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Toronto data centre firm increases automation

Fusepoint's CEO has no problem with adding more servers to his firm's facilities, but hiring additional staff is another story. IDC explains how companies like Opsware are compressing workloads

BCE moves on after Telus calls off merger

A combination of the two largest incumbents would have made Canadian telecom history, but enterprises might not have liked the fallout, industry analysts said Tuesday

Scotiabank aiming to master data management

A master data management strategy is in the works for Scotiabank with respect to their data warehouse and business intelligence environment, according to a Scotiabank executive. Neil Freake, Scotiabank's senior manager of business intelligence (BI) planning and development, says he is working on a number of system development projects that will help the financial services firm get a better handle on the reference information that underpin a lot of its customer relationships.

Format wars – Redmond vs. Big Blue

How a Quebec City guy got to lead Microsoft's quest for document dominance

Scotiabank preps for master data management

Financial services firm seeks to get more from data warehouse

Flooding in Western Canada may raise backup issues

CBL offers affected firms discount on data recovery services

Accenture beefs up IT consulting practice

Firm to offer services around data centres, "green" computing

Grocery industry completes RFID pilot

Pilot project put wireless tags in Loblaws' supply chain

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