A challenge to look beyond Microsoft Office
Plus, IBM’s Notes push and the blame Yahoo defence
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.
PDF the centerpiece of Corel’s WordPerfect X4
New functionalities designed to appeal to the office suite’s core users in the legal and government markets
Security and privacy need to come together
EDS advises bringing the privacy and security functions together
EDS sees BPO opportunity in the Canadian market
Company executives say business application design needs to change
SaaS vendor NetSuite launches two new e-commerce editions
A Montreal VAR says the added functionality will drive new channel opportunities
Using Microsoft Dynamics to keep on trucking
After two false-starts with other platforms, Peel Truck and Trailer turned to Microsoft partner EC Advance to integrate its IT processes
Making compliance work requires end-user buy-in
IT consultants imason shares its compliance best practices, and Microsoft explains how SharePoint can help
HP Canada brings Print 2.0 to the enterprise
Partner WBM Systems explains how it’s building a business around printing, not printers
Ex-Ingram boss named Synnex CEO
Kevin Murai will succeed founder Bob Huang in November
Dimension Data in the middle of Cisco & Microsoft
South African solution provider also sees trends around going green, wireless and mobility
NetSuite unveils one system for the world
With OneWorld the on-demand ERP and CRM vendor is targeting multinationals, and a Canadian partner is targeting new customers
Dimension Data eyes growth as the economy tightens
The South African solution provider is looking to add market-share, and isn’t ruling-out Canadian acquisitions
McAfee wants to take security to the data level
Security software vendor McAfee says data loss protection is a trend that will increasingly drive the IT security market going forward, and to address it vendors and partners will have to go deeper into the enterprise and address security at the data level.
Ricoh turns to Tech Data Canada
With its first Canadian distribution agreement, the digital imaging manufacturer hopes to better serve its dealer partners
Xwave is moving beyond fulfillment services
The solution provider’s newly re-branded Advanced Technology Services division will focus on adding value around virtualization, consolidation services