Saturday, December 10, 2011

IT News Head Lines (IT World Canada) 10/12/2011





Android in 2012: What’s after Ice Cream Sandwich
Better graphics, better cameras, and maybe even a voice-command feature could be on the horizon

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C# wins developers, but Java still reigns
Tiobe survey has C# nipping at C++'s heels in popularity, but C++ holds edge in growing mobile development field

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Yahoo simplifies access to BOSS platform
Developers can now sign up online and start working on search applications in a matter of hours

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Can Canada use the cloud as a competitive advantage?
VIDEO Most discussions of cloud computing are about the benefits to individual organizations. In the last of five clips, our debaters look at the potential impact on the country as a whole

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March Networks acquired by China's Infinova for $90M
After suffering through economic hard times, the Ottawa tech firm will continue to operate under its own name under the terms of a proposed deal

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Ottawa turns to hosted utility management solution
When utilities were tired of circulating and marking up documents for public works approvals, the city went for an answer in the cloud

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RIM renames BBX as BB10 after trademark dispute
RIM was restrained from using the BBX trademark at an event this week. It was forced to change it to Blackberry 10

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Hacker gets Ice Cream Sandwich onto Kindle Fire
The hack is incomplete, lacking support for audio, Wi-Fi, the accelerometer and the light sensor

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Approach SaaS ERP with caution: Analysts
While it may seem like a match made in heaven, getting your ERP through software-as-a-service has its faults and may not be as cheap as it seems on Day 1

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The cloud security issues Canadian CIOs fear most
VIDEO Some CIOs are still reluctant to open up processes and data to third parties. Are cloud security issues overblown? Watch the fourth of our five-part debate

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Six hot IT jobs that will pay well in 2012
These are the roles staffing experts say will be in greatest demand and will command the highest salaries next year. The best part? Many of these jobs are also serious fun

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Career Watch: IT workers are upbeat about the future
David Steinour, the CIO at George Washington University answers questions about the traits he seeks in new hires, the value of mentors and more.

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How to tame a bad boss: Eight practical techniques
Because we spend so many of our waking hours at work and because our rapport with our boss is one our most pivotal relationships outside of family, it's in our best interest to try to make it work

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OpenDNS releases tool to encrypt DNS requests
Clear text sent for resolution against a domain name database between user and ISP are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, the company says

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Original PaaS vendors defend their turf
Independent platform-as-a-service providers brace for increasing competition from traditional IT vendors

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Banks must ask 'right questions' on unstructured data
The traditional slice, dice and normalize approach doesn't provide answers to the more human questions, a panel of FI technology vendors says

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Sub-$100 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet to debut in U.S.
The game-changing, Google-certified seven-inch tablet good shake up the market more than Amazon's Kindle Fire did with its November launch

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IBM's enterprise social collaboration apps for tablets
Recognizing the growing footprint of tablets in the enterprise, Big Blue opens up its collaboration tools

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Flipboard's service collapses on iPhone app launch
The demand for downloads crashes the company's server within hours of the launch of the app

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Ex-HP Chair Patricia Dunn dies at 58
The successor to Carly Fiorina, ousted after a spying scandal, passes after a long battle with cancer

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NZ social media policy world's best: Gartner
Policy asks social media users in government to first listen to their community and understand what they are saying before replying -- if it is appropriate

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Is AT&T - T-Mobile deal still active, asks Washington
AT&T has been given permission to withdraw its bid for the competitor's wireless spectrum, so can a Justice department hearing still go ahead?

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Australian state police change A-V gear purchases
Rather than buy audio-visual equipment locally, the department will negotiate state-wide deals with suppliers in hopes of saving money

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How to slash your WAN costs
Moving to 100 Mbps pipes from a dedicated MPLS network can be done, but you have know your traffic patterns, then wade through an ocean of contracts and terms

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Court restrains RIM from using BBX mark at event
Company can't use the name of its upcoming operating system at its Asian DevCon conference this week in Singapore

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The CIO's big cloud decision: On-premise or off?
VIDEO Traditional IT outsourcing has been challenging enough, but what about moving infrastructure and data out of the organization to a third party? Our two debaters tackle their toughest question yet

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