Kathleen Lau

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Sun offers JavaFX for ‘rich’ mobile, desktop apps

Sun has announced JavaFX, designed to help develop rich Internet applications for the consumer market. The first product in the series, JavaFX Mobile, is a software system for mobile devices available via OEM licence to carriers, content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers

Right Media buy shot in the arm for online ad market

The online advertising market will likely run more efficiently following the decision by Yahoo! Inc. to acquire online advertising company, Right Media Inc., said an observer. And that will mean organizations in this sector conducting business online could be in for a smoother ride.

Global financial company gets a sense of identity

Automating identity and access management across almost 220,000 employees at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. should reap a return on investment of USD$3.5 million in the first year alone, company executives said.

SOA

Services-oriented architecture (SOA) may be "the best thing since bread came sliced", says a Canadian analyst, but surprisingly it hasn't gained much traction in the marketplace

IT360 – Four risk categories and how firms can respond

While enabling novel ways of interacting and conducting business, pervasive connectivity is also heightening the risk factor for many organizations, warns one industry insider

Backup bonanza – Toronto provider boosts storage services with Dell

A Toronto-based online backup service provider, Data Deposit Box, is using Dell servers to enhance its ability to provide secure information storage to customers.

Toronto SMBs offered “amnesty” for illegal software

A Canadian coalition against software piracy is granting a month-long "amnesty" to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Toronto, to license any illegal software they may have without facing penalties

Feds falter on staged cyber crisis exercise

A simulated exercise to assess the federal government

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