BMC supercharges IBM DB2 for mainframes
The new tools for IBM's DB2 version 10 take advantage of the System z zIIP co-processor. By moving the software to the zIIP processor, customers can run the product without using any of the CPU's main resources
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Iron Mountain to shutter cloud storage service
The company looks to assist customers in migrating to other storage platforms. The new offering will be a hybrid that leverages policy-based archiving on site and in the cloud with indexing and classification capabilities
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Windows 7 share tops XP for first time in U.S.
Microsoft's 10-year-old XP is no longer the champ, according to an Irish metrics firm. Vista peaked in the U.S. at 35.6 per cent in August 2009, two months before Windows 7 's launch
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Social process monitoring is about data finding you
After the vendor announces it is buying Radian6, an exec makes a pit stop in Toronto to talk about how social process monitoring fits with Salesforce.com. Canadian customers TD Bank and Innovapost share their thoughts on social processing monitoring and how it fits in the enterprise
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Blogging Idol returns
OUr fourth annual blogging competition begins now. Register, blog and win prizes. Maggie Fox from Social Media Group, one of our Blogging Idol judges, gives her tips for effective blogging
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GTMA honours ‘the man who can’t say no’
ICT industry vet George Fierheller was feted by the marketing alliance he helped found for helping to raise more than $350 million for charitable causes. He’s also the first recipient of ComputerWorld Canada’s IT Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement
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IBM will launch Websphere 8 middleware in June
The long-awaited update to IBM's flagship application server includes support for Java Enterprise Edition 6
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CIOCAN Peer Forum offers advice from CEOs
Senior executives from the utilities, auto insurance and finance industry explain how IT leaders can make a bigger contribution to the business. Plus: The CIO as a zebra
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IBM CEO study reveals opportunities for CIOs to shine
Chief information officers can do a lot to help senior management deal with increased complexity, according to global research from Big Blue. Paul Bellack on why it's all about analytics
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Infor buying Lawson helpful in Canadian market: analyst
While the industry awaits to see if Lawson Software will accept ERP-maker Infor’s US$1.8 billion bid, one analyst thinks the acquisition will be an advantage in what has always been a tough Canadian market
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Richard Worzel: What Canadian CIOs need to do
The futurist kicks off the CIO Association of Canada's 7th annual Peer Forum with advice on how to recognize the innovations that will stick, and a rule from Peter Drucker they can apply to any emerging technology
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Facebook open sources its data centre blueprint
The social networking giant reveals how it's designing data centres and why large IT shops should follow the plan. An Intel server executive says the move is equivalent to Facebook showing companies how to build a Toyota Prius
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Cisco CEO wants dramatic spending cuts
Priority areas for the networking equipment maker will include data centre, video and core architecture products, he told analysts. Other unnamed areas will be cut back
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Microsoft goes after iPad search users with Bing app
The application is custom-designed for the Apple tablet's touch-sensitive display. It also has a feature that Bing offers only via this iPad application, called Trends, which displays popular searches of the past week
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Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads
Google follows Microsoft's lead and plans to warn users of unsafe downloads before they reach the PC. The search giant said extending Safe Browsing to downloads helps shut a malware door
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Epsilon worries of business loss after huge data breach
But parent company, Alliance Data, says that the breach will have a minimal impact on its quarterly earnings. Alliance Data is one of the largest marketing data firms in the U.S.
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Role-based assessment of IT execs comes to Canada
It wasn't designed specifically for technology managers, but a Toronto search firm says RBA could be a great way to determine who has the sought-after "soft skills." Move over, Myers-Briggs
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U.S. IT workers: Under pressure and under-paid
While there's reason to be hopeful, according to Computerworld U.S.'s 2011 Salary Survey, the skies still haven't completely cleared. Find out who makes what south of the border
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Telus first to announce LTE service in Canada
Carrier says zippy data service will start next year offering download speeds under ideal conditions of up to 150 Mbps
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Trend Micro makes foray into security for universities
How Trend Micro's security software is being used by Carleton University, St. Lawrence College and University of Windsor to protect their staff and students
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Alcatel-Lucent fleshes out data centre fabric line
New capability called vNP allows certain A-L switches to enforce defined application profiles to prioritize, establish quality-of-service, attach security parameters and provision appropriate bandwidth
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Nimsoft merges monitoring and service management
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- When you think about IT disciplines, bringing together infrastructure monitoring and service management makes good sense.
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Tax season brings phishing threats
Phishing attacks are often seasonal. It's tax season. Put two and two together and find out how scam artists are posing as the taxman
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Windows 8 rumours spread as Microsoft eyes tablets
A ribbon interface and Mac-like backup are possibly in the works for next version of Windows
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Have the Motorola Xoom and Atrix flopped already?
Sales for the Motorola Xoom tablet and Atrix smartphones are "well below forecast" leading some to declare them flops. Find out more
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.Net development moves to Android
Novell is extending development of Google Android mobile applications to developers with Microsoft .Net application-building skills
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Private cloud not necessary for enterprises, analyst says
CA Technologies vice-president and IT Process Institute managing director co-author a new book about how enterprises need to develop a strategy to create a private cloud. What they said
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Clement mum on Tory digital strategy details
Although the Conservatives were weeks away from making a major announcement, the party won't say whether it will come out before election day
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Liberal platform highlights digital technologies
ELECTION 2011: ICT industries will be one of three areas of focus if the Grits take power, according to the digital strategy. One of the quickest areas they’ll move on, says a spokesperson, is setting the rules for the next spectrum auction
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Hitachi Data Systems takes on IT lifecycle management
The company that has traditionally sold blade servers and storage is now making a foray into a market in which its parent company, Hitachi, as had success in Japan. Why it was important to integrate major IT pain points in the offering
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