process roles. That is when Canadian Western Trust, a small Vancouver-based financial institution, decided this was not the way to run its business.

Phreaking out over long-distance charges

Phreakers are still at it. Plummeting long-distance phone rates and free calls via VoIP still haven't removed the economic incentives for voicemail hacking, also referred to as "phreaking" by industry insiders, to make free long-distance calls.

account manager, Oracle, Canada

In the Harry Potter world of magic created by J.K. Rowling, teachers at the Hogwarts school of wizardry perform their mundane administrative tasks with a wave of a magic wand. In our not-so-magical muggle world, technology is the only option for completing these tasks in a jiffy. And Vancouver-based Simon Fraser University (SFU) has been doing just that, with the help of the Sierra Systems Group Inc., a Calgary-based IT consultancy.

Linux vendors to rally behind desktop standard

More than a dozen technology companies, including IBM Corp. Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc., are planning to support a new integrated server and desktop Linux standard unveiled at next week's Linux Desktop Summit by the Free Standards Group (FSG).

Windows fix conflicts with HP software

If you've been having severe problems over the past week with Internet Explorer and Office applications, it could likely trace back to a major conflict between a recently distributed critical Microsoft security patch and Hewlett-Packard software shipped with numerous HP products.

Oracle may launch its own Linux version

Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison is considering the release of Oracle's own version of Linux after realizing the purchase of one of the two major Linux vendors was not cost-effective, according to a story Monday in the Financial Times.

Linux to wear virtual hat

Red Hat recently laid out its strategy to make it easier for customers to run and manage their workloads in a virtualized Linux environment.

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