Monday, July 27, 2009

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 27/07/2009



UPDATE: Ericsson to seek government support for Nortel buy
Executives from the Swedish telecom equipment maker could not say how many Nortel CDMA or LTE employees will stay on in Canada with Ericsson. But it plans to keep both its Ericsson lab and the Nortel plant in Ottawa
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BREAKING NEWS: Ericsson buys Nortel’s carrier wireless unit
The Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer was the highest bidder and was willing to pay nearly double what Nokia Siemens Networks originally offered.
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EPUB: The next PDF?
The open standard format for reflowable text is driving e-book sales. Why the standard could become as important as the portable document file
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Cloud computing security pros debate the IT risks
Using technology resources like a utility may bring some benefits to IT departments, but data loss and increased vulnerability is a major concern. Execs from Cisco, Sun and others explore the idea of "good enough" cloud security
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IN BRIEF: Tungle hooks up Xing members
The Montreal company's technology links calendars to social networking applications. Plus, security tokens for the iPhone, disaster recovery technology for NetApps and more
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Baywest Property Management moves to e-invoicing
The B.C.-based firm centralizes a key accounting function as part of an enterprise content management project that will also handle all forms and templates. How an IT team is customizing EMC's Documentum to handle the job
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Linux code released by Microsoft violated GPL, says engineer
Real reason for release is revealed. The Hyper-V Linux drivers recently released by Microsoft had to be released in the first place to comply with the open source license, says Stephen Hemminger, of network vendor Vyatta
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