Ryan B. Patrick

Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Oracle bullish on integration

Oracle execs remained tight-lipped last month regarding its ongoing efforts to acquire Peoplesoft Inc., preferring to talk about its new integrated products and services.

T.O. sports venue gets unleashed with W-Fi

For Sasha Puric, the IT director responsible for Toronto's Air Canada Centre (ACC), setting up its new Wi-Fi infrastructure was a virtual slam dunk....

Music distributor Madacy tunes into outsourcing

SAN DIEGO - Since cutting IT hosting costs in half through Oracle Corp.'s outsourcing services, Philip Chung is still getting over the shock. The culture shock, that is.

Canadian cyber threat centre opens for business

Intended as an "early defense system" against enterprise IT security threats, the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance) earlier this month announced its new cyber threat management initiative.

Dell affirms commitment to enterprises

Dell Canada Inc. officially opened its Executive Briefing Centre North at its Toronto headquarters last month - a move it hopes conveys to enterprises that it is dedicated to IT.

Newspaper scoops up mainframe software

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGCC) is ready to expand its computer centres and implement a technology training curriculum, thanks to a donation of software and funds from Microsoft Canada Co.

The IT

The debut of a new IT hardware shopping Web site hopes to capitalize on the estimated $12 billion dollar annual secondary parts market. ITPartShopper.com was recently launched by Montreal-based e-business solution provider MediaGrif Interactive Technologies Inc.

Microsoft, HP collaborate in software start-up fund

Microsoft Canada Co. and Hewlett Packard (Canada) Co. will team up to oversee an investment fund designed to give nascent Canadian software firms a boost.

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