Monday, April 30, 2012

IT News Head Lines (IT World Canada) 30/04/2012





New iPad owners pay big dividends for Apple
25 per cent of iPad buyers are new to Apple, says and industry analyst. The tablet has replaced the iPod as the device that brings customers in

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Interview: Avner Levin on international threats
RADIO ITWC Avner Levin, of the Ted Rogers School of Business, joins the podcast this week to talk about the problems surrounding enforcing security internationally

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BlackBerry World opens with worries on RIM’s future
The annual conference will feature speeches and teasers on the upcoming BB10 operating system. But underneath are concerns about the Canadian company's survival

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Infor partners with Amazon to deliver cloud ERP
The deal was revealed this week at Infor's main customer event in Denver

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Open source is driving business app dev: survey
While usage is on the rise, many companies lack key internal controls and processes, software firm Sonatype warns

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Infor aims at global ERP deployments with Local.ly
The ERP vendor is also rolling out a new version of its Workspace user interface

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Netgear to ship gigabit-speed wireless in May
The R6300 home router will be capable of 1.3Gbps using the emerging 802.11ac standard, the next generation of Wi-Fi

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RIM's future hangs on developer support
RIM is expected to announce changes to its developer strategy at the BlackBerry World conference next week, releasing four beta toolsets for BB10

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AMD announces data centre cloud, hardware upgrades
AMD is also considering software licensing fees and taxes in data-center consolidation effort

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InfoSec 2012: IBM launches new threat analytics engine
IBM aims to tackle Advanced Persistent Threats with new analytics tool

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Joaquim Menezes, IT World Canada editor, dies at 48
OBITUARY A longtime leader in our organization helped pioneer our transition to online journalism and contributed to almost every publication we've produced

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Toronto hospital detects infection with analytics
The Hospital for Sick Children is using real-time big data analytics to alert health care providers when infants get infections

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Ubuntu Linux 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' is here at last
With five years of built-in support, this free new OS aims to offer a compelling Windows 8 alternative

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Oracle upgrades standard Java, JavaFX
Enhancements include first delivery of SDKs for Mac OS X, along with garbage collection and virtual machine boosts

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Doctors call for increased use of IT
A Toronto conference on health informatics hears experts tout the use of information technology to improve patient outcomes

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Canadian companies use analytics for risky business
Scotiabank and Aviva Canada are using SAS analytics software to predict risk on lending portfolios and insurance coverage

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Supreme Court rejects Public Mobile appeal
The highest court in Canada won't hear an appeal of a Federal Court ruling on the Canadian ownership status of rival Wind Mobile's Canadian ownership status

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MAILBAG: Rebooting RIM and costly Android malware
A roundup of some of your recent comments on our stories and blog posts about PlayBook boot times, Android malware and RIM's shrinking customer base

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MIT and others launch a tech education revolution
These open-education programs may soon create a dilemma for students who are deciding where to invest their time and dollars. For now, this is such a new area it isn't clear what role these programs will play

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The upside of shadow IT
There's the loss of control, of course. But more alarming is the exponential growth in the number of rapidly emerging consumer technologies, cloud services and roll-your-own apps

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Job search: Should you upgrade to a paid LinkedIn account?
Here's what you need to know about LinkedIn's three paid options, and how they differ from what you can get for free from the social media service

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