Articles By Rock Jethwa

Smart phones bring mobility, but also increase the virus risk

Just take a look at Google News and you'll see how networking and IT managers in other countries are dealing with mobile virus threats. Results from a search in mid-June for “mobile virus”

Published on: September 26th, 2005 Rock Jethwa @itbusinessca

Dell effect sets IT, networking worlds on collision course

As components become less expensive and more customers look for standards-based products, enterprise hardware vendors are starting to operate more like network equipment manufacturers. Many companies are starting to re-evaluate how they operate,

Published on: February 3rd, 2005 Rock Jethwa @itbusinessca

Hooking IVR up with VoIP helps cut call centre costs

Some exciting innovations in Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems have recently come about as a result of both cheaper long distance rates and new services from voice over IP (VoIP) technologies. Incumbent local

Published on: October 29th, 2004 Rock Jethwa @itbusinessca

Why’s that guy taking so long in the company restroom?

The ease of cracking Wi-Fi security systems is shocking. Recently, a Canadian brokerage firm installed a Wi-Fi network on its trading floor. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) was enabled and no one could enter

Published on: December 4th, 2003 Rock Jethwa @itbusinessca