Are you a planner, problem solver or a pinball? By: Jennifer Kavur (1/14/2010 5:32:00 PM)
A new study from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario that looks at how people learn technology in organizations finds formal methods are least common. Hands-on and peer-based forms of informal and incidental learning occur most often.
“People tend not to l ...
Oracle to cut thousands of Sun staff: Analyst By: Rafael Ruffolo (1/14/2010 4:36:00 PM)
Reports that suggest Oracle Corp. will cut half of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s roughly 27,000 existing employees are “very plausible,” according to Yarmouth, Me.-based research firm Clabby Analytics.
Earlier this week, UBS AG analyst Brent Thill predicted in a r ...
Hackers rigged PDFs to attack Google, Adobe By: Gregg Keizer (1/14/2010 10:47:00 AM)
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) has confirmed that the cyberattack that hit its corporate network earlier this month was connected to the large-scale attacks Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has cited as one reason it might abandon China.
Meanwhile, some researchers have hinted, and others have claimed, ...
MTS Allstream sells IT consulting wing to PwC Canada By: Rafael Ruffolo (1/12/2010 4:04:00 PM)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada has purchased MTS Allstream Inc.’s non-telecom IT consulting business in a move aimed at rebuilding its IT consulting business.
In addition to a slew of client contracts, the acquisition will bring PwC Canada 180 new employees from MTS Allstream ...
Deloitte’s 10 Canadian TMT predictions for 2010 By: Jennifer Kavur (1/20/2010 4:22:00 PM)
The Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Group presented its ninth annual TMT predictions at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto Wednesday.
This year’s theme for Canada, according to Deloitte, is that consumers and enterprises wanting to acce ...
Google patches 13 Chrome bugs, adds Windows extensions By: Gregg Keizer (1/25/2010 4:45:00 PM)
Google Inc. today added support for extensions and bookmark synchronization to the production version of Chrome for Windows.The new release also patched 13 security vulnerabilities in the browser, six of which Google ranked as "high" in its threat scoring system.Although a beta of Chrome in December ...
CATA puts innovation debate on LinkedIn, Facebook By: Kathleen Lau (1/25/2010 4:26:00 PM)
The Ottawa-based Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA Alliance) is using social networks to launch a discussion about the country’s innovation gap and amass feedback from the general public as to how to address it.
Taking a broad holistic approach to Canada’s state o ...
ICTC program teaches soft skills to foreign IT workers By: Shane Schick (1/25/2010 2:26:00 PM)
The Information Communications and Technology Council is hoping to bring a program it started in B.C. that helps assimilate internationally educated professionals into the workforce to employers across the country.
Funded by the federal government, the Integrated Work Experience Strategy (IWES) inv ...
Wi-Fi marketing firm struggles to meet Canadian goal By: Howard Solomon (1/25/2010 12:03:00 PM)
Six months after vowing to have 5,000 free hotspots across the country by the end of 2010, a Wi-Fi marketing company isn’t close to meeting its goal.
“It’s been slower than I’d like,” acknowledged Asif Khan, country manager of Vex Canada.
A division of Brazil ...
Motorola demands BlackBerry import ban By: Greg Meckbach (1/25/2010 10:04:00 AM)
Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) has alleged Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion Ltd. (TSE:RIM) is infringing on its patents and is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop RIM from selling certain BlackBerry products in the U.S.
A RIM spokesperson said the BlackBerry maker "typically dec ...
GEO Foundation cuts desktop costs by $60K By: Kathleen Lau (12 Jan 2010)
An Indianapolis, Ind.-based school management services provider estimates it will cost a mere US$18,000 to upgrade its school desktops during a five-year period, compared to $75,000 if it hadn’t rolled out desktop and server virtualization and data storage technologies.
The Greater Educa ...
Data management hurt by ‘semantic disconnect’ By: Kathleen Lau (14 Jan 2010)
The problem that often thwarts a master data management (MDM) initiative in the enterprise is a “semantic disconnect” in how data exists and is managed, said an industry expert.
Mark Smith, CEO & executive vice-president of research from Pleasanton, Calif.-based Ventana Research Inc ...
OPINION: Call-block app long overdue By: Dave Webb (13 Jan 2010)
Some months ago, I received a call on my mobile. A pre-recorded voice warned me: “Attention! Your new car warranty expires soon!” and urged me to press “1” to connect with a representative. Oddly, I don’t own a new car. Or a car, for that matter. Since I’d been re ...
IT Leadership Boiled Down to 5 Elements By: Mitch Betts (19 Jan 2010)
There isn't any flashy writing or trendy technology here. No mention of clouds, Facebook or Twitter. But the new book World Class IT (Jossey-Bass, 2009), by consultant Peter A. High , provides solid -- dare I say timeless -- advice for CIOs trying to manage IT for business success.The book takes the ...
Career Watch: The disabled as IT workers By: Jamie Eckle (21 Jan 2010)
In what ways are people with disabilities superior employees? I would not say people with disabilities are superior employees. I would say that there are aspects of having a disability that result in many people with disabilities being great employees. In my experience -- and I have helped to place ...
