Tuesday, April 30, 2013

IT News Head Lines (IT World Canada) 01/05/2013






Toronto firm boss calmer with No Panic Computing
Prior to revamping its endpoint security arrangement, IFCG's constant concern was that it had no direct control over independent agents who used their own devices

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BlackBerry Q10 out shinning Z10 in U.K.
Selfridges & Co. in London reports running through its initial supply of 2,000 Q10 units in about two hours

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Mobilicity’s future to be decided May 21
Restructuring and sale plans to be voted on by debt holders aimed at giving the carrier more breathing room

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Spamhaus cyber attacker operated from van: Police
Man believed to be the organizer of the DDoS attack on anti-spam group Spamhaus is arrested by Spanish police

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London contact centre makes good call with Go ToAssist
Go ToAssist from Citrix helps Alliance iCommunications smooth out contact centre workflow with improved remote support, service desk and monitoring integration

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Toronto kids explore Canada’s history with PlayBook
The tablet device has sparked fervor among kids in exploring history in terms they can understand

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News briefs April 26, 2013
Aastra is looking at its options after Q1 results, Samsung extends smart phone lead and Skype is close to coming to new BlackBerry handsets

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Coffee with Apple’s Tim Cook now at $500,000
The iPhone’s slumping sales may have cast a shadow on Cook’s leadership, but bids being pulled in by a charity auction featuring some coffee time with him proves the Apple chief is still very popular

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Lost client data not encrypted: IIROC
Device which contained the personal information of some 52,000 brokerage firm customers was password protected but the data itself was not encrypted

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Dell looks back on a year of software acquisitions
At its annual press/analyst briefing day the company says its starting to stitch together acquisitions its made, and announced new products

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Cellphone user protection bill gets another call
Ontario’s proposed legislation is similar to those in effect in Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Enshrine data breach guidelines in law: Stoddart
Of the 3,134 breaches experienced by government departments between 2002 and 2012, only 399 were reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

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Social media firms rapped on knuckles on privacy
A parliamentary committee complains about companies that don't want to respect our privacy law. However, it only recommends the privacy commissioner work with them

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Mass attack hits patched Java flaw
Attacks on the vulnerability started on April 21, a day after the exploit for the flaw was added to Metasploit, according to security firm F-Secure

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Man claiming to be LulzSec leader charged
Man known as “AushOK” was charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) with two counts of unauthorized modification of data and one count of unauthorized access

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Hands on review: BlackBerry Q10
BlackBerry‘s new take on the iconic QWERTY design offers features that will please both traditional BlackBerry fans and the new cohort of smart phone users

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Interview: Lexmark Canada's Todd Hamblin
A video interview with the head of the printing company's Canadian division on the present and future of printing

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News briefs April 23, 2013
New switches and access points from Fortinet, an upgrade to Avaya’s network fabric and VMware updates its Socialcast enterprise social networking tool

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IBM, CA swallow app development platforms
UrbanCode and Nolio have been bought by the IT leaders as lifecycle software development platforms assume greater importance

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Calgary provider expands to MDM
Intriga Mobility has added mobile device management to its cloud-based cellular device managed services for enterprises

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3 ways IT departments waste time and effort
How micromanagement, budget constraints and poor delegation of responsibility can poison an IT department's efficiency

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Business meets Windows 8 in Latitude 10 tablet
There's a lot to like in Dell's new business-focused, Windows 8-powered tablet

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Enterprise needs to prepare for Internet of Things
IT executives need to brace themselves for the Internet of Things invading the corporate network, according to analysts

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USB 3.0 upgrade boosts power transfer
The upgrade to the USB SuperSpeed 3.0 specs will enable users not only to exchange data and audio/video from the USB hub, but allow them to charge devices from it as well

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Browser greatest threat to enterprise network: Microsoft
Microsoft remains committed to Internet Explorer but it is also experimenting with client-side architecture to replace the browser

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SQL Server 2012 PDW extends big data capability
New appliance from Microsoft enables simultaneous query of structured data contained in SQL 2012 and the unstructured data in Hadoop

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Canadian Tire to buy thousands of new BlackBerrys
Company to equip managers with Z10 and Q10 handsets for its general merchandise, clothing and sports stores

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IBM unlikely to sell all x86 business: Analyst
Reports are IBM and Lenovo are in talks over its x86 server business. But an analyst says IBM would want to hold onto its high-end line

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Mobile devices are more than handsets
Mobile technology will revolutionize business, says an expert, which is why they should think out of the box on how to use it best

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Unpaid HootSuite interns get back pay
CEO reviews the Vancouver-based social media management firm's hiring practices and promises to pay unpaid interns

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