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Is your data centre ready for severe weather?

The Uptime Institute’s new 2018 report found that 71 per cent of data centres are not prepared for the increasing incidence of superstorms, flooding, lightning, drought and wildfires. Here’s why...

By Christine Wong / Expert Blogger 0

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Do we need a reality check on virtual reality?

AR/VR hasn’t yet lived up to the hype surrounding it, but immersive technologies haven’t faded away or disappeared. Instead, they’re finding use cases in business and industrial applications...

By Vawn Himmelsbach / Editor 0

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Banks take cue from consumer-facing platforms

Acquiring fintech firms wasn’t enough: banks now face competitive pressure from digital players such as Google, Amazon and Apple. Here’s how banks are taking a post-platform path and moving...

By Christine Wong / Expert Blogger 0

News / IT Management /

MEC and 5G: A marriage of connectivity and speed

Together, mobile edge computing and the fifth generation of mobile networks will make a powerful duo, providing real-time connectivity for emerging applications. But do you need to wait for 5G to get...

By Vawn Himmelsbach / Editor 0

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How to win at cloud security

If you’re trying to shift your existing technology to the cloud and patch it like a quilt, stop right there. Instead, follow these key takeaways from SecTor about managing security and compliance...

By Christine Wong / Expert Blogger 0

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Events: Top tech conferences to attend this fall

By The Editors

Take a cue from students heading back to school and take your IT skills to the...

August 30, 2018 / Read now

Canada can’t cope with IT skills shortage

By Christine Wong / Expert Blogger

There’s more need than ever to nurture homegrown tech talent as the skills crunch worsens, hi-tech employers have to import workers from overseas and their best talent heads to the U.S.

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News / IT Management /

Digital disconnect: Businesses still lack vision

By Patricia MacInnis / Expert Blogger

Most organizations expect disruptive technologies to play a pivotal role in their future success, yet almost half are without a digital strategy and unclear as to who should lead it.

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News / Security /

Black Hat reveals network security threats

By Stefan Dubowski / Expert Blogger

Software-defined networking, voice-over-IP and enterprise mobile security systems come in for a beating during the annual gathering of IT security experts.

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News / Unified Communications /

Why email refuses to die

By Danny Bradbury / Expert Blogger

Email is inherently inefficient and insecure; there are better, more focused ways for teams to communicate. So why are so many organizations afraid to move away from email?

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News / Security /

Canucks play fast and loose with ransomware

By Christine Wong / Expert Blogger

Half of Canadian companies feel confident in their ability to protect against ransomware, according to a new survey. Yet more than a third of those surveyed were hit with ransomware in the past year, and attacks are much higher here than in the U.S....

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