Brian Jackson

Former editorial director of IT World Canada. Current research director at Info-Tech

Articles by Brian Jackson

Microsoft sends mixed messages about Office 365 Business cloud storage options

We now know that Office 365 consumer subscribers are limited to 1 TB of OneDrive storage, but a bit of probing on the Office 365 Business side leads to a less clear picture.

International Space Station turns 15: Here’s how it will eventually be destroyed

I've been writing about the International Space Station since 2006, looking at how Canadian technology has contributed to its construction - and will play a part in its eventual destruction.

Here’s why Chrome OS isn’t going away any time soon

While signs do point to more crossover between the Android and Chrome OS, newly released hardware and the open source nature of Chrome OS mean that it won't be disappearing suddenly

Why would Facebook limit its employees bandwidth to 50 Kbps?

A unique exercise in understanding users from the developing world will see Facebook employees take a bandwidth hit.

Here’s the SAP and IBM cloud offerings Larry Ellison should be ‘paying attention’ to

Oracle's executive chairman Larry Ellison says IBM and SAP are absent from the competition when it comes to the cloud. Here's why he's wrong about that.

All Hands on Tech: Google’s WiFi router, OnHub

By now you’ve probably heard about Google’s OnHub router. You know, the WiFi hub that’s easy to set up and you’re supposed to display...

IT needs to ‘flip the paradigm’ to reap cloud rewards: Equinix

At Equinix Evolutions in Toronto, different roads to running in the cloud were charted, with the bumps along the way made apparent. But in the end, the journey is worth it, presenters agreed.

Dell to acquire EMC in $67 billion mega-deal

Michael Dell will be the CEO of the newly merged company that combines Dell's devices and services business with EMC's enterprise storage business, as well as its recent acquisitions in VMware and AirWatch. It's the most expensive acquisition in tech history.

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