Michael Martin

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HP ramps up SMB server pitch

Hewlett-Packard Canada Co. believes small and medium businesses can reap large gains by investing more heavily in server technology and this week the company launched an educational initiative designed to show SMBs how servers can make their firms more efficient. On the small business side, HP is targeting companies that have no server investments.

Wireless trumps fibre at Manitoba schools

Terago Networks is used to putting up fixed wireless networks in urban centres, but the company broke new ground recently when it built a...

President, Toronto Hydro Telecom.

A group of 10 Ontario utility-affiliated telcos (better known as u-telcos) has teamed together in an effort to offer high-bandwidth services to large enterprise customers across the province.

It all comes down to trust

In the March 4 issue of Network World Canada, we ran an article looking at the potential benefits and pitfalls of municipal Wi-Fi networks....

Cheap servers, bigger bandwidth drive grid

Grid computing has been around for more than a decade, so why

HP takes the wrap off its WAN plan

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) became the latest vendor to enter the wide area network (WAN) router fray when it unveiled its ProCurve 7000 series WAN...

No telco vows

The U.S. has seen a flurry of telecom merger activity in recent weeks, but Canada isn’t likely to see anything similar in the near...

Laboratory gives VoIP second chance

"Once bitten, twice shy," goes the old saw. But it doesn't apply to Montreal-based CTBR Bio-Research Inc. Despite a bad experience with an early voice-over-IP (VoIP) system, CTBR decided to give the technology another chance. In fact, the company opted to move over completely to VoIP when it came time to upgrade its network.

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