Greg Meckbach

Articles by Greg Meckbach

Feds secure access using PKI

A Public Works official says by next summer, every Government of Canada employee and contractor requiring IT access will have a PKI certificate

How power plant closures will affect data centres

A speaker at Government Symposium said CANARIE is helping government departments build backup data centres in areas with their own power plants.

Nortel now ‘finished’ with GSM sale: Forrester

Ericsson and Kapsch AG have agreed to buy GSM wireless assets from financially-troubled Nortel. Most of the 350 employees Ericsson wants to hire would be based in the U.S. Nortel has arranged to sell its carrier wireless, enterprise, optical networking and metropolitan Ethernet units.rn

Ciena wins auction for Nortel units

If approved by courts and regulators, Ciena will offer jobs to about 1,400 Canadian Nortel employees. Infonetics analyst Andrew Schmitt predicts this will provide relief to Nortel employees concerned about their future

Telus sues Rogers over wireless speed claims

The Vancouver carrier is asking for an injunction that would force Rogers to stop publishing advertisements claiming it has the fastest or most reliable wireless network in Canada. Rogers will not back down from its claims and plans to defend itself in court.

BREAKING NEWS: Telus sues Rogers over wireless

The Vancouver carrier is taking a dispute over Rogers Wireless advertising claims to court. Telus denies Rogers provides the fastest network in Canada.

How Ontario schools secure WLANs

The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board uses a RADIUS server from Avenda Systems to block access to unauthorized clients and authenticate users. Find out why they did not do a site survey

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