Infrastructure

Cygnal scoops up Nortel integrator Cygnal Technologies Corp., a Markham, Ont.-based network design and installation firm, purchased Telecom Converged Solutions, a Nortel Networks...

NEC Corp. is planning to enter the radio frequency identification (RFID) business this year and is currently in the final stages of developing its own RFID chip, it said Friday.

Oracle Corp. has acquired the assets of SiteWorks Solutions, a producer of clinical trial management software, Oracle announced Thursday.

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.

After being slapped with a lawsuit for "slander of title" by the SCO Group Inc. on Tuesday, Novell Inc.'s CEO Jack Messman on Wednesday declared the company would defend itself against the suit and win, citing the suit as evidence that SCO is losing the war it launched against Linux when it filed suit against IBM for allegedly infringing upon its Unix patent.

Microsoft Corp. on Friday plans to announce changes to a licensing program for software communications protocols it created as part of its landmark antitrust settlement with the U.S. government, the company said Wednesday.

Leading the trend to combine both IT and physical security the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) has rolled out a million-dollar smartcard solution to more than 2,000 employees.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. isn't the only major retailer to issue an RFID edict to its top suppliers.