Saturday, November 22, 2008

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 22-Nov-2008



Million-dollar boost for Singapore supply chain management

Small and mid-sized organizations will be eligible for project funding, but only if they show a 10-fold improvement in performance
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Diskless wonder: Lenovo boots from the SAN
Thin clients save money in the long run, but they can be a pain to pay for up front. Lenovo is trying to avoid the whole hassle by booting up hard-drive-free systems from the SAN. It just might work, says analyst
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IBM uses wiki approach to corporate training
With many in the workforce heading towards retirement, IBM is hoping its new Web 2.0 collaboration tool can motivate greater knowledge sharing in the enterprise. Forrester Research analyst Oliver Young adds his comments.
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Four factors that impact data quality — and three ways to deal with them
Organizations will never have perfect data, so cleaning it up is a continuous task. Why you should approach data quality as a lifestyle, not a project
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E-mail no gauge of satisfaction
Almost half of Canadian CIOs surveyed prefer e-mail to communicate at work. Why we're losing face-to-face time
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ISPs lose traffic-shaping case
The federal communications regulator says Bell can continue slowing Internet traffic bought by Internet service providers in the name of fairness. However it will hold a broader hearing on the issue of 'Net neutrality
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BlackBerry's Storm: Awkward and disappointing
Using a mechanical component on Storm's touch screen to differentiate it from the iPhone turns out to be more confusing than helpful
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New details on iPhone virtualization: VMWare, Citrix
People are doing everything with their iPhones these days, and new innovations from Citrix and VMWare might bring even more business onto the popular mobile device
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Outmoded BPM resources an issue for businesses
Tools that pre-date the BPMN standard often can't offer users "round-trip process improvement," according to one vendor
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Bullet-point Brief: Six myths about unified communications
The hype about UC has made it difficult for IT buyers to make a decision about the technology, says Interactive Intelligence's Tim Passios. Where does UC really add value?
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SLIDE SHOW: Networking exec moves, adds and changes
Turnover has been rampant at major networking vendors. Vendors such as Avaya, Cisco, JDS Uniphase and D-Link have seen their executives play musical chairs. A review of some changes you should know about
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