Rafael Ruffolo

For those in IT seeking to beef up their leadership skills, University of Fredericton's new online executive MBA program could be beneficial, according to the head of a Canadian association of IT professionals. The executive MBA, which focuses on leadership and relationship management skills, is set to begin its inaugural term this fall.

A company that specializes in the testing and validation of complex enterprise resource planning software opens a local office. IDS-Scheer explains how Certify could work with its own product line

Visa and others want U.S. merchants compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard by Sept. 30, but most Canadian companies are still not ready, industry experts say

The Hamilton-based McMaster University and Mohawk College Bachelor of Technology Partnership is introducing a certificate/diploma program in technology leadership for the fall term.

The online program will focus on leadership and relationship management skills when it begins this fall, and bursaries will be available to members of most technology associations. CIPS gives its approval

Digital Copyright Canada makes little headway in its campaign to prohibit the use of measures that would protect technology from interference, even for the purposes of security research

The virtualization market may get some stronger competition, but developers may resent the technology being co-opted by a larger conglomerate of proprietary company. Gartner, Novell and others react

The company best known for its work in military and areospace spawns Presagis, which will provide a commercial, off-the-shelf set of software products. IDC thinks IT managers could use them, too