It was Benjamin Franklin who said: 'Love your neighbor; yet don't pull down your hedge.' Companies considering a major RFID implementation would do well to heed that advice. RFID (radio frequency identification)
Ever found yourself cornered between a rock and a hard place, swamped by tech projects that seem to overshoot deadlines or budgets, or are to be written off as unrealistic or undeliverable? While you may not be able to conjure up a genie, Howard Litman says you can do the next best thing
CIOs who are serious about mitigating the risk of an IT project going awry even before it takes off, should focus on business as well as technical risks. That was the message of consultants Jack Senechal and Sue Menard at Linuxworld and Network World Expo held last month at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
In its fight against piracy Microsoft may win a battle, but it still remains to be seen whether it will win the war. That is how a couple of industry insiders are reacting to Microsoft Canada Co.
While new and improved products have been introduced in the visual collaboration market over the past few years, their adoption has been very limited. The lukewarm response, analysts say, has to do with the high cost of these products and their inability to meet user expectations.
"Cheaper is not always better", "a product's value includes tangible and intangible benefits", "time is money." The above isn't a recitation from the Reader's Digest book 'Quotable Quotes.' They are three technology purchasing principles offered by Bob Park, director of marketing, IT division, Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.
Today, a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan tackling a landmine would be able to turn on a 'ruggedized' personal digital assistant (R-PDA), and browse through an electronic training manual, which contains