Latest News from SYS-CON CANADA

RBC To Acquire Blueray Asset Management

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:15:00 EDT

TORONTO AND LONDON, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and BlueBay Asset Management plc (BBAY on LSE) today announced that their respective boards have reached an agreement on terms for a recommended acquisition of BlueBay by RBC.

So Cloud Linux is Partnering with Canadian Web Hosting, Eh?

Wed, 12 May 2010 04:20:00 EDT

Since 1998 Canadian Web Hosting has provided leading edge hosting solutions including secure and reliable web hosting, dedicated servers, virtual private servers and enhanced mail services. Their expertise and commitment to delivering unmatched service and support is further enhanced by its new partnership with CloudLinux. Providing capabilities for increased control and stability, CloudLinux's LVE technology limits the amount of resources (CPU, I/O, memory) available to a group of processes. This innovation gives technical engineers command line control to manage the CPU and IO and ensure that each account on a shared server is allocated enough resources to run efficiently without jeopardizing the other tenants on that server.

Holy Week: No Crucifixions, Please, We're Filipinos

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:51:00 EDT

Holy Week dawned with the usual summertime heat here in Pampanga, Philippines. Roosters crowed, dogs barked, and the sun came up as usual in the general direction of the volcanic Mt. Arayat to our east. We set off at 7am for the Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Balibago, Angeles City. One trike ride and three jeeps later, we arrived shortly after eight. As with most mid-size Catholic churches here, it's a white, Spanish-style building. It holds a couple thousand worshipers.

SOA World Magazine 6th Annual "Readers' Choice Awards" Nominations Open

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:00:00 EST

SOA World Magazine announced today that nominations are now open for the SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, which recognize excellence in the software, solutions, or services provided by the industry's top vendors. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the 'Oscars of the Software Industry,' has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade.

Yahoo Stockholders Don’t Like Jerry Yang THAT Much

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:59:00 EDT

Turns out the vote that overwhelmingly returned Yahoo’s board to office last Friday by a surprise three-to-one margin was seriously miscounted. The official tabulation claimed that CEO Jerry Yang got 85.4% of the vote (14.6% withheld) and Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock got 79.5% (20.5% withheld).

Dell’s Cloud Trademark Stymied

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:57:00 EDT

A person or persons unknown has upset Dell’s plans to trademark the nebulous buzzword “Cloud Computing.” On Tuesday the US Patent and Trademark Office suddenly yanked the so-called “notice of allowance” that gave Dell the mark but didn’t register it.

Oracle Named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:50:00 EDT

Oracle's business is information-how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. An enterprise software company, Oracle is a vendor that offers solutions for every tier of your business-database, middleware, business intelligence, business applications, and collaboration. With Oracle, you get information that helps you measure results, improve business processes, and communicate a single truth to your constituents.

Remote Dynamics Signs Additional Resellers to Expand Sale of Mobile Resource Management Solutions

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:00:00 EDT

Remote Dynamics, Inc., a provider of mobile resource management solutions for commercial fleets, announced that four additional technology companies have joined the company?s REDIpartner reseller program to extend REDIview sales within mobile resource management solutions throughout North America. New REDIpartner resellers include Shadow International (Ontario, CAN); Absolute Wireless, Inc. (Hayward, California, USA); Special Circuits, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia, USA); and Smith Enterprises (Huntsville, Alabama, USA).

MSI Systems Integrators Receives Rising Star Award From Microsoft

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:45:00 EDT

MSI Systems Integrators (MSI) today announced it received the Value Added Reseller (VAR) Channel Rising Star Award as a Microsoft U.S. Certified Partner, at the Microsoft Channel Partner Summit in San Diego, CA.

TiVo to Present at the William Blair Conference

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:45:00 EDT

TiVo Inc. announced today that the Company will be presenting at the William Blair and Company's 25th Annual Growth Stock Conference in Chicago on Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Pentaho BI Project Aims to Aid Java Developers and Others

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:30:00 EDT

A new business intelligence project, just announced, aims to provide enterprise-class reporting, analysis, information delivery, data mining and workflow capabilities geared at helping mid- to large size organizations operate more efficiently and effectively. It's called The Pentaho BI Project.

Networked Storage: Coraid Introduces Four Disk SATA EtherDrive

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:30:00 EDT

Coraid, developer the open ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE) protocol which is used by its EtherDrive storage products, announced today that its SATA line features a 1U, four disk storage appliance to complement its existing 3U shelf for SATA disks.

Report Highlights Malware and Hacking Tools

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:15:00 EDT

A report by Panda looks at three examples of malware, the Trojan Downloader.DCM, the backdoor Trojan Dumador.BC, and the hacking tool Looxee. The report also includes six new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, classified as 'critical.'

Verizon's MCI Acquisition Challenged

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 04:00:00 EDT

Deephaven Capital Management, a 5-percent stakeholder in MCI, is urging other stockholders to vote against MCI's acquisition by Verizon. Deephaven believes that MCI shareholders can receive a better offer.

Intrinsyc Announces J-Integra Espresso

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:00:00 EDT

Intrinsyc's J-Integra Espresso product is aimed at software architects and developers, whether End-Users, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) or System Integrators, with a need for a bi-directional, high-performance, secure and scalable interoperability bridge between Java, CORBA and Microsoft .NET.

DragonWave and Covaro Develop End-to-End Ethernet

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:00:00 EDT

Covaro will expand the reach of its Etherjack portfolio, using DragonWave?s AirPair to offer native Ethernet services remotely at capacities up to 200 Mbps full duplex. DragonWave's AirPair product designed for carrier-class customers, to deliver 99.999% availability and 50ms switching time.

Tira and M7 Enable Porting to Mobile Communities

Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:00:00 EDT

Under the terms of a new agreement, Tira Wireless will integrate M7 Networks' community APIs into the Tira Jump Product Suite. This will enable automatic integration of M7 functionality during porting with Tira Jump.

City of Victoria Goes with Cirond

Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:00:00 EDT

The City of Victoria has purchased Cirond's AirSafe Enterprise network security solution for securing its laptop computers against the network security threats caused by wireless network equipment (including the 'WiPhishing' and 'Evil Twin' vulnerabilities).