Friday, June 19, 2009

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 19/06/2009



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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IT careers aren’t cool enough for Canadian high school students
High school students regard cool and fun factors more than salary and job security when considering their future careers, according to a study conducted by the Conference Board of Canada for the Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills and Bell Canada
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U of T SciNet and IBM launch one of fastest supercomputers
The University of Toronto in collaboration with IBM Corp. announced Thursday a supercomputer facility, boasting it to be one of the world’s fastest machines. Double-density design and dynamic stateless provisioning contribute to its efficiency, said IBM
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Small ISPs face new pressures under Tory bill
The federal Conservatives hope a newly tabled piece of legislation will officially end the 10 year long lawful access debate in Ottawa. The bill will force ISPs to maintain wiretappable technologies, giving the police unprecedented online snooping powers
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MTS to feds: Change foreign ownership law
At the Canadian Telecom Summit, CRTC chairman Konrad von Fickenstein defended the foreign ownership regulations and said the regulator wants to improve 911 emergency services over VoIP. Meanwhile, MTS and Bell execs faced off at the Regulatory Blockbuster
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The trouble with trouble-shooting
Network managers are still struggling to find problems before users do. New tools make it easy to gather performance data, but are we doomed to suffer what one vendor calls 'death by metrics?'
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Iranian cyber-activists use social nets to cut out the middleman
YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have led the mainstream media's coverage of the events in Iran this week and enabled Iranians and supporters of the protesters share information, even within the centrally controlled Internet service
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Microsoft halting .Net link to Oracle databases
Users are directed to third parties for ADO.Net provider technology
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9 ways to save on your next outsourcing contract
The industry is predicting an increase in IT services deals during the latter half of 2009, driven by enterprises looking to increase IT efficiency and cut costs. But in their haste, some organizations will cut the wrong corners on their new deals and ultimately end up disappointed in the results
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Gloves come off between new wireless companies
A spat between DAVE Wireless and Public Mobile at a conference may be the first sign that the new wireless companies will battle each other as well as incumbent carriers
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Rogers sets sights on corporate market
Rogers Business Solutions VP Terry Canning wants to sell access services to large firms in by partnering with global telecom carriers. The only obstacle, one analyst says, is questions from business partners as to whether Rogers is in the business market to stay
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