Kathleen Lau

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University of Toronto updates Web conferencing tool

The Toronto post-secondary school's Knowledge Media Design Institute post-secondary school takes the open source route to create its own multimedia platform. Among the users: Memorial University

Canadians admit paltry business continuity spending

An IDC report indicates most enterprises are investing only four per cent of their budget towards a plan that would keep systems up and running or backed up in the event of a disaster. An analyst explains the shortfall

Telus offers service to secure e-mail

A partnership with Toronto's Echoworx will allow the incumbent's customers to outsource the encryption and delivery of corporate messages. A physician-owned lab explains why it became an early adopter

Canadian IT execs face ‘J-SOX’ compliance rules

First came Sarbanes-Oxley. Then Bill 198. Now IT managers who work for Japanese-owned firms may have to deal with another layer of controls. What you need to know before the April deadline

RIM refutes security concerns over BlackBerry 8820

Analysts have suggested the dual-mode device may pose risks, but in an exclusive interview with ComputerWorld Canada, the Waterloo firm's director of WLAN and VoIP product management insists Wi-Fi users will be safe

Canadian ISVs digest Google’s cookie policy

Local software firms say the search engine's two-year expiry doesn't mean they are likely to follow suit, but CIPPIC makes the case for a consistent approach by all vendors that's compliant with the law

Canada sees a 17 per cent jump in IT skills demand

A report from CNC Global notes demand for infrastructure security and Web development, among other areas. Plus: Why the staffing firm is about to go through a name change

HP on Opsware deal: ‘We were losing’

An executive says its third-biggest acquisition following Compaq and Mercury will overcome the challenge it faced with home grown data centre automation software. Analysts give the transaction a once-over

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