Rafael Ruffolo

Articles by Rafael Ruffolo

OPINION: A tale of two Microsoft development teams

All of the major announcements at Microsoft

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On Day 2 of its annual MIX10 developer conference, Microsoft gives a sneak preview of its upcoming Internet Explorer 9. In addition to showing off hardware-accelerated HTML5 support, the company also outlines its commitment to community standards

Ontario to hire former consultant as new eHealth CEO

The organization in charge of creating electronic health records for all Ontario residents by 2015 has nominated Greg Reed to permanently fill its CEO position. In addition to his 20 years of experience at management consulting giant McKinsey & Co., the newly selected eHealth Ontario chief most recently worked in financial services

Business leaders overvalue data encryption: Study

The gap between business and IT is still very wide when it comes to the realities of data security awareness, according to a new report. Find out why business managers are actually overrating data encryption

Disaster recovery is a priority again, ABI says

A new report from New York-based ABI Research says the global business continuity and disaster recovery space will reach US$31 billion by 2015, up from $24.3 billion in 2009. Find out what factors are driving the market growth and what it means for IT shops

OPINION: Microsoft CEO goes cloud crazy

The Redmond, Wash., giant is becoming a cloud computing company and according to CEO Steve Ballmer, about 90 per cent of Microsoft software developers will be working on cloud-based initiatives within one year. Find out why these numbers aren

Telework doesn’t affect leaders’ performance: Ivey

The report from the London, Ont.-based Richard Ivey School of Business found that transformational business leaders with good communication skills can lead just as effectively face-to-face as they can remotely. Find out what impact this finding could have on enterprise IT shops

Mobile billing firm Bango uses Toronto-based app

The British mobile payment and analytics organization said it

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