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NetworkWorld - SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group
(19-Feb-10) SAS Institute Inc. and Accenture Plc. are teaming up to form the Accenture SAS Analytics Group, a joint venture that will develop, implement and manage predictive analytics solutions. The venture is a "first for both companies," according to Accenture. The Accenture SAS Analytics Grou...
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Toronto SUN - Microsoft, Yahoo! search engine deal approved
(18-Feb-10) Microsoft and Yahoo! say they will move ahead with their joint search engine venture after getting a green light from European and U.S. regulators, though analysts say their union is unlikely to shave much off Google鈥檚 dominant market share any time soon. The U.S. Department of Jus...
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The Industry Standard - Peer 1 unveils flagship data centre in Toronto
(16-Feb-10) Vancouver-based infrastructure services provider Peer 1 is launching its flagship data centre in Toronto later this spring and will be the first of the company's global facilities to offer co-location, managed hosting and dedicated hosting. " Fabio Banducci, president and CEO of Pe...
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NetworkWorld - Security portfolio tackles complexity with integration
(16-Feb-10) Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new security services portfolio reflects an expansion of its security capabilities for a wide array of partner offerings while providing integration between these services and products to reduce complexity, said the company's chief security strategist for the sec...
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DevX.com - Adobe Creates Cloud Version of LiveCycle Suite 2
(16-Feb-10) Just months after launching Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2 (ES2), Adobe has created LiveCycle Managed Services, a cloud-based version of the suite that runs on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Adobe LiveCycle ES2 helps companies to extend the value of existing back-end sy...
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Multi-Media Computers Blog - Email Outages: A Business Reality
(14-Feb-10) Like it or not, email outages are a business reality. A recent ApplicationContinuity.org survey revealed that, despite advances in data-backup, archiving and protection technology, companies of all sizes remain vulnerable to costly and damaging email outages. In fact, data from a rece...
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ITWorld Canada - Nortel will try to sell patents: Analyst
(11-Feb-10) Nortel Networks Corp. has said Thursday it has raised $2 billion from selling business units to other vendors and is still figuring out what do to with its numerous patents. 鈥淢y feeling is that that the value of their patents really will be with companies that actually manufacture ...
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ITWorld Canada - Enterprises are embracing private, not public, clouds
(11-Feb-10) Eighty-three per cent of organizations gearing up for cloud computing are planning to start with private clouds, according to a recent survey from Platform Computing Corp. Forty-five per cent are already committed to the idea and in the process of deploying private cloud initiatives. ...
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ITWorld - SAS starts hiring across Canada
(9-Feb-10) SAS Canada is adding roughly 20 new positions, mostly in sales, to offices across the country. Approximately one third of the positions are based out of the company's headquarters in Toronto. Opportunities are also available in Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and the M...
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