Assistant editor of ComputerWorld Canada covering network infrastructure, communications and government IT issues. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWorld Canada's sister publications.
Employees taking furtive glances at smartphones during office hours could be checking sports scores, Hollywood gossip or how sales are going on eBay. Or, they could be doing some foreign exchange trading through
As the director of operations at an Ottawa hotel, Nyle Kelly wasn't satisfied when his customer's staff planner would leave their booked meeting and place a call on a cell phone or find
After stumbling twice with offering productivity applications as a service, Microsoft Corp. is finally giving what those who dream of in a cloud service have always wanted: a full-featured Office 365. The company
Subscribers to Canada’s three biggest cell phone companies are a step closer to getting a secure system on handsets for e-commerce and other transactions that require assured authentication. That’s as a result of
A new company name, two new handsets.Research In Motion is gone, the company now calls itself BlackBerry.That's how the Waterloo-Ont., based smart phone firm is going out into the world as of today
A Montreal firm that specializes in project and IT management has taken control of a software company that makes time and expense management solutions. Sirius Conseils said Tuesday it now has a majority
Telus Corp. has expanded its medical solutions portfolio by buying a Quebec-based provider of cloud-based electronic medical records (EMR) for doctors offices. The telco said Wednesday it has bought privately-held KinLogix Medical Inc.,
Canada's ultra-highspeed network used by universities, colleges, and scientific research outfits across the country plans to use funding from Ottawa to expand its program for small businesses to test pre-commercial products on the
Alberta Enterprise Corp., the venture capital arm of the Alberta government, is looking for a new CEO. In a posting on its Web site, the agency said it is looking for a person
In a sign of the importance of the small and medium business market, Avaya Inc. has increased the number of users supported by its IP Office unified communications suite and added new central
Fewer than half of Canadian small businesses use financial management software, according to a recent survey done for a software company that sells accounting solutions.Forty-three per cent per cent of the 960 SMB
It’s great when a fledgling startup gets that first cheque from a venture capital firm, but then what?Many young firms need a marking manager after they’ve initially proved their product to VCs but
Reseach In Motion saw revenue plunge 33 per cent in the quarter ending June 2 to $2.8 billion compared to the previous quarter, causing it to suffer a net loss of $518 million,
The country’s next generation LTE wireless data network will bring “multiple benefits” to business, says a Rogers Communications Inc. executive.“Business that are facilitated by things like video conferencing and other things,” will see
What does it take to create a vibrant multimedia campaign for a maker of athletic goods?Sometimes it's dealing with the six agents of hockey star Sidney Crosby.These and other observations were made last
