Wednesday, July 31, 2013

IT News Head Lines (IT World Canada) 8/1/2013





Canadian ICT boards still dominated by men: Report
Progress is slow, says ITAC report. Still, it only says governments should "consider" rules requiring companies to publicly explain why diversity goals aren't being reached

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Overcoming roadblocks for women in IT
An executive tells women that it's okay to stand out in a male-dominated industry -- people will remember you. And she advises managers that having a diverse workplace pays off

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Windows 8.1 Enterprise available for preview
Windows 8.1 Preview comes with enhanced features for security management, virtualization and BYOD scenarios

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Cisco, NetApp expand big data support
FlexPod Select combines NetApp E-Series and FAS storage systems, Cisco C-Series servers, Nexus switches and management software as well as Hadoop analytics

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Telus taking Ottawa to court over wireless
Carrier opens another front in the war to get the federal government to change its telecom strategy in the face of Verizon Communications' possible entry here

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Toyota, Ford hack highlights dangers of M2M attacks
Car manufacturers should look at how nuclear plants separate monitoring systems from operations control systems to mitigate risks, says security expert

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'Secret iPhone' surfaces in worker abuse probe?
The China Labour Watch documented more than 80 cases of workers' rights violations and what could be plans for a cheaper plastic iPhone handset

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CIO, database boss pocket $2.3M in IT services scam
U.S.-based federal investigators charge eight people in connection with multi-million dollar IT services kickback scheme that ran for four years

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An enterprise role for Chromebooks
It’s time to take a fresh look at whether Chromebooks might fill a legitimate computing niche in the workplace, says a Forrester Research analyst

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Top 4 legacy application risks
What seemed secure years ago will likely become insecure today since the threat landscape is constantly changing

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CEO council, union demand telecom policy change
Not only are Bell, Rogers and Telus pressuring Ottawa, now the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and a union representing telecom workers says the government has to make sure "large foreign operators" don't get an edge

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Amazon.com looking for 7,000 new workers
Amazon.com is hiring more workers to meet growing customer demand

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nPulse’s packet monitor gets search, analysis boost
The CPX 4.0's packet-indexing function works at 30 million packets per second and is ideal for massive scale searches

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Dell making software push
After spending several billion dollars on software and services firm Dell is trying to get its staff and partners to push solutions rather than hardware. An executive explains the strategy

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Should Microsoft make Office available on iPad?
If 10 per cent of the 140 million iPad users were to purchase Office at $99.99 a pop, Microsoft could earn $1.4 billion or $500 million more than its recent Windows RT write down

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