Michael Martin

The flight of IT jobs from the U.S. to countries with cheaper IT talent has garnered headlines south of the border, but isn't ringing many alarm bells in Canada. Yet.

IBM Corp. introduced a suite of storage management tools this week, designed to allow IT staff to manage storage environments that include gear from a variety of vendors.

Cisco Systems Inc. recently rolled out Catalyst switches with industry-standard power over Ethernet (PoE) capability, allowing users to more easily deploy a range of devices including IP phones, wireless LANs and IP security cameras.

Backing up huge amounts of data from one storage area network (SAN) to another may be the norm in the Canadian financial industry, but...

Gateway gobbles eMachinesGateway Inc. plans to acquire eMachines Inc. for about US$200 million to increase its shrinking PC revenue while it pursues the consumer...

Public school boards, bound by limited budgets and scarce IT resources, might not seem like ideal candidates for Gigabit Ethernet metro area connectivity, but that hasn't stopped the Ottawa-Carlton District School Board (OCDSB) from embarking on a project to connect over 160 sites spanning over 2,700 square kilometres with non-blocking Gigabit links.

CA boosts backupComputer Associates International Inc. recently released a new version of its Brightstor ARCserv Backup software designed to speed back-up and restore operations...

Enterasys Networks Inc. embarked on a campaign this week to win customers with a message and new products centred around network security.