By: Brian Jackson
The Ideas for the Future Act awards a decade-long tax exemption to new tech companies that commercialize intellectual property from Canadian research institutes and universities. But some entrepreneurs say the break is too short to make a difference.
An…
By: Rafael Ruffolo
Just because you draft an acceptable use policy for mobile devices, it doesn’t mean that your employees will understand it. An Info-Tech analyst explains why a little training goes a long way
If you think your employees know the…
By: Briony Smith
Feel like you’re being pulled in a dozen directions? Here’s how to figure out when you should be at a meeting — and when you shouldn’t
IT managers often get pulled this way and that: execs want face time,…
By: Preston Gralla
Expect 2009 to be a breakout year for Green IT, with it taking a central role not just in IT departments, but in the enterprise as a whole. The economic meltdown, a big new stimulus package, and advances…
By: Briony Smith - ComputerWorld Canada
Web 2.0 has been around for a while now—sort of the gangly teenager instead of the fresh-faced babe it once was. IT managers in the enterprise have to deal with it, regardless, which…
By: Andy Woyzbun
Don’t Fall Asleep At The Wheel: Be Prepared For Challenging Times
Despite many danger signals, the current worldwide economic crisis seems to have taken everyone by surprise. Governments and businesses continued to be optimistic through most of…
By Paul Weinberg
Microsoft still expresses satisfaction with its Windows Vista operating system. “From the Vista point of view we are actually really quite happy with the progress that we have made with it,” stated Elliot Katz, product manager at Microsoft…
Several Dell folks were surprised and perplexed to see Apple’s new “green” MacBook ad since its release last month and we’ve been watching the discussions in the blogosphere. After chatting with our environmental teams about the topic, we realized that…
By Kurt Marko
Use Selective IT Investments & Cost-Cutting Strategies
IT managers are constantly walking a tightrope between growing customer demand for IT services and the enterprise imperative of controlling costs. Yet the winds of economic uncertainty are howling at unprecedented levels.…
By Kathleen Lau
December 19, 2008 Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec Corp. announced Monday enhancements to its storage optimization software suite that include “agentless” capabilities designed to help enterprises simplify deployment and ongoing management of their storage environments.
The Veritas CommandCentral suite’s existing Storage…
