Kathleen Lau

Articles by Kathleen Lau

Toronto cab company dispatches GPS, POS to taxis

Co-Op Cabs is turning to global positioning systems and point of sale technology to help drivers improve their "hustle" and book more customers --while turning its dispatchers into an IT help desk of sorts

Competitive salaries key to IT staff retention: Robert Half

A recent survey of Canadian CIOs reveals compensation as number one employee loyalty tool. Try benchmarking salaries

IT project pros offer advice to troubled TTC

A municipal Auditor General's report reveals major scope creep, soaring expenses and poor use of third-party help on the country's largest transit system. Some seasoned execs suggest there's a better way

Microsoft Canada puts $750K in youth IT program

CanTech, an initiative run by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, gets a financial boost from the world's largest software company as well as products from Future Shop. What it means for the next generation of IT workers

OpenText tool optimizes high-volume business process workflows

Waterloo, Ont.-based OpenText releases a transactional content processing tool to cut the cost and increase productivity around mission critical business processes. Intuitive user interfaces facilitate management

Concentric completes Windows .NET hosting platform with MS SQL Server

The San Jose, Calif.-based hosted services and software-as-a-service provider added Microsoft Corp.

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