Kathleen Lau

Articles by Kathleen Lau

Canadian CIOs avoid offshore outsourcing model

Robert Half Technology surveys Canadian technology executives and finds little demand for sending IT work overseas. Explore the differences between firms large and small

Mall shoppers get interactive assistance from 3D agent

Burnaby, B.C.-based e-business application vendor CSM Systems Corp. deploys its interactive shopping assistance technology in its sixth locale yet. Can't find a store or product? Ask the 3D customer agent

U.S. spectrum holder buys Canadian DragonWave network tools

Ottawa-based wireless network provider, DragonWave Inc., will sell its AirPair and Horizon Compact products to Nextlink Wireless Inc.

Platform Computing

After a years of adoption in lab settings, high-performance computing is finally branching out of academia and into corporate environments. How IT managers should prepare

Outsourcing shifts towards app development, BPO

Toronto's CORE releases a report based on market activity over the last five years and shows that companies aren't just farming out their IT infrastructure chores anymore. Also: The importance of "stay back" teams

CompTIA extends funding for IT learning

The Computing Technology Association (CompTIA) Educational Foundation broadens the scope of its Merit Award program to capture students taught by Association member training providers

Mob4hire taps into the crowd for mobile app tests

A Calgary firm sets up an online forum where ISVs can offer their APIs to individuals for a test-drive on their mobile devices. How the "crowdsourcing" model could improve QA

AT&T becomes SAP America hosting partner

A three-year marketing agreement between the two companies means SAP customers with revenues exceeding $200 million will be referred to the telecommunications provider for independent hosting services

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