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Even in tough times, the companies on the Branham300 list set a new revenue record. The Canadian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry’s elite continued to push forward in 2008, capping off another year of combined growth....
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“It’s not all doom and gloom” proclaimed the cover of our last issue (February/March). That was our annual focus on predictions and the cover was a fair reflection of the nine experts interviewed for that story. In the last two months, however,...
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A new report from Panda Security has discovered that at least 50 Digg profiles are being used to distribute malware. Visitors to the site are enticed by postings including “Jessica Simpson Hotel Sex Tape,” “Megan Fox naked NEW SEX TAPE” and...
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As a society we don’t have a great deal of free time, but when we do manage to grab some downtime we spend about 30 per cent of it online, according to a TNS Global study.
Online activities include:
> using search engines to find...
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Customer satisfaction with the e-commerce sector has dipped for the first time in three years, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The decline was largely driven by the bitter taste the current financial fallout has left in...
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A full one-third of U.S. households will be fully integrated digital homes by 2011, according to research firm Accenture. This means, according to Montreal-based digital home-services provider Radialpoint, that the demand for integrated services in...
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Koodo Mobile doesn’t take itself too seriously—just look at the ’70s-era moustaches and spandex sported by the actors in its ads. But apparently the company is serious enough about customer service.
Koodo landed the top spot in the...
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The University of Saskatchewan and IBM are collaborating on an initiative to build coal-fired electricity plants that emit less carbon dioxide. The work employs high-performance computer chips and will also help determine how plants can be...
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There’s a profound shift occurring in TV viewing, and the advertising industry will never be the same. In 2008, sales of high-definition TVs surpassed sales of standard-definition units for the first time, according to research firm iSuppli, and...
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Stephen Harper’s January budget may have been born out of political necessity, but from that tumult came at least one business initiative of great value: a temporary measure that allows business taxpayers to fully write off computer investments. The...
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Bell defines identity and access management (IAM) as the set of business processes, including people, policies and technology, used for the creation and use of digital identities for the full user lifecycle. IAM is not a monolithic solution, explains...
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The military has been using games to train soldiers for years. Personnel unable to be in a combat situation have instead fought through highly realistic 3D computer environments. If the military can, at least in part, use virtual worlds to prepare...
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Consider clouds, just for a moment. They are light and intangible. They can come out of nowhere, and can bend and morph their shape in the blink of an eye. A lot of what makes up the description of a traditional cloud also applies to cloud computing....
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Telecommunications firms have moved from 2G to 3G. Windows moved beyond version 3.0 years ago. And yet, if the marketing community is to be believed, the Web is still stuck at version 2.0. Web 3.0 is being floated as a concept, but does anyone know...
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We send e-mail, surf the Web and carry multi-feature cellphones, but most of us still trudge down to the bank every quarter or so to make the investments required to qualify for a decent tax refund. But every day more people are seizing control of...
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Over the past few decades the economy has shifted from one driven by bricks and mortar to one of bits and bytes. And the best way of defining and protecting a knowledge-based economy is through intellectual property (IP). “There has been a...
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There is no doubt that Canadians are online. In fact, 80 per cent of all Canadians use the Internet regularly and 18 to 34 year-olds spend close to 20 hours per week online. Naturally, where potential customers can be found, businesses follow, but...
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