Watch the final Space Shuttle launch live By: ComputerWorld Canada (7/8/2011 10:25:00 AM)
Courtesy of NASA and Ustream, live coverage of the final launch of the space shuttle Atlantis.
Read about howsmall Canadian firms contributed to the space shuttle program at ITBusiness.ca
RIM in winning group for Nortel patents By: Howard Solomon (7/4/2011 8:36:00 AM)
It seems ironic, but in the end Nortel Network Corp.’s future was more valuable than its past.
Criticized for not moving fast enough to take advantage of the shift to new technologies which played a role in it getting protection from bankruptcy in 2009, an auction of Nortel intellectual prop ...
CRTC starts Internet wholesale pricing hearing By: Howard Solomon (7/10/2011 11:38:00 PM)
Arguably the three most despised words in the country at the beginning of the year were usage-based billing.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) had just approved it for wholesale Internet pricing, which essentially meant incumbent phone and cable companies could ...
New Metastorm BPM takes cues from social media By: JD Speedy (7/11/2011 4:41:00 PM)
There are a lot of options for business process management (BPM) on the market at present. Baltimore Md. based-Metastorm, a recent acquisition by Waterloo-based OpenText Corp. [TSX: OTC], offers a unique take on why this type of software is crucial and what they’re offering that’s unique ...
Does RIM’s fate rest on ‘beautiful’ new hardware design? By: Rafael Ruffolo (7/6/2011 4:24:00 PM)
A change in leadership and a blockbuster new device are both needed to bring Research In Motion Ltd. back to smart phone supremacy, according to industry observers. In addition to missing its sales targets for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and fighting off criticism from a leaked letter allegedly ...
Vacation, all we ever wanted By: Keith Shaw (7/18/2011 8:17:00 PM)
Taking a vacation -- whether you're a regular employee or president of the company -- is a good idea. You'd think that was obvious, but growing research says that many workers in the U.S. are not getting that message. In a recent study by CareerBuilder.com, workers reported that they are not taki ...
Is every worker a knight? By: Thornton A. May (7/18/2011 8:07:00 PM)
When I was a child, my parents periodically dragged me to the Cleveland Museum of Art in the vain hope that I would become cultured. My favorite memories of those trips are of the Armor Court. I spent hours wandering the installations, examining the swords, helmets and breastplates worn by the k ...
ISPs hesitate to add faster speeds By: Howard Solomon (7/18/2011 7:06:00 PM)
The federal telecommunications regulator believes it is bending over backwards to help independent Internet service providers offer speeds to customers that are at least equal to the blazing service incumbent telephone and cable companies give their own retail customers.
After years of watching the ...
Uplogix certified for Cisco UCS Express blades By: Howard Solomon (7/18/2011 6:01:00 PM)
IT organizations using Cisco Systems Inc.’s UCS Express blade servers now have the ability to use so-called local network management tools from Uplogix Inc.
Uplogix has created a software-only Linux-based version of its automated remote management appliances to run on the blades, joining a nu ...
Microsoft struggles to get Hyper-V drivers in Linux kernel By: Jon Brodkin (7/18/2011 4:43:00 PM)
Microsoft Corp. isn't exactly dumping Windows for Linux, but it has become one of the busiest contributors to the Linux kernel. Microsoft's attempt to get Hyper-V drivers into the Linux kernel has taken longer than expected, having begun in July 2009, so Microsoft is ap ...
Phoenix investigates StreetSmart SaaS By: JD Speedy (18 Jul 2011)
When Fred Boettger, general manager of Kitchener, Ont.-based Phoenix Investigations Group Inc., looked to upgrade his company’s network, he took his time. Between the sensitivity of the data Phoenix employees handle to the duration its projects remain active, Boettger felt his needs were very ...
Bad IT worker habits: Break them before they break you By: Cara Garretson (05 Jul 2011)
Every worker develops a few bad habits -- maybe more than a few -- as the years on the job add up. IT pros are no exception: They lose focus or jump to conclusions or put off niggling tasks that could be finished in minutes. Frustrated tech worker It doesn't have to be that way. Identifying and ...
Fluke Networks unveils V8 of Network Time Machine By: JD Speedy (13 Jul 2011)
Everett Wash. based- Fluke Networks has released Version 8 of its Network Time Machine (NTM) product. While it’s available as a patch for existing customers, it can also be bought as a new rack-mount or portable unit.The NTM, like other products in the network recorder, forensic, or strea ...
Watch the final Space Shuttle launch live By: ComputerWorld Canada (08 Jul 2011)
Courtesy of NASA and Ustream, live coverage of the final launch of the space shuttle Atlantis.
Read about howsmall Canadian firms contributed to the space shuttle program at ITBusiness.ca
There’s an app idea for diabetes sufferers, expectant mums By: Kathleen Lau (14 Jul 2011)
An iPad app that gives diabetes patients a centralized view of their treatment and a way to track daily progress indicators and assess next steps, is among the top five winning innovative ideas in health care IT from Canada Health Infoway’s ImagineNation Ideas challenge.
The brain ...