Saturday, April 17, 2010

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 17/04/2010



Public sector CIOs struggle to meet organizational goals
Almost two thirds of public sector CIOs said they were currently struggling to meet their organisation goals
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Israel bans iPads from U.S.
Israeli Customs says it will confiscate Apple's tablets because of the Wi-Fi standards it uses. The government said the iPad uses low-powered "American standards" as opposed to the "European standards" the country relies on for electronics
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OpenSolaris leaders unnerved by Oracle silence
The OpenSolaris community is vexed at Oracle's silence and considers a solo route, without the company's cooperation.
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Blogging Idol update: Disruptive IT trends
Our user-generated content competition finishes continues with a look at Canada's IT future, a partnership between Salesforce.com and VMware, and Twitter's online ads
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New foreign investment rules must be fair, MPs warned
Five of the country’s biggest telecom companies told a parliamentary committee that any liberalization of the laws have to apply equally to wireless, cable and phone companies, big and small
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Ubuntu 10.04 OS has enterprise appeal
LucidLynx, the open source operating system Ubuntu 10.04, due out April 29 is useful for enterprises running many data centres, said a 451 Group analyst. An Ubuntu user shares his first-hand experience with the new release
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University of Ottawa opens analytics centre with IBM
The Telfer School of Management will work with Big Blue on research in advanced forms of business intelligence to help organizations make better use of data
Read More ...

iPad printing feature tops enterprise wish list
Multi-tasking support, better data encryption capabilities, and mobile device management enhancements were among the highlights of Apple’s new iPhone 4 OS, the platform which will also power iPad devices this fall. But business users, especially those using the device to create content, will still be looking for more
Read More ...

CIO study says IT leaders could one day be CEOs
The CIO Associaton of Canada and Ryerson University unveil the results of a research project that explores a potential career path for technology executives. Learn the results of the LDQ
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Canadian CIOs admit lack of security awareness
For the first time, PricewaterhouseCoopers breaks out Canadian stats from its annual survey of security practices in organizations worldwide
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Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone: which one wins?
An enterprise programmer shares what he thinks about developing for Windows Phone 7 versus Apple’s iPhone. Does WP7 have an edge?
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MySQL exec said to expect GPL, improvements
Oracle also eyes Windows focus and LAMP stack accommodations, but will be more tight-lipped about products, said a vice-president of the MySQL community in Munich
Read More ...

NetSuite partners with Amazon cloud storage
The partnership will allow NetSuite users to offload less crucial files through the new SuiteStorage connector to save money over the more costly Oracle database that NetSuite uses
Read More ...

Fallout over iPhone OS 4 dev agreement
Just before releasing the newest iPhone OS 4 SDK beta, Apple made a significant change to Section 3.3.1 that not everyone is happy about
Read More ...

Public sector CIOs struggle to meet organizational goals
Almost two thirds of public sector CIOs said they were currently struggling to meet their organisation goals
Read More ...

Israel bans iPads from U.S.
Israeli Customs says it will confiscate Apple's tablets because of the Wi-Fi standards it uses. The government said the iPad uses low-powered "American standards" as opposed to the "European standards" the country relies on for electronics
Read More ...

OpenSolaris leaders unnerved by Oracle silence
The OpenSolaris community is vexed at Oracle's silence and considers a solo route, without the company's cooperation.
Read More ...

Blogging Idol update: Disruptive IT trends
Our user-generated content competition finishes continues with a look at Canada's IT future, a partnership between Salesforce.com and VMware, and Twitter's online ads
Read More ...

New foreign investment rules must be fair, MPs warned
Five of the country’s biggest telecom companies told a parliamentary committee that any liberalization of the laws have to apply equally to wireless, cable and phone companies, big and small
Read More ...

Ubuntu 10.04 OS has enterprise appeal
LucidLynx, the open source operating system Ubuntu 10.04, due out April 29 is useful for enterprises running many data centres, said a 451 Group analyst. An Ubuntu user shares his first-hand experience with the new release
Read More ...

University of Ottawa opens analytics centre with IBM
The Telfer School of Management will work with Big Blue on research in advanced forms of business intelligence to help organizations make better use of data
Read More ...

iPad printing feature tops enterprise wish list
Multi-tasking support, better data encryption capabilities, and mobile device management enhancements were among the highlights of Apple’s new iPhone 4 OS, the platform which will also power iPad devices this fall. But business users, especially those using the device to create content, will still be looking for more
Read More ...

CIO study says IT leaders could one day be CEOs
The CIO Associaton of Canada and Ryerson University unveil the results of a research project that explores a potential career path for technology executives. Learn the results of the LDQ
Read More ...

Canadian CIOs admit lack of security awareness
For the first time, PricewaterhouseCoopers breaks out Canadian stats from its annual survey of security practices in organizations worldwide
Read More ...

Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone: which one wins?
An enterprise programmer shares what he thinks about developing for Windows Phone 7 versus Apple’s iPhone. Does WP7 have an edge?
Read More ...

MySQL exec said to expect GPL, improvements
Oracle also eyes Windows focus and LAMP stack accommodations, but will be more tight-lipped about products, said a vice-president of the MySQL community in Munich
Read More ...

NetSuite partners with Amazon cloud storage
The partnership will allow NetSuite users to offload less crucial files through the new SuiteStorage connector to save money over the more costly Oracle database that NetSuite uses
Read More ...

Fallout over iPhone OS 4 dev agreement
Just before releasing the newest iPhone OS 4 SDK beta, Apple made a significant change to Section 3.3.1 that not everyone is happy about
Read More ...

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