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Canadian enterprise content management (ECM) solution builder Open Text Corp. on Tuesday announced a merger with German ECM provider IXOS Software AG, whereby IXOS will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text and will act as the European division of the company.

Despite previous issues with the product, Symantec Corp. on Monday released version 8.0 of its Ghost PC management software, which the company said will save IT administrators a load of time and bandwidth.

Rod Martin knew he had a problem on his hands but didn't realize the extent of it. The manager of network infrastructure with the information technology services group at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Martin began noticing late last year that unwanted e-mail or spam had grown from a small whisper to a loud roar, greatly concerning the college's 35,000 users.

Hard drives contained personal data, including Social Insurance numbers.

Keeping a promise to customers of more rapid releases to highlight innovation, IBM Corp. announced recently the latest version of Lotus Notes and Domino 6.5, incorporating collaboration features to bring increased productivity and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) to its customers.

In a move that could add expertise to its call centre offerings, Telus Corp. recently announced a partnership with BenchmarkPortal, a call centre performance measurement company.

Intel Corp. laid out its plans for wireless convergence at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) last month.

Following the lead of its competitive counterparts, Oracle Corp. on Thursday unveiled its own push into the identity management realm with a new offering designed to lower costs and increase security of enterprise user identification.