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(5/30/2007) Four months after its official, belated release, figuring out how Windows Vista is doing in the market involves as much decoding as a Dan Brown mystery. Microsoft Corp. may trumpet impressive stats, but it politely ducks and weaves when the professionally curious seek many of the details behind those numbers. Here's our attempt to unravel this puzzle shrink-wrapped in a mystery. | (5/30/2007) Four months after its official, belated release, figuring out how Windows Vista is doing in the market involves as much decoding as a Dan Brown mystery. Microsoft Corp. may trumpet impressive stats, but it politely ducks and weaves when the professionally curious seek many of the details behind those numbers. Here's our attempt to unravel this puzzle shrink-wrapped in a mystery. | (5/30/2007) Four months after its official, belated release, figuring out how Windows Vista is doing in the market involves as much decoding as a Dan Brown mystery. Microsoft Corp. may trumpet impressive stats, but it politely ducks and weaves when the professionally curious seek many of the details behind those numbers. Here's our attempt to unravel this puzzle shrink-wrapped in a mystery. | (5/24/2007) Government needs to reflect the changes in communications that have resulted from Web 2.0 technology and help facilitate two-way communication between citizens. This was the message Canadian Web and "unmarketing" guru Tara Hunt delivered at the Govis conference in Wellington, New Zealand, last week. | (5/24/2007) Saving cash on energy costs and appealing to consumers who want to use "green" products are causing a shift of focus for some vendors and IT departments. But opportunities to replace technologies with those that are more efficient typically are precipitated by events having little or nothing to do with environmental strategy, notes one observer. | (5/23/2007) Saving cash on energy costs and appealing to consumers who want to use "green" products are causing a shift of focus for some vendors and IT departments. But opportunities to replace technologies with those that are more efficient typically are precipitated by events having little or nothing to do with environmental strategy, notes one observer. | (5/22/2007) Tech industry insiders and analysts have expressed optimism over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plans to provide tax incentives and pour $9.2 billion into initiatives that bolster growth of Canada's IT sector. The new strategy will alter government's decades-long focus on traditional industries, such as automobiles and manufacturing, and train the spotlight on an emerging growth area, they say. | (5/18/2007) Toronto is among 16 cities around the world that may soon be monitoring their carbon emissions courtesy of Microsoft Corp. and the Clinton Foundation who are working together to develop free Web-based software and services. Yesterday's announcement came a day after former U.S. President Bill Clinton said his foundation would finance the renovation of buildings in the 16 cities to make them more environmentally friendly. | (5/16/2007) The typical response to trouble - the deer caught in the headlights - is exactly why organizations need a detailed incident response plan. Incident response goes beyond business continuity and disaster recover, outlining specific details to efectively respond to data security breaches and network crashes. Given their breadth and specificity, these documents are usually lengthy and in need of regular upkeep. Here are five points that all IT-specific plans should contain. | (5/15/2007) The latest research in Canada's information technology job market suggests demand for skilled IT professionals has reached an all-time high. A report released yesterday by CNC Global Ltd. claims some figures are higher than before the dot-com meltdown. But many companies are also struggling to fill IT positions because of shortages in the talent pool, the firm adds. |
  | |  | | Blog Spotlight: Sandford Borins |  | As Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, Sandford Borins brings InterGovWorld.com readers exclusive insights into how and why the public sector is changing. You'll find new perspectives and questions, observations and objectives, lessons and answers. Cover to Cover, the blog by Prof. Sandford Borins, appears every Thursday. Inside Cover to Cover | |
| | | Unified Communications |  | Unity is a word often heard in the public sector, with myriad agencies and departments looking to foster collective thinking around some of today's most pressing issues. The word, however, doesn't usually get mentioned in the same breath as technology. That's a situation, though, that might soon be changing, thanks to a new software platform known as unified communications.
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