Canada unveils latest lawful Internet access law

The Canadian government has introduced its long-awaited legislation giving police new powers to get Internet and wireless subscriber information without a warrant and requiring telecommunications providers to have equipment for intercepting communications.

By Howard Solomon | 15 February, 2012 10:55

Tags: government, internet, legislation, privacy, security

'Big' WLAN announcement coming soon, says HP exec

Hewlett-Packard Co. will shortly make a significant move around its wireless LAN products, an executive has promised Canadians reporters.

By Howard Solomon | 15 January, 2011 10:15

Tags: hewlett-packard, networking, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi

Polycom lures CTO from Cisco in exec shakeup

Five months after taking control of unified communications equipment maker Polycom Inc., CEO and president Andy Miller has overhauled the company's executive.

By Howard Solomon | 21 September, 2010 08:39

Tags: business issues, Cisco Systems, personnel, polycom

Mitel Networks CEO to leave post

After just over nine years at the helm of Mitel Networks Inc., Don Smith is leaving as chief executive officer of the unified communications applications developer to sit on the board directors.

By Howard Solomon | 04 September, 2010 07:26

Tags: business issues, Mitel Networks, personnel

Unified communications war will heat up in 2009

The unified communications war between Microsoft and IBM has so far been pretty one-sided, with the giant from Redmond having the publicity edge over Big Blue.

Another way of monitoring

Running a network without monitoring it is like playing with fire: Sooner or later you're bound to get burned.

Cautious about 802.11n

It's no secret that enterprises are wild about mobility - just check soaring sales of smartphones and laptops.

The knock on NAC

Three years ago, network access control was the big buzzword in security.

Racing towards 10Gigabit Ethernet

A university data centre may not seem the place to adopt leading edge technology, given that publicly-funded institutes are chronically short of money.

IP video surveillance from March Networks, Cisco

As video surveillance turns increasingly to IP-based systems, more companies are announcing new products to deal with the technology.