Rebecca Reid

Articles by Rebecca Reid

U.S. accounting law could affect Canadian IT departments

A U.S. accounting law that forces companies to have more transparent and responsible accounting practices will also be affecting Canadian companies, and the onus will not only be on the business, but on IT to provide the means for compliance.

StorageTek boosts power of Virtual Storage Manager

StorageTek on Monday announced it has boosted the performance, capacity and connectivity of its Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) product.

Canadian cell phone usage reaches all-time high

More Canadian adults are talking on their cell phones than ever before, according to an annual Wireless Telephony study released on Friday by market research firm NFO CFgroup in Toronto.

Nunavut allocates satellite broadband Internet bandwidth

The Government of Nunavut has purchased a solution by an Ottawa-based provider of Internet Protocol (IP) traffic management vendor products, Dyband Corp., to help it manage its broadband traffic, Dyband announced Thursday.

IS outsourcing grows in Canada by $350 million

The Canadian IS outsourcing services market increased by more than 11 per cent in 2002, translating into an increase of $350 million in that market, according to IDC Canada Ltd. in Toronto.

Xerox cuts prices, rejigs printer lines

After years of being criticized for the high cost of its products, Xerox Corp. recently announced it has retooled its business strategy, launching 21 new or enhanced devices and re-categorizing its products into three lines.

Big Blue spices up its Unix server line

IBM Corp. is trying to drive sales of its eServer pSeries family of high-end Unix servers by boosting the boxes

BI projects approached incrementally

Business intelligence software is finding a warmer reception in the enterprise, but customers still aren't sure how they can get the biggest bang for their buck.

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