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Loading ...Microsoft an open source company? Pul-leeze
I’m never sure whether to take seriously Microsoft’s efforts to ingratiate itself (if that’s what you want to call it) to the open source community. First it strikes patent-cross licensing deals with Linux distributors like Novell. Then it submits its own products for open source certification. What kind of Bizarro world are these people living in?
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(1 votes, average: 9 out of 10) Loading ...It pays to be green - or does it?
Green is in. Or is it?
Among Canadian enterprises – I think the answer would be “yes – absolutely.”
There’s undoubtedly a new awareness of the need for “environment-friendly technologies” among Canadian businesses, as compared to (say) a year ago.
Many more Canadian companies today are talking green, and many are even willing to walk the talk by investing in energy-saving technologies, for instance.
Recent studies suggest it’s pragmatism (the desire to save costs and boost long-term revenues), rather than altruism, that’s driving most corporate green IT initiatives.
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(1 votes, average: 10 out of 10) Loading ...Why wasn’t I invited to the SourceForge party?
I’ve been writing about open source for long enough (10 years next year) that you’d think the people at SourceForge would have put me on the guest list for the Community Choice Awards which were held last night in Freemont, California. These awards recognize projects with potential. Some of the winners’ names are priceless.
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(1 votes, average: 7 out of 10) Loading ...Streets — and data centres — of San Fran go dark
A power outage that hit San Francisco last night has also underscored the vulnerability of IT equipment associated with some of the world’s largest companies.
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(1 votes, average: 8 out of 10) Loading ...HP still has a lot of catching up to do
Even after spending more than US$1 billion on Opsware, HP is nowhere near the software provider IBM is. And that’s not likely to change soon. What may be more interesting is what kind of software provider HP becomes, and which kind provides more important to IT managers.
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(2 votes, average: 7.5 out of 10) Loading ...Glory days for IT sector in Canada, claims report
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A report published today is upbeat about the IT career market in Canada.
The demand for qualified IT professionals has reached a 26 year high in Canada, proclaims CNC Global’s quarterly report: “IT Staffing Requirements in the Canadian Market – Q2, 2007.”
Here are some sanguine statistics presented by the report:
- National demand for IT professionals has increased 17 per cent compared to the same period last year;
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(2 votes, average: 9 out of 10) Loading ...Blogged down – Why blogs aren’t yet a business buzzword
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“To blog or not to blog.”
That isn’t the question – to die-hard champions of corporate blogging it isn’t.
To them, the query would seem superfluous and silly, and the answer self-evident.
“Duh,” they would say. “Of course they should?”
If pressed further, they would recount for you all the business benefits offered by this Web 2.0 tool – from brand recognition and insight into stakeholder needs, interests and concerns, to market intelligence for better product development et al.
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(Rate This Article) Loading ...Cell phones? Not in my back yard
This past weekend my wife and I went up to her family cottage, and it was everything we hoped it would be: warm sunshine, plenty of swimming, good food on the barbeque and lots and lots of quiet. It made me instantly sympathetic to a group of Canadians who want to prevent Telus from putting up a cell phone tower near a rural valley in British Columbia.
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(1 votes, average: 10 out of 10) Loading ...A cleaner green message
News from across the pond that a UK environmental group has set up a forum to help IT folks navigate the morass of green-oriented messages coming from vendors is a truly positive step.
There’s no doubt that “green” is hot these days, partly because vendors have been chirping about how great they are at protecting the environment, often offering advice that conveniently fits into their corporate agendas.
As Trewin Restorick, chair of the newly minted Environmental IT Leadership Team asserts, the advice from the vendor community of matters green can be “sometimes confusing and contradictory.”
The group will look to make things easier for IT managers by publishing best practices for sustainable IT. Such a contribution to the green discussion is already overdue.
Hopefully a similar group can be established here in Canada in the near future — or perhaps there is one that hasn’t sent a release across my desk? If so let me know at genright@itworldcanada.com.
The clearer the air on this topic, the easier it will be for IT directors to make informed decisions.
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(1 votes, average: 9 out of 10) Loading ...Harry Potter, supply chain nightmare?
This may be one of the stories that got away: I have this hunch that the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is going to cause some major IT problems for the publishing and retail industry.
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