Greg Meckbach

The alternative trading system will use the former Toronto Hydro Telecom network to connect its data centre with the trading centres of its investment banking customers. Alpha Trading System Ltd. says it chose Cogeco Data Services Inc. because of the cost and reliability of its wide-area fibre network

Users who attended a conference on Symantec Corp.

Trend Micro VP Wael Mohamed offers a sneak peak into version 8 of its Deep Security product. The former Third Brigade chief exec briefed Network World Canada on the security issues in server virtualization, cloud computing and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.

The deadline to provide locations of emergency 911 callers using cellular phones in Canada is Feb. 1. The carriers say they are ready, but some public safety answering points are not. IDC Canada

With the new release of its network performance management software, Riverbed Technology Inc. said administrators can find out how long applications take to respond to individual users. It works with the Steelhead WAN optimization appliance. Yankee Group's Zeus Kerravala says virtualization could help drive demand