Friday, April 20, 2012

IT News Head Lines (IT World Canada) 4/20/2012





OpenText to supply federal records management
The Waterloo, Ont., company, whose product is already used by most departments, will be the platform for all ministries and agencies

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If Oracle had bought RIM
OPINION The business software maker's legal spat with Google reveals Larry Ellison once wanted the BlackBerry for himself. How might both companies look today?

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Ontario university has new Microsoft private cloud
The University of Waterloo began running Microsoft System Center 2012 before it was generally available. An IDC analyst says Canadian universities are early adopters of virtualization and private cloud technology

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London Marathon to use WAN optimization
To boost its network, which supports runner databases, event statistics, email, file sharing and Web access, provider needed some help

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Ellison takes the stand in Google suit
Oracle considered buying Palm and RIM in an abortive effort to enter the smart phone market, Oracle's CEO testifies. At issue: Does Android require Java licensing?

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Honeywell, Inmarsat to improve in-flight connectivity
Companies to work on satellite-based in-flight wireless communications system to boost speeds up to 50 Mbps by 2014

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Oracle v Google: A timeline
INFOGRAPHIC Tracing the history of Oracle's patent dispute over Java licensing with Google

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Anonymous targets more government Web sites
Portals in the U.S. and Britain have come under denial of service attacks in the past few days. Governments insist the sites were successfully defended

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EU wants tighter monitoring of Internet censorship
Parliament demands rules to improve the monitoring of exports of technology that can be used to censor or block Web sites and monitor mobile communications

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5 ways to put LinkedIn to work for your business
LinkedIn is more than just a place to plan your next career move

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IBM acquires Varicent Software
IBM will add Varicent's business intelligence software to its considerable portfolio of analysis packages

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Twitter acquires team at analytics firm Hotspots.io
The staff at Hotspots.io will join the revenue engineering team at Twitter

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7 top tools for taming big data
Top-flight reporting, analysis, visualization, integration, and development tools that help you harness Hadoop

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