Shane Schick

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The whole kit and the Kindle

It’s an old joke, but I still enjoy it every time I look at one of the free bookmarks given to me by Book...

Montreal BI firm merges with international player

Trilogia Solutions Inc. said it would become part of Keyrus Group, which operates in eight countries and employs more than 1,000 people

Air Canada grounded: Why downtime doesn’t matter

Air Canada’s IT problems are almost as seasonal as Christmas itself.Typically they’ve happened while I’ve been sleeping, and they’ve been resolved by the time...

Heart and Stroke Foundation pumps up BI reports

The Ontario division of the charity may be able to help its counterparts across the country move away from more time-consuming processes for managing information, according to the IT manager

Cloud control

Try pitching your “cloud” strategy to senior management and watch their eyes glaze over. Then tell them IBM is going to do it for...

Dell opts for smart chassis design for Precision

A roundup of recent editor's picks including the PC maker's latest high-powered workstation and a cloth-covered computer that delivers real-time information

Open Text plans update to Hummingbird’s Genio

After acquiring one of its biggest competitors in the enterprise content management space, the Ottawa-based firm plans improvements to a popular ETL tool

E-mail appliance makers aim at admin overhead

Sophos launches machines that send notifications to users of policy violations straight to their BlackBerry, and Marshal tries to get customers up and running in half an hour. Why threat protection is just one aspect of ROI

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