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Jun 12, 2012

IT World: Savvis opens doors to Canada-based public cloud

(June 12, 2012) Following calls for a public cloud hosted on this side of border, Savvis Inc. on Tuesday announced the availability of its Symphony VPDC (virtual private data centre) in Canada. Symphony is part of a class of public clouds that provide additional layers of data security. They a...

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Jun 04, 2012

Network Computing: BYOD Security a Concern as Enterprises Welcome Mobile Devices

(June 4, 2012) First, it was the veritable explosion in mobile computing. That led, rather naturally, to the proliferation of BYOD policies. So it probably doesn't come as a shock that mobile networks are now subject to the same cybersecurity risks as traditional wired networks. What may come ...

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May 25, 2012

TechTarget: Box gives IT admins enterprise mobile management features

(25-May-2012) Document file sharing and storage are still Box’s raison d'être, but the company has rolled out new management features specifically for IT admins that may push Box ahead of the pack of vendors vying to be the enterprise alternative to Dropbox. Box released new enterprise-friendl...

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May 16, 2012

The Globe and Mail: Never deleting anything doesn't mean it's protected

(16-May-2012) In this electronic world, keeping documents and records should be simple. It’s all there on our computers, easily searched and retrieved. But proper record-keeping isn’t always easy. Compatibility issues mean electronic documents aren’t necessarily there when you want them. Lost ...

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thumbnail for Ed Tech Magazine: Improving the Virtual Desktop Experience with Zero Clients
May 16, 2012

Ed Tech Magazine: Improving the Virtual Desktop Experience with Zero Clients

(May 16/2012) The popularity of virtual desktops has been slowly rising over the past few years. IT departments are interested in centralized desktop management, but they are leery of issues such as application performance degradation or incompatibilities and less-than-rich computing experiences....

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thumbnail for IT Business: Data Encryption Seldom Used by Canadian Businesses
May 13, 2012

IT Business: Data Encryption Seldom Used by Canadian Businesses

(13-May-2012) Nearly half of Canadian businesses that handle customers' personal information in digital form fail to use appropriate tools and practices to protect sensitive data, according to a survey commissioned by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. In a poll that covered 1,...

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thumbnail for Federal Computer Week: Agencies seek to secure mobile access to government network resources
May 06, 2012

Federal Computer Week: Agencies seek to secure mobile access to government network resources

(6-May-2012) In one corner are government executives who want more flexible, mobile computing options that allow access to the data and applications needed to perform their jobs and deliver government services. In the other corner are government IT administrators, who are focused on meeting mi...

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Apr 25, 2012

CBC News: Number of web-connected objects growing fast

(25-April-2012) Smart vehicles, home security systems and web-connected appliances are becoming part of what's known as the "Internet of Things," a growing network of objects creating and exchanging data without people directly involved. Things are getting a "voice," said Ric Asselstine, CEO o...

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thumbnail for The Register: How far can you shift the shape of cloud software?
Apr 16, 2012

The Register: How far can you shift the shape of cloud software?

(16-April-2012) Deep in the bowels of the EU academics, businesspeople and bureaucrats are putting the finishing touches to a set of specifications that could change the way we handle software as a service (SaaS). The €1.08m CAST project, funded by an EC program called Eurostars, was created t...

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