Lenovo buying IBM’s x86 server business for US$2.3 billion
Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business in 2005 and it’s now stepping in to pick up another market…
A veteran technology and business journalist, Jeff Jedras began his career in technology journalism in the late 1990s, covering the booming (and later busting) Ottawa technology sector for Silicon Valley North and the Ottawa Business Journal, as well as everything from municipal politics to real estate.He later covered the technology scene in Vancouver before joining IT World Canada in Toronto in 2005, covering enterprise IT for ComputerWorld Canada. He would go on to cover the channel as an assistant editor with CDN.His writing has appeared in the Vancouver Sun, the Ottawa Citizen and a wide range of industry trade publications.
Software-defined storage for the SMB
Hewlett-Packard Co. aims to help small and medium-sized businesses enable improved application performance at a lower cost…
Improving security in the data centre
Networking security equipment vendor Check Point Software Technologies has launched a new security offering designed to meet…
BlackBerry puts its Ontario real estate on the block
If you’re in the market for commercial real estate, particularly in the Waterloo, Ont. region, you may…
Positives will outweigh negatives for IT in 2014: CompTIA
It won’t be the best of times, but it won’t be the worst of times either. According…
Barracuda Networks founder’s video security startup needs channel
A new start-up in the on-demand security and operations video management has an eagle-eye out for channel…
Canadians see tech as a salve for the winter blues
According to a survey by Toshiba of Canada, technology is the crutch many Canadians lean on as…
HP puts Win7 on select consumer SKUs, but not in Canada
Windows 7 is making a comeback in Hewlett-Packard Co.’s online store, but apparently not in Canada. A…
IT spending by Canadian banks topped $13B in 2013
When it comes to information technology, Canada’s financial institutions are big spenders. According to a report from…
SanDisk’s flash commercial solutions get distribution with Avnet
Flash storage vendor SanDisk Corp. will get wider distribution of its commercial product line in Canada and…
New IBM enterprise X-Architecture focused on analytics, cloud
IBM Corp. has launched the sixth generation of its enterprise X-Architecture for System x and PureSystems servers,…
B2B buyers will pay more for better customer experience: report
A new survey by technology solutions and managed services provider Avanade on the changing sales process and…
Shortage of IT security pros putting networks at risk: Cisco
Networking vendor Cisco Systems is warning in its Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report that a worldwide shortage of…
BlackBerry sells BES10 and 1000 smartphones to German company
Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry has found another European customer for its enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution…
Citrix wants partners to move from a tactical to a strategic focus
Partners of Citrix Systems left the vendor’s annual Summit partner conference in Orlando this week with new…