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IT World Canada: The myth of 'bulletproof' Linux
(12-Jan-2012) Security consultant: Users who don't run antivirus software on Linux 鈥渨orking in favour of the hackers鈥� Starry-eyed Linux desktop enthusiasts could become passive conduits for malware, security experts warn. From a quick perusal of support forums for the Ubuntu Linux distribu...
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Yahoo! Canada: The risks and rewards of digitalizing your wallet
(11-Jan-2012) At what cost do you value convenience? As the hype around Near Field Communications (NFC) or contactless payments intensifies one technology analyst wonders if we're inching toward a dangerous mobile security situation. Some have suggested paper money is going the way of the squa...
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ComputerWorld: Grow your data center with colocation
(9-Jan-2012) Brian Burch knew the moment had arrived. Two of his data center's key services -- availability and business continuity -- needed fast and dramatic improvement. Design and location limitations meant that his company's existing data center couldn't be upgraded to the levels necessary t...
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IT Business.ca: #2 Newsmakers: Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis of RIM
(5-Jan-2012) Queen Elizabeth once said she suffered an annus horribilis 鈥� a year so bad it couldn鈥檛 be said in English. Jim Balsillie and Michael Lazaridis, the co-chairmen and co-CEOs of smartphone maker 91制片厂 In Motion would probably describe 2011 the same way. They are on this year鈥檚 ...
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IT World Canada: Experts divided on 'grey hat' hackers
(3-Jan-2012) As criminal hackers become more sophisticated and ruthless, security-conscious companies are increasingly recruiting people to help fight a covert war. On the front lines of the fight stand many 鈥済rey hat鈥� hackers 鈥� security experts who have online street smarts but aren鈥檛 mixed u...
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CRM Magazine: Don't Count Out Email Yet
(Jan issue-2012) Email marketing has come a long way from spamming (and irritating) consumers with mass messages that are quickly deleted. Thanks to advances in technology, marketers can target potential customers with email messages that are personalized and trackable. Plus, many email marketing...
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Financial Post: IT has head in the clouds
(12-Dec-2011) Canada鈥檚 government must migrate its multibillion-dollar computing hardware to the cloud, the country鈥檚 largest technology industry group warns, or risk becoming 鈥渢echnologically incapacitated. Ottawa spends between $2-billion and $5-billion on technology each year, various estim...
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IT Business: Android exploits new mobile banking enemy
(2-Dec-2011) With Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system increasingly finding itself in the sights of malicious software, Canadian banks are facing a new enemy on the mobile frontier. Reports of Android malware have increased sharply in recent months, with Juniper Networks reporting tha...
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ComputerWorld: OpenFlow not the only path to network revolution
(17-Nov-2011) APIs and messaging protocols, including some that are standards, can let users build software-defined networks today. The key issue, though, is that not everyone implements the same ones or implements them the same way. Will OpenFlow get us all on the same path to SDN nirvana? Op...
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