Naunidhi Kaur

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 Linux and Network World Expo.

In its fight against privacy 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.'s latest lawsuits against six Ontario system builders for allegedly selling unlicensed copies of their software on computers.

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.

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

In the Harry Potter world of magic created by J.K. Rowling, teachers at the Hogwarts school of wizardry perform their mundane administrative tasks with a wave of a magic wand. In our not-so-magical muggle world, technology is the only option for completing these tasks in a jiffy. And Vancouver-based Simon Fraser University (SFU) has been doing just that, with the help of the Sierra Systems Group Inc., a Calgary-based IT consultancy.

Green technology is capturing corporate imaginations. From building headquarters using environmentally-friendly techniques to serious investments in green technologies, corporations are increasingly concerned about saving money by reducing consumption and waste.

A survey commissioned by Microsoft Canada in Mississauga, Ont., found that students are technology friendly. The survey found students also "misuse" technology quite a bit, with as many as 43 per cent admitting that they illegally download music.

Scott Rourke, president, OneCleveland vividly recalls the morning of January 17 when he opened his Inbox, and saw the e-mail he had been waiting for. It had Congratulations in the subject line, but this time it wasn't spam!