Allison Taylor

Security and infrastructure consolidation will present heavy burdens for several Canadian IT departments in 2004, even though a recent IDC study placed upgrading infrastructure at the top of the priority list.

Next time you sit down at a computer, scroll for a link on a Web site, or even double-click a mouse, imagine having several dozen IBM employees staring over your shoulder

The Voice Extensible Markup Language (VXML) Forum announced on Thursday the launch of a certification program in an effort to bring interoperability to VXML vendors.

Managing software development processes was the focus of a seminar held Tuesday, as Canadian-based software companies gathered in a Toronto hotel to compare notes on ways to identify and implement development processes and methodologies.

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The market may be flat for the next few years in the application development and deployment space (AD&D), but there is potential for growth if relational database management systems (RDBMS) consolidate functionality, according to a recent report issued by a Toronto-based research firm.

In a move that one industry analyst called necessary, BEA Systems Inc. launched the Controls and Extensibility Program on Monday to help independent software vendors (ISVs) integrate with its WebLogic platform 8.1 and allow Java developers to create and customize certified controls.

Macromedia Inc. de-lved deeper into its MX line recently, announcing new versions of Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks all packaged into Studio MX 2004.