Patricia Pickett

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGCC) is ready to expand its computer centres and implement a technology training curriculum, thanks to a donation of software and funds from Microsoft Canada Co.

A recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has found that almost half of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. have suffered a recent breach of their information security, despite higher precautions taken since 9/11. And one Canadian security expert says he's not surprised.

While many observers of the night sky gaze upward to simply enjoy the stars, Sam Roweis, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, is using statistical data analysis to tell him more about what he sees in the cosmos.

Microsoft Windows XP is the way of the future for automated teller machines (ATMs), according to NCR Corp. But the anticipated migration to XP from IBM's OS/2, today's dominant ATM platform, will bring with it a whole new slew of security issues, a company official and analyst cautioned at a press briefing Tuesday.

Despite Open Text's recent acquisitions of German content management vendors IXOS Software AG and Gauss Interprise AG, and its move to integrate new capabilities with its Livelink collaboration and content management software, one customer says he's not about to jump at the chance to buy new modules just yet.

An outsourcing firm has launched a recruitment campaign to attract IT professionals across Canada to positions in its nearshore outsourcing operations in Nova Scotia, due to growth in the market.

One customer is calling storage solutions maker EMC Corp.

IT recruitment firm Robert Half Technology (RHT) has unveiled the results of a recently-conducted salary survey that suggests there will be a slight drop in Canadian IT starting salaries in 2004 compared to 2003.