Project Management

Many IT managers are becoming increasingly agitated by the ballooning costs of maintaining packaged business applications and the relentless efforts of software vendors to...

Codian Ltd., a U.K. startup, is joining the videoconferencing network fray with a multipoint control unit for letting users connect multiple H.323-based audio and video endpoints in one call. The product is scheduled to make its public debut next week at the Video Conference Summit in New York.

The Australian IT industry needs to stop digging its own grave and take a good hard look at itself to figure out what it wants

Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to offer subscription pricing for more of its products as part of an effort to ensure a steadier flow of revenue into the company, Sun executives said this week.

Imaging technology company Barco on Wednesday announced the opening of its Canadian subsidiary in Mississauga, Ont. and a number of customer deals, including one with property management firm Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd. While the firm's technology is not normally associated with the IT department, the company said it sees that changing.

Last year we looked at NetSupport TCO from NetSupport Solutions Inc., which offered basic inventory capabilities and remote control. Since then, the company has launched an enterprise-level successor, NetSupport DNA, which adds application and Internet metering, software distribution and remote control. We recently tested this version, and while it still has a few warts, it does a great job of making a system administrator's job easier.

Dr. Doron Cohen is sure he will never be a CIO again.

Although relatively new, IT operational risk management will assist IT decision makers to deliver better and more consistent service for the business, according to Jim Hurley, vice-president and managing director, Information Security, at Aberdeen Group.