Managed Services & Outsourcing

During her career in the federal government, Rita Moritz has gone from witnessing advancements in the way information was managed to becoming a leader in the information management revolution.

The business of government is achieved most frequently as a result of incremental administrative steps, rather than sweeping legislative changes. For many years, the Government of Canada (GOC) has avoided direct constitutional confrontations with its provincial counterparts by entering into bilateral administrative agreements.

In an effort to ensure that software providers and developers create interoperable Web services, the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced last month the availability of Basic Profile 1.0.

Isabelle Valois and her team at ING Canada know the company is going to continue growing. So much so that over the next two years, her team will likely have to install close to 60 new servers.

Dell Inc. on Monday announced it is aiming to make life easier for administrators managing large networks of its LAN gear.

With the first update to its Web design and development tools, Macromedia Inc. delved deeper into its MX line on Monday, announcing new versions of Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks all packaged into Studio MX 2004.

Most companies are late into the budgeting cycle with about 90 percent of the budget allocated and locked in. But there is still that remaining 10 percent, and many companies are in, let's say, the mid-to-late point in that decision-making cycle.

Riding a tide of desktop domination, Microsoft Corp.'s latest foray into presence is expected to kick-start corporate adoption of IM. Lateness to market, however, has analysts skeptical as to how the offering will compete against those of longtime collaboration players such as IBM Corp.