Albert Leonardo

Net-Sieve Inc. announced this month an Internet filtering tool aimed at the enterprise that watches out for spam, pornography and viruses.

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A report from Toronto-based SeaBoard Group Inc. says wireless adoption is on the way up in Canada, although it seems the technology is taking hold in unlikely places.

Big Blue moved into the express lane Tuesday with a slew of product announcements aimed at a portion of the market that IBM has not traditionally been renowned for.

Canada has climbed to the number six position of The World Economic Forum's latest networked readiness study called the Global Information Technology Report 2002-2003. The report is an index of 82 world economies, and examines the use of information technology infrastructure.

A white paper released on Thursday by the Smart Card Alliance Inc. said smart cards protect the personal information of users in both the public and private sectors. But at least one Canadian contributor to the report says there is still a need to examine the technology.

Washington-based Internet service provider Cogent Communications announced on Monday On-Net 500Kbps service, intended to compete with digital subscriber line (DSL) offerings in the Toronto area.

Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc. is staking out its Web services territory, recently announcing a deal with Burntsand Inc. to develop products in that space.