Briony Smith

Articles by Briony Smith

Court rules firms need staff consent to see e-mail

A U.S. case ends with a surprising judicial move that could have some influence in Canadian legal disputes, according to experts. Learn the difference between the two main e-mail privacy complaints

Canadian traders get new e-mail archive rules

National Instrument 31-103 is a proposed draft regulation that will require many financial service firms to change the way they store electronic communications. Jatheon offers a helping hand

Red Hat announces virtualization suite

New open source virtualization offerings include hypervisor and infrastructure management tool

Intel: Disasters only happen if you let them

The chipmaking giant's head of business continuity makes a trip to Toronto to discuss how it dealt with the Chengdu earthquake, the number of drills it goes through each year and coping with a skeleton staff

CIPS gets its new government

Former CIPS president and vice-president Greg Lane chosen as new leader

Business Objects has predictive analytics now, too

Business Objects goes up against SAS--and recent market entrant Information Builders--in the predictive analytics space

IBM expands Project Green

New additions include modular, energy-efficient data centre plans, and new software

RBC, Visa prepare to jump mobile payment hurdles

The largest Canadian bank and credit card firm are preparing for a trial that will take place in Toronto before the end of this year, but there are still many unanswered questions. Among them: What if there's a handset shortage?

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