Less than a year ago, spam used to be facetiously referred to as the "killer app" at Industry Canada (IC). The reality, though, wasn't that funny. Spam eroded employee productivity, sucked up server and storage bandwidth and inflated infrastructure costs. Seventy per cent of all of the Department's incoming e-mail was spam
For nearly a decade, Telus Mobility held sway over the Canadian push-to-talk market (PTT) market, and the company's Mike Direct Connect was the only offering in this space in Canada. This year the situation has changed. Bell Mobility has made forays into this space with 10-4, a product targeted at small businesses and consumers. Will competition increase penetration? What market forces will determine the growth of PTT in Canada? IT World Canada's online editor Joaquim P. Menezes examines this and much more...
Sears Canada today announced one of the largest sales force automation technology rollouts by a Canadian company. Six-hundred-and-twenty-five Sears Canada field support technicians across the country will use mobile devices powered by this technology to do their job better.
Thirteen years ago he was hand-picked by Bill Gates to join Microsoft Corp. Today, Robert McDowell deals directly with many of the company's largest and most important clients, helping them identify how critical business problems can be solved through the application of Microsoft technologies. McDowell is currently on a new mission acting as a global spokesperson and evangelist for Microsoft's new "culture shift" -- a shift that could dramatically change how the Redmond-based software giant does business in future. As part of a global whirlwind tour, McDowell was in Toronto last week addressing a group of Canadian Microsoft certified partners. Joaquim P. Menezes, IT World Canada's online editor reports on the man and his message.