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Held for Ransom
Within the past month, several high-profile attacks have brought an increasingly popular form of malware into the public eye. It’s known as ransomware, and...
Mobility Phase III – a new take on business productivity
In today’s work world, productivity is measured by outcome rather than time, and performance, not presence, serves as the better gauge of employee value....
HPE persists with Persistent Memory
Computer memory, aka RAM (random access memory), comes with pluses and minuses. It's fast, and because it's snuggled up to the CPU, there's not...
The ugly truth about ransomware
Recent media coverage of hospitals attacked by ransomware in Ottawa and Norfolk County has alerted everyone to the inherent dangers – and complexity –...
Microsoft brings Canadian Azure to early adopters
A (r) evolutionary conjuncture of factors has culminated in Canadian-based, Microsoft cloud resource lift-off. First announced last June, Canadian cloud capability has finally come...
Blockchain to unleash the Internet of Value
Chris Skinner built a successful career around work with technology companies that serve the financial services community. Fourteen years ago, he went rogue and...
They’re doing what?? Microsoft open play
Microsoft has been startling people right and left this month, and Microsoft watchers are having a lot of fun. Or not, depending on their...
CL and SAP partnering to drive new analytics opportunity
If the reasons to partner are legion, they generally coalesce around the desire to fill a gap – the opportunity to learn and adopt...
The curious case of women in ICT
This article first appeared in the January issue of Connections+ magazine, a trade publication devoted to helping ICT professionals understand trends shaping the cabling,...
Stop helping me!
When Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be a free upgrade to systems running Windows 7 and higher, individuals and companies alike smiled, albeit...
Canadian Web Hosting brings first VSAN private cloud to Canada
Canadian Web Hosting (CWH) recently claimed the distinction of the being the country’s first private cloud hosting platform to use VMware’s VSAN (Virtual SAN)...
Vitamin Y: IBM Bell partner to push hybrid platforms
Context: IBM and Bell recently announced their partnership to provide business customers across Canada with access to specialized cloud services via Bell’s Business Cloud....
SEPs spar with innovation in an evolving IoT ecosystem
“IoT as an ecosystem play” is a familiar catchphrase in the emerging Internet of Things space which has much merit. IoT deployments are typically...
The slow death of Flash
For as long as most of us can remember, Adobe Flash has been generating ads and videos on websites and mobile devices. There are...
Cisco banking on women entrepreneurs
Creative urge, combined with frustration over the glass ceiling in many traditional businesses, has led many women to consider an alternate work path. Female...
