Cybernomics

When Microsoft Corp. took the wraps off Windows 95, the software titan secured the rights to the Rolling Stones’ trademark anthem Start Me Up to use in commercials designed to introduce the globe to the latest version of its flagship…

At the Windows 7 launch event in Toronto this morning Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acknowledged the availability of Windows 7 is significant, at least in part because Vista was not warmly received.

Ballmer used choice words to describe the market’s lukewarm…

The plantyourtree.ca Easy Green program is a simple to use, cost effective tool you can use to clearly demonstrate your companies commitment to environmental conservation, sustainable business practices and community building.

The Easy Green Program is exactly that – Easy and…

According to London, Ont.-based consultancy Info-Tech, you never want to have more than five cooks in the kitchen when it comes to selecting a vendor for a pre-packaged app or hammering out a requirements list for a custom project

When buying…

Today there’s a great big hole in the Canadian economy where Nortel Networks used to be. It’s just a damn great pit in the permafrost lying there waiting for a moose or two to trip into it as the last…

How Much Should Your Enterprise Have?

People in general may have an innate fear of the dark, but for IT managers, this impulse can reach sheer frenzy in a matter of minutes. Very few enterprises are comfortable with the idea of…

User-Friendly Applications Can Improve Employee Productivity & Reduce Training

Wouldn’t it be nice if software were intuitive and worked the way you expected? If it adapted to your workflow, rather than forcing you to learn its idiosyncrasies and adapt to its…

The most significant announcement coming out of the Adobe MAX conference this week is their push into the smart phone space.  Adobe’s new Flash Player 10.1 runs Flash video, animation and applications on smart phones with similar quality to…

Marketing green products and services can seem like a simple quick-fix way to reach new customers and grow your business.

However many businesses damage their brands instead of building them when their marketing strategies aren’t positioned properly.

A lot of money can…

I was at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting last week and as I reflected on my time there, two experiences stand out. One is the power of the event itself. CGI brings together people from corporate life, from government, from…