Rebecca Reid

Canadian telcos have joined forces, filing a letter to the Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) requesting a longer public debate over pending voice over IP (VoIP) regulations.

Inertia is cited as one of the main reasons why free and open source software (FOSS) has not yet made significant inroads into Canadian enterprises, two industry insiders agreed during a discussion at Real World Linux in Toronto on Wednesday.

With all the hype surrounding relational databases like Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server and IBM Corp.'s DB2, it's easy to forget that legacy hierarchical databases such as Big Blue's IMS still has a significant install base, especially in the financial sector.

Switching to Linux does not give large enterprises a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) over Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Server 2003 and Unix, according to a survey by the Yankee Group.

NEW YORK - IBM Corp. will open up its Performance Optimized with Enhanced RISC (POWER) 5 processor architecture so other companies can customize the chip for their own products, Big Blue announced at a press conference in New York on Wednesday.

The top five IT skills Canadian companies are seeking, in order, include TCP/IP, proficiency with Microsoft Corp.

On behalf of the Software Human Research Council (SHRC), IDC Canada Ltd. polled 414 senior IT professionals from across Canada in Q4 2003 regarding the IT skills their organizations needed most. There was a resounding answer

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Research In Motion Inc. (RIM) are partnering to bring Java technology to RIM's BlackBerry devices, the companies announced Monday.