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Host Analytics users get Simba’s cloud ODBC driver

IT WORLD CANADA CURATED The driver will give customers the ability to perform analytics on their data in the cloud

Most wanted: The elusive COBOL compiler

With a handful of giant vendors holding the keys to your COBOL modernization, moving legacy applications off your big iron isn

Agile development costly, confusing: Report

A report by Voke Inc. found that companies do not understand costs of rework and cannot identify clear benefits of agile. But an agile consultant says the study shows a "fundamental misunderstanding" of what agile is

IT education: the future is free

IT education is what we’d call a saturated market: any conceivable subject you’d want to learn about, from the most basic and practical...

RIM updates BB10 developer tools

IT WORLD CANADA CURATED The beta toolkits are available as free downloads from the company's developer Web site

Elbows in your ear, data in your pocket

MAILBAG A roundup of your recent comments on our stories and blogs about Elections Ontario

University of Toronto to offer free IT courses

IT WORLD CANADA CURATED The university's department of computer science will offer three courses, including one on neural networks and machine learning

IT recruiting then and now

IT WORLD CANADA CURATED Compare and contrast the way IT recruiting was done decades ago with today

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