Mari-Len De Guzman

One Canadian security expert believes the key to thwarting threats of all types lies in the organization

Faced with an escalating shortage of skilled IT workers, Canadian companies are turning to educational institutions to help develop new generations of IT practitioners. But trends in university computer science enrolments indicate this melting pot of future IT professionals might be going dry.

The virtualization phenomenon is getting too real for hardware server builders, as one Canadian research firm predicts server sales will fall by the end of next year.

Leaving the office desk a little cluttered at the end of a busy workday seems like a typical picture in any organization. But at Toronto-based Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA) that habit could earn an employee a warning memo the next day.

Toronto-based Transamerica Life Canada has found a way to retain its old IT system despite a new mandate from the Medical Information Bureau (MIB) to use the ACORD XML data standard for information collaboration.

It might be a lot of work that can be frustrating most of the time, but IT administrators often find solace in knowing their efforts are helping make end-users

A recent online survey commissioned by IT World Canada revealed that despite 52 per cent of respondents saying they feel secure with their current job, 53 per cent are still searching, either actively or passively, for a new job within their respective companies or in another.

Litigation, legislation, self-regulation and education make a good anti-spyware recipe. This was the underlying message that resonated at a workshop sponsored by the Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) held in Ottawa . The workshop emphasized the global nature of the spyware issue and called for the establishment of internationally-accepted