Stories by Kimberly Chapman

Long Distance Companies Angry With CRTC

AT&T Canada Corp. and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. (Sprint Canada) have publicly stated their displeasure with a frozen surcharge on long distance minutes designed to fund local phone services.

Canadians are Patriotic E-shoppers

An online study released by Deloitte & Touche LLP together with the Angus Reid Group found that 70 percent of Canadian online purchasers prefer to purchase from Canadian sites.

Sun moving into Microsoft's arena

Sun Microsystems Inc. is attempting to provide its customers with increased interoperability with Microsoft products with several upcoming products.

SCO Forum: Technology Disrupts Old Order

Keynote speakers at SCO Forum '99 last month discussed the potential of new technologies such as the Internet, IP telephony and the open-source movement to bring industry giants to their knees while elevating new companies to leadership.

SCO Forum: Tarantella Delights Users, Partners

Santa Cruz Operation Inc.'s Tarantella application-brokering product appears to have many fans, judging by presentations made by Tarantella users last month during SCO Forum '99 in Santa Cruz, California.

The Storage Fingerprint: Complicated and Unique

From business-critical, decision-support information to endless amounts of possibly useful customer data, companies today are storing more information than many of them can handle. But data storage without a solid network architecture around it is increasingly like a filing cabinet that doesn't have any labels inside and is often stuck shut.

Go Ahead with Smart Cards Now, Say Experts

Smart-card technology is mature enough for implementation now regardless of incomplete standards, according to industry experts who spoke at the Cards Canada 99 show in Toronto in June.
"There are a sufficient number of standards in place to get started with smart cards, especially in Canada," said Philip Yen, senior vice-president for emerging technologies with Visa International, during a panel discussion called "Standards and Interoperability."
Yen said interoperability issues for credit/debit, electronic purses (e-purses), and travel and entertainment cards have all been defined and are independent of any operating system or platform running on the card. He said there are still some small standards to be worked out, but he added there always will be.

Security still needs improvement

Companies are concerned about their network security and have some measures in place, but still feel their security has to be improved, according to studies in Canada and the US.

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