Ottawa Police Service CIO offers a post-mortem on Web site-crippling DDoS attack
“We’ll start by taking OttawaPolice.ca offline, just to annoy them,” the hacker group Aerith posted on Twitter…
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Why CIOs should adopt the ‘BlackBerry Classic’ strategy
John Chen is not a CIO, but when he took over BlackBerry he faced a situation that…
How Howard Solomon changed the Canadian IT industry
Most of the thousands of Canadian IT people who have been reading and enjoying Howard Solomon’s stories…
The sweet smell of skunkworks projects
Not enough channel partners are aware of these activities, probably because they don’t ask
Dell sees strong channel role in enterprise hardware strategy
The company launches its PowerEdge Server 12G along with new EqualLogic storage arrays, while partners Microsoft and SAP discuss the art of selling cloud computing and big data products
STATE OF THE CHANNEL: Behind the numbers
A detailed look at where the Canadian channel is and where it needs to go
Canadian firms hiring more IT staff, but career progression a challenge
Hays Canada breaks out numbers from its fifth annual Compensation, Benefits, Recruitment and Retention Guide and shows good news for the tech sector. But also a few challenges
Chinese company acquires Ottawa-based networking vendor
March Networks acquired by China’s Infinova for $90M
Big data and the channel: go big or go home
Big data? Big deal. Actually, let me rephrase that. Big data? Big deals, plural. Possibly very big deals
Jobs’ comeback is the stuff of legends
Remembering Apple’s struggles is as important as its accomplishments
VARs vs. the app stores
Why channel partners need to prove they offer more than an app store
Microsoft and Apple: For VARs, the lines are blurring
Being a solution provider these days means being ready to handle the unusual problems
The Gretzky approach to risk management
Risk management doesn’t necessarily mean the complete elimination of all risk
We came. We met. We forgot to include the channel
Toronto-area resellers should think deeply about their role in growing and supporting the local high-tech economy
Selling security without playing the fear card
Users may not always punish companies for security lapses, but that doesn’t mean IT can afford to let security slide