Friday, September 23, 2011

IT News Head Lines (IT World Canada) 23/09/2011





CRTC to be more open with ‘Net traffic complaints
Regulator will publish names of non-compliant ISPs and stats on the number of complaints it gets. An Internet law professor says its about time

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3 critical elements of an executive job search
The president of CareerQuest explains the unique role that your résumé, LinkedIn profile and bio play in your quest for a new career move

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U.S. government creates 'tech fellows' program
The program, similar to the Presidential Management Fellows program, seeks recent graduates of "top graduate programs" with "significant experience" in IT and computer science, for a two-year paid appointment

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Microsemi blinks and finally gets Zarlink
With its offer set to expire, the California chip maker ups its bid and manages to convince the Canadian company's board to surrender

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HP board reportedly eyes Whitman for CEO job
The planned change in leadership of the troubled company was reported by All Things D and others, citing anonymous sources. The appointment of Whitman "is by no means a done deal", according to All Things D

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European data concerns cloud outlook for US vendors
European governments consider excluding U.S. bids due to concerns over the Patriot Act

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LightSquared claims solution to GPS interference
The company said GPS maker Javad GNSS has developed receivers that would not be affected by its planned LTE network. Many GPS proponents have said no practical filter can be built that would solve the interference problem

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Aussie health body gets data warehouse in order
The country's national helath reform initiative gets to work on an enterprise data warehouse overhaul

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How predictive analytics can deliver strategic benefits
Historical data can help predict future performance. How one health-care provider relies on analytics to predict chronic illness

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EMC adds unstructured big data analytics to Greenplum platform
The company's Hadoop Data Computing Appliance allows users to mix and match unstructured and structured data analytics

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Salesforce.com CEO slams UK gov's lack of cloud progress
The UK government is lagging far behind the US in public cloud adoption, opting instead to stick to a more private-cloud based strategy for now

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Vulnerability in Mac OS Lion let attacker change password
A flaw in one of Mac OS X Lion’s command-line utilities has potentially opened a route for an attacker to change a user’s password without knowing the current password. But how big of a concern is it?

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Lync not enterprise-ready, claims rival
A former Microsoft partner and expert on its telephony suite has turned against the newest version of the application since joining Avaya

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Facial recognition security, privacy issues concern FTC
The FTC is holding a workshop to help identify the impacts of facial recognition software on privacy

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CIO Exchange: The evolution of a technologist
The position of CIO didn’t exist 20 years ago. That is hard to believe, particularly at CIO Exchange, an event held specifically for tech leaders across many industries.

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