Project Management

After months of delay, Novell Inc. expects to release a final version of its Mono software development platform by the end of next month, the company said, after releasing the first public beta of the Mono 1.0 software on a Web site earlier this week.

Governments around the world are rapidly adopting Linux and other open source software, according to analysts. Canada is no stranger to open source either - but some industry watchers have noted that not every jurisdiction has the same reason for using code that can be freely shared.

The changes in public sector contracting that are taking place now are not simply a result of the recent onslaught of negative media attention. The reaction from taxpayers to the scandals has prompted the public sector in all jurisdictions to take a serious look at their procurement practices.

Over the last seven years, a number of U.S. federal agencies and departments have been implementing a new standardized approach to outsourcing information technology. And now, over the course of the next year, the Government of Canada is considering a similar approach.

Security experts are continuing to issue warnings about the Sasser Internet worm as organizations struggled to clean up the damage caused by infected hosts.

For organizations with several different operating units, there is great advantage in being able to provide customers a single uniform window into the business. With the building of a world-class business intelligence tool, Rogers Communications Inc. is not only moving towards making itself 'transparent' to its customers, it is also honing its marketing capabilities to a fine edge.

What wasn't hype was that the System/360 would change IT forever. And you're still living with those changes today. For good and for ill. Whether you're a mainframer or not.

At about the same time airline company Jetsgo Inc. looked for ways to cut costs internally so it could lower ticket prices, its executives first turned to voice recognition technology.