Rafael Ruffolo

Articles by Rafael Ruffolo

Calgary’s El Fresko hypes cloud-based replication

The data management firm has added a new feature to its flagship MagnaStor product line which allows users to back-up data to a hosted cloud. The solution is offered by El Fresko partners

GE Canada

With the help of the Government of Ontario, the energy giant

UCSD report finds issues with wiping data on SSDs

A recent study by the University of California, San Diego finds that the internal architecture of newer solid-state drives make them more difficult to sanitize than traditional hard disk drives. Find out why

Western Digital aims at enterprise with Hitachi GST buy

The hard drive maker said Monday it will pay $US4.3 billion in cash and shares to purchase Hitachi

RIM may port BBM to Android, iOS4

OPINION: While RIM may be poised to own the global messaging market, its handset sales will take a major hit. Plus, what this means for some app developers

IPv6 knowledge is ‘all over the map,’ CIRA says

After wrapping up its first ever Canadian Internet Forum in Ottawa last week, CIRA head Byron Holland gives his thoughts on the state of IPv6 readiness among Canadian IT shops. Why he compares the entire process to a big supply chain

Android on BlackBerry all comes down to execution

The blogosphere is heating up over reports that Research In Motion Inc. will support Android-based apps for its next generation BlackBerry smart phones and...

Software update puts Phone 7 on two strikes

OPINION: A glitch affected 10 per cent of Microsoft

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