The Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation found itself in a bind mid-2003. With the addition of two new databases of Ontario tourism information to its existing database, the Ministry knew it would have to literally triple the number of paper-based annual surveys it distributes, spelling triple the cost to do so.
The second Canadian arm of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., an India-based, self-proclaimed mini-version of an IBM Global Services, opened its doors on Friday as it launched its first Canadian development centre in Mississauga, Ont.
IBM Corp. is planning the release of a new ultraportable device designed to bring extended battery life, a new recovery toolset and better manageability in a smaller footprint than the company's previous offerings.
Nortel Networks announced Thursday it is in partnership discussions with Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd. to offload its manufacturing interests, which cost the Brampton, Ont.-based network gear maker approximately US$2 billion in production costs.
Despite firmly stating it would end support for its Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows Me platforms in January 2004, Microsoft Corp. announced Monday it will extend the support of these operating systems until June 2006 in order to bring Windows 98 SE into compliance with its current product support lifecycle policy.