Dave Webb

Dave Webb is a freelance editor and writer. A veteran journalist of more than 20 years' experience (15 of them in technology), he has held senior editorial positions with a number of technology publications. He was honoured with an Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Business Journalism in 2000, and several Canadian Online Publishing Awards as part of the ComputerWorld Canada team.

Articles by Dave Webb

New network skills: Database administration

In the 1990s, administion databases and networks were discrete tasks. That's not the case anymore

New network skills: Open source

It's taken a while, but enterprises have warmed to open source software for its customizability and future-proofing

New network skills: Scripting

The mandate for network admins: Make it run. That requires some form of programming

New network skills: Virtualization administration

Virtualization is a hot new technology trend, but it isn't taught in schools -- yet

Costs cut into telecom industry profits

A strong labour market and fluctuations in interest rates are among the pressures eroding profit growth, the Conference Board of Canada says. Portrait of a capital-intensive industry

Create a community of networking pros

Wanna blog? Submit product reviews? Offer expertise? There are plenty of roles to play in the dialogue among the members of the networking community

Vanity, thy name is LG Shine

So, off to trendy downtown T.O. hotspot Lobby (corporate slogan: "No, you can't come in dressed like that") for the announcement of the new...

Fighting Office Butt

A friend of mine sends out a weekly invitation to her mailing list to join her aquafit class. "Fight Office Butt!" she admonishes. (Okay,...

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