Wednesday, June 17, 2009

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 17/06/2009



IBM India puts $113M into mobile communications
IBM's India Research Laboratory hopes to develop ease-to-use services for people using mobile devices rather than PCs to access the Internet
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Award-winner challenges conference to take on e-health
Public service veteran Scott Campbell says the Lac Carling government technology conference should help expose the e-health discussion to broader perspectives
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Voke Innovators streamline software lifecycle
MKS Inc., Blueprint Software Systems Inc., and Black Duck Software Inc. are among the 2009 Voke Innovators, a list of companies recognized by analyst firm Voke Inc. for innovating across the software lifecycle
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Opera Unite could lead to 'fog computing' age
A new beta feature in Opera’s latest browser aims to turn every Web client into a Web server. The company’s CEO is calling it Web 5.0, but find out why the technology could spawn another buzzword
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Network traffic has to be managed somehow, conference told
A deep packet inspection manufacturer, a cable operator and the maker of a popular VoIP software agree the Internet can't be left alone. But in a run-up to a regulatory hearing on the issue, they can't agree on how it should be done
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The looming Windows 7 licensing 'disaster' for XP users
IT has to ask a lot of questions to figure out the best way to migrate to Windows 7 -- and deal with the IE6 apps they may have forgotten about
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Telecom executives call for more government funding
SaskTel's chief executive says universal broadband service will require subsidies from the taxpayer, but a telecom consultant says we should not be asking the government for a bailout. Find out why consumers told KPMG they are concerned about wireless security
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Layer 7 offers virtual appliance for cloud governance
A business might only have a single service in the cloud, but it must still heed cloud governance, according to the company's chief architect. Coda Research Consultancy suggests an approach to a cloud governance program
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No radical changes under new Microsoft Canada president, say analysts
In an internal letter to Microsoft Canada Co. staff, the company announced a new president, Eric Gales, who previously led the Canadian subsidiary’s small to mid-market solutions & partners (SMS&P) division. The move signals the importance of the SMB and partner community to the company’s strategy, according to one analyst
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How competitive is Canada in broadband?
The head of Rogers Communications told a telecom conference we should be proud of what wireless carriers deliver, but an executive of a new entrant says we're moving in the wrong direction
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IBM pushes new enterprise cloud strategy
IBM ties cloud services to specific IT tasks, focuses on software development and virtual desktops
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