100x camera zoom showdown: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G vs Huawei P40 Pro+

Phone cameras have become more and more powerful since the first primitive efforts arrived more than 20 years ago. A grainy colour picture of his newborn daughter that software mogul Philippe Kahn sent

Cisco donation aids McMaster bioinformatics program that helps track COVID-19

As part of the battle to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, figuring out how the virus changes as it spreads is a challenge. It requires a lot of data and a lot of

Citrix calls Workspace a new platform for work

Working from home (WFH) has raised obvious challenges for employees – everyone has been facing them for months now. But less obvious issues have also been facing IT as pandemic-fuelled WFH continues. They

Zoho launches BackToWork to help companies return to the office safely

Throughout the pandemic, Zoho has offered free or discounted software to help companies remain productive as their employees transitioned to working from home. Today, it's launching a mini-suite of products designed to help

Zoho CEO hints at further local support around the world, says company has always had a ‘rural flavour’

Zoho may not be a household name right now, but the software as a service company aims to change that. The privately held Austin, Texas-based company (with international headquarters in Chennai, India), currently

Collision from Home 2020 at a glance

Canada shines in global hacking competitions to address COVID-19 business challenges

When COVID-19 virtually shut down the world, many organizations wondered what they could do to help. Some donated money or resources, but for some, their support, in part, took the approach of helping

Huawei Global Analyst Summit: Fibre is gold

Building infrastructure of any kind isn't cheap, and building communications infrastructure can be especially challenging. Yet carriers can't afford not to build out capacity; the current COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the importance of

Huawei chairman says ‘survival is the keyword’ for the company right now

As U.S. sanctions against Huawei continue, the company is feeling the pain. At its 17th annual Global Analyst Summit this week, rotating chairman Guo Ping said, "Over the past year, many technologies became

More than 90,000 join IBM for Digital Think conference

Arvind Krishna's first keynote as IBM's chief executive officer probably wasn't the event of his dreams. Instead of standing in front of an enthusiastic crowd at IBM Think in San Francisco, he spoke

Working from home: nailing down your home network

You're sitting at your computer, browsing the web and suddenly a pop-up appears offering you an app that will give you updated COVID-19 info from the World Health Organization. "That's helpful," you think,

Huawei Watch GT 2 ups the ante in functionality

When you put last year's Huawei Watch GT and a Huawei Watch GT 2 side by side, it's hard to tell them apart. The bezels are slightly different (the GT 2's is narrower

Suddenly working from home and need a solution that works? Here are some options

With the continuing spread of COVID-19, many companies are opting to have employees work from home (WFH), and vendors are stepping up to help, offering free or discounted products and services. There is,

Tips for the painless migration of your data warehouse to the cloud

From humble beginnings only a few years ago, the cloud has arrived. Now widely embraced by the IT industry, it’s the strategy of choice for organizations pursuing competitive advantage through agility, cost efficiencies

Windows 7 is dead, but 25% of large businesses in Canada are still running it on desktops, says IDC survey

With files from Alex Coop   Windows 7 is officially dead. No, it won't suddenly cease to function; as anyone who booted it up after the end-of-support deadline of January 14 discovered. It