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A Microsoft Corp. technology that Bill Gates himself described last year as "probably the most important ... building block service" of the company's broad .Net initiative, is being redefined due to resistance from enterprise customers, company representatives acknowledged Thursday at Microsoft's annual developer conference here.

A new breed of VPN based on Multi-protocol Label Switching is emerging as an alternative to traditional VPNs based on IP Security. To further complicate the issue, MPLS-based VPNs come in two flavours: Layer 2 and Layer 3. What are the differences between the types of VPNs, and what

Recent partnerships between specialized service providers and major outsourcers may signal the next phase in the evolution of IT and telecom services.

The storm cloud looming over the Canadian telecommunications industry is showing a silver lining according to a recent study by the Bank of Montreal.

WorldCom group, a subsidiary of the global communications firm WorldCom Inc., confirmed suspicions late Wednesday that it would cut staff, but the company would not say if the announcement will affect its Canadian workers.

Latin American countries have adequate laws to protect Internet and software intellectual property, but the enforcement of those laws is weak and inconsistent, legal experts said March 22 at a University of Miami symposium.

Toronto-based broadband supplier Stream Intelligent Networks Corp. went into receivership on March 4, following a month that saw the company run up $400,000 in losses and approximately $13 million in debt to a past investor.

Weary storage administrators rejoice, because the first comprehensive storage management solutions are finally here. Fujitsu Software Technology Corp.'s Storage Manager and TrueSAN Networks Inc.'s CloudBreak software deliver a range of functionality, including data management, storage resource management, virtualization, and monitoring -- all through a single interface.