Five reasons for a performance testing Centre of Excellence
Centralizing performance testing into a single function will leverage its presence and importance in the application development process. Why performance testers suffer from an image issue
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'Vendor meltdown' a growing concern for IT shops
With more software providers hitting financial difficulties, many CIOs are putting their vendors’ financial statements under the microscope. IDC Canada’s Marc Perrella offers up tips for IT shops looking to mitigate potential risks
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My best practices: Cloud computing
As IT World prepares to help produce next week's Cloud Computing Conference, the chief software architect of a Toronto-based loyalty company discusses his early experiences with Amazon's EC2 and S3
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Wireless startup shows orphan spectrum works
Public Mobile showed the press that handsets are easily available for the rarely-used PCS spectrum it won in last summer's Canadian frequency auction. Now it has to choose an equipment supplier and build a network
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Certicom announces RIM bid superior
The Mississauga, Ont.-based ECC maker said Thursday Research in Motion has presented a superior bid to VeriSign’s takeover offer. David Senf of IDC Canada offers his take
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Industry â€کvalue scenarios’ in SAP Business Suite 7.0
SAP AG releases the newest version of its Business Suite, a “true milestone in the history of SAP,†according to the company. One analyst thinks SAP should reconsider its new enhancement pack release schedule
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How to block the right traffic
Experts offer advice on deciding when to use intrusion detection and when to turn to intrusion prevention
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EMC, Microsoft take cue from Obama’s chief of staff
The two industry giants reaffirmed their love for one another earlier this week by extending a strategic partnership that will see them work together on security, virtualization and document management. Industry analysts weigh in on the timing of the new deal
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$4.3B loss forces Panasonic to shed 15,000 jobs
Panasonic said it will let go of 15,000 workers and shut down at least 27 factories by end of March 2010
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Last call to comment on Ontario’s accessible IT standard
The technology community has 24 hours left to influence proposed legislation that will require business information and communications systems across the province to become fully accessible to the disabled
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Federal budget provision could boost hardware spending
A temporary tax break allowing companies to write off 100 per cent of their hardware and software purchases is getting a positive reaction from the industry, but a BDO Dunwoody CGA cautions that companies spending without a business case are just bankrupting themselves more quickly
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ElastX pay-as-you-go offers cheap apps usage
Software authors can offer their apps pay-as-you-go, and part-time users of those apps pay only for what they use. Why it’s a break from “locked down†desktops
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VMware Canada chief pushes internal cloud
The virtualization giant says its most sophisticated customers are already rolling out internal clouds to power their apps, but some industry observers aren’t seeing the same kind of traction
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RIM pays the price for lowball Certicom bid
Even as RIM unveiled a much higher $3-per-share cash bid for the encryption company, the BlackBerry maker still runs the risk of being locked into a long-running bidding war with VeriSign Inc.
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Windows 7 to come in six flavours
Windows 7 editions will be a superset of one another. As customers upgrade from one version to the next, they keep all features and functionality from the previous edition, says Microsoft
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Microsoft discontinues PerformancePoint
Despite debuting a mere 18 months ago, Microsoft’s PerformancePoint is getting a failing grade and being folded into its popular SharePoint product. Read on for what customers get instead and how to run it in your organization
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IT mergers and acquisitions will continue despite economy
New York-based investment bank Updata Advisors Inc. released its 2009 outlook on IT mergers and acquisitions. The advantages of being in the right place at the right time with the right assets
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Is virtualization adoption recession-proof?
VMware’s Canadian operations chief expects virtualization adoption to continue at a rapid pace in 2009. A VMware user group leader weighs in
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Internet Explorer market share continues to slide
Microsoft's IE bled market share again last month while Apple's Safari outpaced the growth of Mozilla's Firefox for the third time in a row
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Obama's 'Buy American' policy could hurt Canadian IT
Trade Minister Stockwell Day and CATA's John Reid say trade barriers are a bad idea, and there’s potential for a worldwide protectionist ripple effect that could be disastrous
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