Federal Treasury Board bringing new CTO onboard
The government department is planning to appoint Benoit Long, the acting vice-president and CIO at The Credit Valley Hospital and Trillium Health Centre, to the CTO post this spring
Channel opportunities heat up in the desktop virtualization space
With desktop virtualization becoming more mainstream, there are plenty of vendors now competing for business in this space
Novell’s Zenworks powers admin staff at Olympic HQ
The Vancouver convention centre, which is currently hosting thousands of Olympic reporters from around the world, is using Novell’s Zenworks Configuration Management on its administration network
IBM’s Power7 is less about chip, more about system
While Intel was launching its Itanium chip, IBM was making server processor news of its own, unveiling the new Power7 microprocessor
Intel boosts vPro’s security features
The company’s upgraded vPro processor family will bring IT admins enhanced mobile security and anti-theft tools
Recent cabinet shake-up could be good sign for SME channel
Despite Parliament’s recent shutdown, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made changes to his cabinet in a move that signals Ottawa’s strong intentions to start cutting costs
PwC Canada deal brings MTS Allstream back to basics
The deal will send a couple hundred employees, a handful of client contracts, and a non-telecom IT consulting business to PwC Canada
Taking desktop virtualization into the mainstream
Solution provider Soroc Technology believes 2010 could be the year for desktop virtualization
IT can improve health care and streamline health processes
Decision makers need to think about how digital data can help improve processes, Microsoft executive says
Secret ACTA deal to change IT forever
A secret international copyright treaty will impact IT managers just as much as the music and movie industry
IBM just getting started with analytics spending spree
It’s a safe bet to say Big Blue isn’t done spending big dollars on business analytics companies
The woman behind Canada’s national IT strategy
Corinne Charette about her initial priorities as Canada’s CIO, including everything from service delivery to social networking
Update: Dell makes IT services push with US $3.9 billion Perot deal
Plus, what the deal means for Dell’s push to win more IT services contracts in Canada’s government and health-care industries
Alleged IT bid rigger raises conflict of interest complaint
As last February’s Ottawa area bid-rigging scandal works its way through the courts, one of the accused companies says the Crown prosecutor in charge of the case is in a conflict of interest
The new app store kid on the block: Google Android
We dig deep through thousands of Google Android Market apps to find out what’s a time-saver, what’s a time-waster, and what’s just a waste of time