Strange days indeed: Canadian IT managers feel that getting a divorce or losing their job is less stressful than looking after company data. A new report from Websense reveals substantial surprises on perceived security practices, including overconfidence in dealing with today’s threats.
At its partner event in Boca Raton, Florida, RSA has announced enhancements to its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Suite, as well as an expansion of its partner program.
In its 2011 Security Journal, McAfee has examined the future of information security as it pertains to interconnected technologies, recent acts of cyberespionage, the rise in hacktivism, and increasingly sophisticated malware such as Stuxnet and Duqu.
Bell Mobility has selected the Cisco ASR 5000 Series Mobile multimedia core platform to deliver 4G and Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile services in its next-generation wireless network. Cisco also announced the general availability of the newest version of Cisco HealthPresence.
Security firm McAfee has released its list of the “12 Scams of Christmas” to raise awareness and warn consumers of online scams designed to steal their money, personal information, or identities.
A new report says that 35% of operators are implementing value-based charging strategies, and that 86.5% of operators have walked away from 'true unlimited' data.
Ottawa-headquartered telecom network equipment maker DragonWave is purchasing Nokia Siemens Networks’ (NSN) microwave technology business – more than doubling DragonWave’s staff and boosting its sales by over 400%.
The Laboratory of Cryptography and Systems Security (Crysys) at Budapest University has reported that the Duqu computer infection was spread with the help of an infected Microsoft Word document. As well, new information has emerged on the massive cyber attack on RSA's SecurID tags , and Norton has announced a new tablet security product.
According to an international study published by Cisco Systems, for young professionals and college students workplace access to social media, mobile devices, and the Internet is strong enough to influence their future job choice, sometimes more than salary does.
Symantec Corp has released the findings of its 2011 Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Survey, which found a drop in awareness and engagement on a global basis as measured by the CIP Participation Index.
According to ABI Research, container security and tracking revenues will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27% from $212 million in 2011 to $690 million in 2016.
Research coming out of Syracuse University and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation has determined that Rogers Communications is not only the biggest culprit in Canada when it comes to traffic throttling – it’s the worst in the world.
Android has overtaken Apple’s iOS to become the market share leader in mobile application downloads. In Q2 2011 the market shares of Android and iOS were 44% and 31%, respectively.
Worldwide enterprise IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2012, a 3.9% increase from 2011 spending of $2.6 trillion, according to research-firm Gartner.
Cisco Systems has introduced additions to its data centre networking portfolio that deliver unmatched architectural flexibility and scale for physical, virtual or cloud computing environments.
Montreal-headquartered CGI Group, a provider of information technology and business process services, has announced the opening of a new Canadian Defence, Public Safety and Intelligence business unit based in Ottawa.
Much like HP’s TouchPad, prices for Research In Motion’s (RIM’s) BlackBerry PlayBook tablet are being heavily discounted in the face of lacklustre sales.
As Research In Motion (RIM) continues to struggle, with its market value plummeting after disappointing Q2 results, there is no shortage of advice on how to turn the company around.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued new guidelines on how it will deal with complaints about Internet service providers (ISPs) slowing down certain types of traffic.
After announcing that only 200,000 PlayBook tablets were sold into sales channels last quarter, Research In Motion (RIM) is now reportedly slowing production.
Cisco is now collaborating with Microsoft to deliver data centre virtualization solutions for Microsoft Windows Server "8" virtual environments. Previously, all of Cisco’s virtualization software worked exclusively on VMware’s vSphere hypervisor.
The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has launched a technology that allows BMO personal credit card customers to make purchases through a sticker affixed to their mobile phone.
The Canadian Press has reported that the Federal Government plans to reintroduce Bill C-32 in "exactly the same form" as the previous legislation, which expired on the order paper when the election was called earlier this year.
The latest preliminary forecast by research-firm Gartner indicate that worldwide PC unit growth is on pace to total 364 million units in 2011, a 3.8% increase from 2010.
Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Huawei, Solana Networks and Spirent Communications have completed the industry's first large-scale, multi-vendor interoperability test leveraging IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) technology.
