(Vancouver's) Uniserve Now Accepting Users for Its Free Uniserve Cloud Beta Offering

September 01, 2011 14:20 ET

Uniserve Now Accepting Users for Its Free Uniserve Cloud Beta Offering

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Uniserve Communications Corp. (TSX VENTURE:USS) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting users for its Free Uniserve Cloud Beta offering. Targeted at anyone who runs a computer for a server, the Uniserve Cloud Beta will give users two free months of access to one of the top public cloud platforms in Canada; the Uniserve Cloud, powered by Joyent Software. "Whether you're a web app developer or a Python or Ruby coder, our 1 GB SmartMachine is ideal for anyone looking for an application platform," said Bruce Sanderson, Uniserve President.

"By leveraging Joyent's six plus years in the Cloud computing space we're able to deliver an easy to use, fast, and reliable Cloud solution that is hosted in Canada. A highly optimized, virtual compute container with guaranteed resources, our SmartMachines allow users to experience burstability, elasticity, and speed not normally found from other providers," Sanderson said.

Uniserve hopes to spread the word about their new Cloud offering with their Free Beta trial, "we're very excited by our Cloud product. We know we are using the best Cloud platform in Canada which is why we are looking for users who want to take the Uniserve Cloud for a free test drive. We know once you do, you'll be hooked," said Sanderson. Uniserve's Free Beta offer will run until November, but could go longer depending on demand. To learn more or to apply for the Free Uniserve Cloud Beta, you can visit www.uniservecloud.com.

Uniserve Communications (TSX VENTURE:USS) is an industry leader in the integration and delivery of voice and data services over multiple IP networks directly or through wholesale partnerships to businesses and retail consumers throughout Canada. Learn more at www.uniserve.com or at www.sedar.com.

This news release was prepared on behalf of the Board of Directors which accepts full responsibility for its contents.

Bruce Sanderson, Uniserve Communications Corporation, President

The statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements. Such statements are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections using available information. Uniserve cautions that actual financial results could differ materially from the current expectations due to a number of factors.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this News Release. This release has been prepared by management and no regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

Contact Information

  • Uniserve Communications Corp.
    Bruce Sanderson
    President
    604.395.3929

NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk Now Supports Small Business Owners


NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk Now Supports Small Business Owners

 

On-demand, 24x7 technology support from a trusted source now tailored for small businesses and home offices with up to 10 PCs

 

TORONTO, ON. – Aug. 31, 2011 – Norton by Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced a Small Business Plan for NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk – a professional  IT help desk service that supports a broad range of computing and digital devices commonly used at home or in the office. It offers resource-constrained small business owners an efficient and cost-effective alternative to in-person support services.

 

According to a Norton research study[1], more than half of small business owners, 59 percent, have experienced some sort of malware in the past three years, and more than half of those owners, 51 percent, had to pay a professional technology consultant to repair their computers as a result. NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk offers small business owners an affordable 24x7 service from a trusted source to keep IT costs low and productivity high without having to leave the office for help.

 

“For years, owners of small and home-based offices have trusted Norton products to help with their computer security needs,” said Kevin Chapman, vice president and general manager, Worldwide Consumer Services, Symantec. “Now with NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk, small business owners can receive a level of support comparable to having their own IT person at the office, at a fraction of the cost. Our U.S. and Canadian-based expert technicians will resolve a broad range of commonly encountered technology problems, freeing business owners to focus on growing their businesses.”

 

NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk offers the Small Business Plan with unlimited support for a broad range of computer and digital devices including PCs, wireless routers, printers, scanners, smartphones, digital cameras, and more. The affordable service provides unlimited help and support for diagnosis and resolution of setup, security, performance, maintenance and data transfer problems – assisting just about anything connected to the PC. With every help desk subscription comes a one-time setup service that includes the NortonLive Easy Support Tool, a security assessment and PC performance tuning.

 

Pricing and Availability

NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk, which was recently recognized as a 2011 International Business Award Distinguished Honoree for customer service team of the year, is available in the U.S. and Canada. NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk comes in three subscription plans including the Personal, Family and Small Business Plans. The Small Business Plan covers up to 10 PCs, starting at US$99.99 per month with a one-time setup fee of US$149.99, or US$1,199.99 for the entire year (setup fee included).   For more information, please visit: http://us.norton.com/nortonlive/ultimate-help-desk/sb.jsp.

 

NortonLive was founded with the vision of delivering convenient, affordable and secure technology support services to consumers and small businesses. In addition to Ultimate Help Desk, NortonLive also provides spyware and virus removal, expert software installation and services that boost PC protection and performance.

 

About Norton by Symantec

Symantec’s Norton products protect consumers from cybercrime with technologies like antivirus, anti-spyware and phishing protection -- while also being light on system resources.  The company also provides services such as online backup, PC tuneup, and family online safety.  Like Norton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/norton.

 

About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

 


WiLAN Initiates Litigation

WiLAN Initiates Litigation

09/02/2011


OTTAWA, Canada – September 2, 2011 – Wi-LAN Inc. (“WiLAN” or the “Company”) (TSX:WIN) (NASD:WILN), today announced that it has commenced litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division against Apple, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, HTC America, Inc., Kyocera International, Inc., Kyocera Communications, Inc., Novatel Wireless, Inc., and Sierra Wireless America, Inc. (individually and collectively, “Defendants”).

In its filing, WiLAN claims that these companies have infringed and continue to infringe WiLAN’s U.S. Patent No. RE37,802 (“the ‘802’ Patent”) related to CDMA and HSPA and U.S. Patent No. 5,282,222 (“the ‘222’ Patent”) related to Wi-Fi and LTE.

WiLAN will be represented in this action by McKool Smith, a leading U.S. law firm specializing in intellectual property litigation. McKool Smith has successfully defended the patent rights of many high profile companies throughout the U.S. and has particular expertise in the Eastern District of Texas.  McKool Smith is representing WiLAN in other patent infringement actions in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

About WiLAN

WiLAN, founded in 1992, is a leading technology innovation and licensing company.  WiLAN has licensed its intellectual property to over 250 companies worldwide.  Inventions in our portfolio have been licensed by companies that manufacture or sell a wide range of communication and consumer electronics products including 3G and 4G handsets, Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, Wi-Fi and broadband routers, xDSL infrastructure equipment, cellular base stations and digital television receivers.  WiLAN has a large and growing portfolio of more than 1400 issued or pending patents.  For more information: www.wilan.com.

Forward-looking Information

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other United States and Canadian securities laws.  The terms and phrases “will be” and similar terms and phrases are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by WiLAN in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that WiLAN believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Many factors could cause WiLAN’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following risks: certain WiLAN patents may be found to be invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed by any specific third party; the Company may be required to establish the enforceability of certain patents in court in order to obtain material licensing revenues; certain WiLAN patents are, and others may be, subject to administrative proceedings that could invalidate or limit the scope of those patents; licensing the Company’s patents can take an extremely long time and may be subject to variable cycles; WiLAN is currently reliant on licensees paying royalties under existing licensing agreements and on the additional licensing of its patent portfolio to generate future revenues and increased cash flows; reduced spending by consumers due to the uncertainty of economic and geopolitical conditions may negatively affect the Company; changes in patent or other applicable laws or in the interpretation or application of those laws could materially adversely affect WiLAN; the Company needs to acquire or develop new patents to continue and grow its business; WiLAN may not be able to compete effectively against others to acquire patent assets – any failure to compete effectively could harm its business and results of operations; the Company has made and may make future acquisitions of technologies or businesses which could materially adversely affect it; WiLAN’s acquisitions of patents are time consuming, complex and costly, which could adversely affect its operating results; the Company’s quarterly revenue and operating results can be difficult to predict and can fluctuate substantially; WiLAN may require investment to translate its intellectual property position into sustainable profit in the market; the generation of future V-Chip revenues and the likelihood of our signing additional V-Chip licenses could be negatively impacted by changes in government regulation;  there can be no assurance as to the payment of future dividends; the Company’s ability to recruit and retain management and other qualified personnel is crucial to its ability to develop, market and license its patented technologies; and WiLAN’s actual financial results may vary from its publicly disclosed forecasts. These risk factors and others relating to WiLAN are discussed in greater detail in the “Risk Factors” section of WiLAN’s MD&A for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 dated June 3, 2011 (copies of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). WiLAN recommends that readers review and consider all of these risk factors, and readers should not place undue reliance on WiLAN’s forward-looking statements. WiLAN has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these common shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration of qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.  

All trademarks and brands mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners.

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For more information, please contact:

Tyler Burns
Director, Investor Relations
O: 613.688.4330
C: 613.697.0367
E: tburns@wilan.com

Renmark Financial Communications Inc.
Maurice Dagenais: mdagenais@renmarkfinancial.com
Christine Stewart: cstewart@renmarkfinancial.com
O: 514.939.3989 or 416.644.2020

www.renmarkfinancial.com

Whetstone Inc. Becomes SAP(R) Business ByDesign™ Solution Reseller

Whetstone Inc. Becomes SAP® Business ByDesign™ Solution Reseller

Toronto -- September 1, 2011 -- Whetstone Inc. today announced it has become an SAP® Business ByDesign™ solution reseller authorized to market, sell and deploy SAP Business ByDesign as well as offer additional services. These additional services may include back office services, consulting, change management, or data migration.

SAP Business ByDesign is a fully integrated business management solution that delivers the best of SAP software, on-demand. This solution is designed as best-fit for companies who want the benefits of large-scale business management applications without the costs of supporting the corresponding IT infrastructure. SAP Business ByDesign unifies multiple business operations and enables companies to implement preconfigured business processes in order to solve immediate problems. Accessed via a single user interface, SAP Business ByDesign delivers pre-configured software for business processes and supports managing financials, customer relationships, human resources, projects, procurement and the supply chain.

"Through SAP ByDesign, small and medium-sized businesses now have access to the most robust and functionally comprehensive software by the most respected software vendor in the world. The effective systematization of a business is the key to increased profitability, rapid scalability and customer loyalty. ByDesign enables us to rapidly move our customers along Whetstone's Enterprise Lifecycle™ using our proprietary Winners' Quadrant Program™ and position them to be more disciplined in their businesses, more agile in their marketplace and more relevant to their customers. With the rapid implementation of ByDesign and the economic advantages of cloud computing, our clients will be able to leap frog their competitors and lead their industries." said Adrian Davis, President of Whetstone Inc..

Whetstone Inc. offers the following additional services to its customers: change management, business process mapping, and strategic account management. In addition to that, Whetstone Inc. intends to expand its CRM and ERP services around the SAP portfolio by integrating collaborative tools such as SAP StreamWork™, SAP BusinessObjects™ applications and Google Apps™..

Whetstone Inc. is a boutique management consulting firm which works with chief executives and business owners to help them increase their profits and growth their business through strategic customer relationships.

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SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world.

All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

For more information:

Jennifer Clarke
Whetstone Inc.
877-567-4770 x102
jclarke@whetstoneinc.ca

Survey Results Show Cybersecurity Focus Increasing as Organizations Adopt New Computing Models


 

Cybersecurity Focus Increasing as Organizations Adopt New Computing Models

 

TORONTO, ON – Aug. 31, 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the findings of its 2011 State of Security Survey which explored the state of cybersecurity efforts in organizations of all sizes.  For the second year in a row, IT said security is the leading business risk they face, ahead of traditional crime, natural disasters and terrorism. However, organizations are getting better at fighting the war against cybersecurity threats. While the majority of respondents suffered damages as a result of cyberattacks, more respondents reported a decline in the number and frequency of attacks compared to 2010.

 

There were some positive findings. Seventy-one percent of organizations saw attacks in the past 12 months, compared to 75 percent in 2010.  The percentage who reported an increasing frequency of attacks fell from 29 percent in 2010 to 21 percent in 2011, and 92 percent of companies saw losses from cyberattacks in 2011, down from 100 percent last year.

 

“Mobile computing, social media use, and the consumerization of IT are providing new challenges as organizations increase their cybersecurity efforts,” said Sean Doherty, vice president and chief technology officer of Enterprise Security at Symantec. “There’s no question that attackers are using more insidious, sophisticated and silent methods to steal data and wreak havoc. Organizations today have more to lose than ever before and need to keep adopting the security innovations and best practices that the industry is delivering to stay protected.”  

 

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Organizations More Concerned About Cybersecurity

Security continues to be a huge concern for organizations.  While businesses face a variety of risks including natural disasters, traditional crime, and even terrorism, the top three concerns are related to data and network security.  Respondents rank cyberattacks as their top concern, followed by IT incidents caused by well-meaning insiders, and internally generated IT-related threats.

 

The survey found more and more businesses believe that keeping their operations and information secure is of vital importance.  Forty-one percent said cybersecurity is somewhat or significantly more important than 12 months ago.  In contrast, only 15 percent think it is somewhat or significantly less important.

 

Cybersecurity Drivers Changing

Significant industry trends are driving security concerns facing businesses.  As organizations deal with the proliferation of smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, as well as the immense popularity of social media, they are grappling with new security challenges.  Forty-seven percent of respondents said mobile computing was affecting the difficulty of providing cybersecurity, followed by social media (46 percent), and the consumerization of IT (45 percent).

 

Organizations report that the threats they’re facing are evolving as well.  Hackers are still their top concern, cited by 49 percent, followed by well-meaning insiders (46 percent).  New to the list this year are targeted attacks, such as Stuxnet, that zero in specifically on a single organization for political or economic reasons. 

 

Most Businesses Experience Cyberattacks

It’s no secret that businesses continue to experience cyberattacks.  Twenty-nine percent of companies experience attacks on a regular basis and 71 percent saw attacks in the past 12 months.  Furthermore, 21 percent said the frequency of attacks is increasing.  The top attack vectors are malicious code, social engineering, and external malicious attacks.  Interestingly, these are also the fastest growing attack vectors.

 

Ninety-two percent of companies saw losses from cyberattacks.  The top three reported losses were downtime, theft of employee’s identity information and theft of intellectual property.  These losses translated to monetary costs 84 percent of the time.  The top costs were productivity; revenue; lost organization, customer, or employee data; and brand reputation.

 

The survey found that 20 percent of small businesses lost at least $100,000 last year due to cyberattacks.  That figure was even higher for large enterprises, with 20 percent incurring $271,000 or more in damages. 

 

What Are Businesses Doing?

According to their own assessment, 52 percent of the respondents said they are doing somewhat or extremely well in addressing routine security measures, while 51 percent reported that they are doing somewhat or extremely well in responding to security attacks or breaches.  They’re not doing quite as well in areas of compliance and pursuing strategic initiatives or innovative security measures.

 

In order to address these shortfalls, businesses are increasing staffing levels and budgets for the IT department.  They are adding the most staff in areas of network, web and endpoint security.  Security budgets are also growing in web and network security, as well as data loss prevention.  It’s clear that organizations are stepping up their efforts in improving their protection. 

 

Recommendations

  • Organizations need to develop and enforce IT policies. By prioritizing risks and defining policies that span across all locations, businesses can enforce policies through built-in automation and workflow to protect information, identify threats, and remediate incidents as they occur or anticipate them before they happen.
  • Businesses need to protect information proactively by taking an information-centric approach to protect both information and interactions. Taking a content-aware approach to protecting information is key in identifying and classifying confidential, sensitive information, knowing where it resides, who has access to it, and how it is coming in or leaving your organization. Proactively encrypting endpoints will also help organizations minimize the consequences associated with lost devices.
  • To help control access, IT administrators need to validate and protect the identities of users, sites and devices throughout their organizations. Furthermore, they need to provide trusted connections and authenticate transactions where appropriate.
  • Organizations need to manage systems by implementing secure operating environments, distributing and enforcing patch levels, automating processes to streamline efficiency, and monitoring and reporting on system status.
  • IT administrators need to protect their infrastructure by securing all of their endpoints – including the growing number of mobile devices – along with messaging and Web environments. Defending critical internal servers and implementing the ability to back up and recover data should also be priorities. In addition, organizations need visibility, security intelligence and ongoing malware assessments of their environments to respond to threats rapidly.

Symantec’s 2011 State of Security Survey

Applied Research fielded this survey by telephone in April and May 2011.  The results are based on 3,300 responses in 36 countries.  The company surveyed C-level professionals, strategic and tactical IT, and individuals in charge of IT resources from companies with a range of 5 to more than 5,000 employees.  Of the total responses, 1,225 were from companies with 1,000 or more employees. The survey included respondents in 36 countries in North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific and Latin America.

 

Related

·         Blog Post: 2011 State Security Report: 3,300 Companies Sound Off

 

Connect with Symantec

 

About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

 


VMware and Cisco Collaborate on Cloud Innovation

VMware and Cisco Collaborate on Cloud Innovation

Range of technology innovations and integrated solution enhancements result from four-year strategic relationship

LAS VEGAS, Nev., Aug. 30, 2011— Today at VMworld® 2011, VMware and Cisco announced new technology innovation and enhancements to their combined virtualization solutions that help customers accelerate their journey to the cloud. Expanding on a strategic relationship and engineering collaboration that spans more than four years, the companies, in conjunction with industry partners, unveiled a breakthrough in network virtualization that will broaden the mobility range of virtual machines across multiple datacenters and cloud environments. The companies also announced enhancements to several desktop virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions designed to boost scalability, security and performance.

Key Facts:

VXLAN: Network Virtualization Breakthrough

  • Virtual Extensible Local Area Network, or VXLAN, is the next major step in the path towards logical, virtual networks that can be created on-demand, enabling enterprises to utilize computing and storage capacity for mission critical applications -- wherever it's available.
  • For applications running in the cloud, IT managers need to control every user's access to data and applications with logical networks for each instance of the application.  VXLAN will scale to meet the millions of logical networks required to run applications in the cloud with efficient utilization of network resources.
  • VXLAN will also support applications running in hybrid clouds where compute capacity is delivered from pools of resources that may span across private and public clouds, VXLAN will offer a network encapsulation technique with segment identifiers for creating millions of logical networks and for enabling workloads to seamlessly move across datacenters and cloud infrastructures.
  • These networking segments will support cloud infrastructures that support multi-tenants that require segmentation for added security and compliance.
  • VXLAN, which has the support of multiple industry leading vendors, has been submitted for standardization at Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and a draft of the VXLAN specification is available on the IETF website
  • VMware demonstrated the VXLAN technology during today's VMworld general session keynote delivered by Steve Herrod, VMware CTO and senior vice president of R&D.  Additionally, during today's Cisco Super Session, Soni Jiandani, senior vice president Server, Access and Virtualization Technology, will highlight benefits from this cloud innovation.

Cisco and VMware Record Virtualization Performance:

  • Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) has set a new world record for the VMware VMmark® 2.1 benchmark, the industry standard cloud benchmark for performance.
  • Cisco UCS achieved the highest score ever recorded for the VMware VMmark 2.1 benchmark with a 21% performance advantage over other identical server core count.
  • The VMware VMmark 2.1 benchmark models a typical cloud environment, using key VMware vSphere® features such as VMware vMotion®, VMware Storage vMotion® and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler to balance the workload across the available resources in the cloud. 

Expansion of the Cisco and VMware Desktop Virtualization Solutions

  • Desktop virtualization:  Last November, Cisco and VMware announced a desktop virtualizationsolution based on Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) systemand VMware View™ 4.5.  Cisco and VMware are expanding VXI solution to support VMware View 5 as well as integrations with Cisco suite of collaboration solutions.
  • Collaborative Workspace:  VMware View with Cisco Unified Communications provide a collaborative workspace that will include call control and increased scalability with VMware vSphere 5, VMware View 5, Cisco Unified Communications (UC) and Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).
  • Virtual Desktop Clients:VMware View 5 will be available on Cisco Cius and Cisco Virtualization Experience Clients (VXC) 2100and 2200 endpoints to provide workers with highly secure, real-time access to business applications and content, anytime and anywhere, without compromise of the rich collaborative user experience.
  • Click-to-Call:  VMware View with WebEx Connect 7 enables Click-To-Call communication between users running WebEx Connect inside VMware View virtual desktops, enabling users to communicate more effectively.

Cloud Infrastructure: Raising the Bar for Delivering IT as a Service

  • Enhanced cloud infrastructure platform: Cisco and VMware combined solutions have been enhanced with the latest VMware vSphere 5 and Cisco UCS 2.0 solutions to deliver a strong foundation for cloud computing. The enhanced solutions offer better cloud management capabilities to virtualize the most demanding business-critical applications and workloads.
  • On-demand cloud infrastructure:The VXLAN technology will be supported in VMware vSphere 5, VMware vCloud® Director 1.5 and Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch to deliver an on-demand cloud infrastructure to enhance the end-user experience. Beyond the VXLAN technology, Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware vCloud Director 1.5 will offer auto-deploy capabilities to simplify installation and deliver VXLAN-based network isolation that simplifies troubleshooting and management of applications running in the cloud.
  • Secure Cloud Infrastructure:To further address security in multi-tenant cloud infrastructures, Cisco is demonstrating Virtual ASA firewall for Nexus 1000V and plans to integrate Cisco's Virtual ASA firewall with VMware vCloud Director.
  • Simplified management:Cisco UCS 2.0 automates hypervisor provisioning by integrating VMware vSphere 5 Auto Deploy with UCS Manager. Administrators may now deploy many VMware vSphere nodes linked to a single Auto Deploy boot image in a single operation as compared to many manual steps with traditional systems.  This integration speeds IT service delivery and reduces opportunities for errors by enforcing server and network configuration policies with VMware vSphere images.

Supporting quotes:

"Together with VMware, Cisco has unlocked the power of the network to extend virtual machines beyond the confines of a single stack to the entire data center and cloud infrastructure from different locations.  VXLAN will provide the ability to scale networking segments to millions of VMs to ease the deployment of applications in the cloud.  Also, by segmenting these VMs and applications via highly secure virtual networks, customers will be able to achieve the security required for multi-tenant cloud environments," said Soni Jiandani, senior vice president, Server, Access, Virtualization Technology Group for Cisco.

"Our partnership with Cisco has resulted in numerous technology innovations that are delivering strategic value across customer environments," said Raghu Raghuram, senior vice president and general manager, Cloud Infrastructure and Management, VMware. "With the new and enhanced technology integrations announced today, we're continuing to help customers transform their datacenters for enterprise hybrid cloud computing and their desktops for the post-PC era."

Availability

  • Integrated Cisco and VMware cloud infrastructure and desktop virtualization solutions are available today from Cisco as well as qualified Cisco and VMware solution provider partners.
  • VXLAN technology in Cisco Nexus 1000V will be available for beta in September 2011.
  • VMware View 5 is expected to be generally available later in the third quarter of 2011.

Supporting Resources:

RSS Feed for Cisco: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/rss.html

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.

About VMware

VMware (NYSE: VMW) delivers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With the industry leading virtualization platform – VMware vSphere® – customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2010 revenues of $2.9 billion, more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization which consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

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VMmark 2.1 statements based on results posted at http://www.vmmark.com as of 8/29/2011. Cisco UCS C460

M2 VMmark 2.1.1 result available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ucs_vmark2_1.pdf.

VMware® VMmark® is a product of VMware, Inc.

 

Cisco, the Cisco logo, Cisco Systems, Cisco Unified Computing System, and WebEX are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. This document is Cisco Public Information.

VMware, VMware Storage vMotion, VMware View, VMware vCloud, VMware VMmark, VMware vMotion, VMware vSphere and VMworld are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.

Canada’s Largest Credit Union Replaces Aging Document Capture Solution with EMC Captiva

Canada’s Largest Credit Union Replaces Aging Document Capture
Solution with EMC Captiva

Vancity Combines EMC Captiva and Microsoft SharePoint to Accelerate
Processing Time 50 Per cent

TORONTO – September 1, 2011 – EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today
announced that Vancity, Canada’s largest credit union, is achieving
significant productivity gains – speeding processing time by 50 per
cent – and cost savings since deploying EMC® Captiva®, an
enterprise-class capture solution for automatic classification,
indexing, extraction and routing of business content.

Vancity was founded in 1946, and manages more than $14 billion in
assets for greater than 415,000 members throughout Metro Vancouver,
Fraser Valley, Squamish and Victoria in Canada. Looking to replace its
aging FileNet document management system, Vancity required a capture
solution that complemented Microsoft SharePoint ECM, which is its
repository for content. EMC Captiva was the best solution enabling
Vancity to significantly reduce manual data entry and document
preparation time without adding staff or resources.

Using Captiva, Vancity personnel can scan mixed batches of structured,
semi-structured and unstructured documents within a single flow. By
leveraging automated document recognition technologies, Vancity has been
able to speed up pre-scanning, document preparation times by up to 50
per cent. Additionally, intelligent data extraction has reduced manual
data entry for all documents, even the semi-structured and unstructured
documents. The company processes more than 500,000 documents,
representing more than one million pages annually.

Denise Lau, Manager, Workplace Technologies Inventure Solutions Inc | A
Vancity Company, said, “We saw significant productivity benefits right
away. Over time, the system has enabled us to establish best practices
that have helped raise processing efficiencies across the company. With
EMC’s enterprise-class solution we are achieving levels of operational
efficiency and gaining cost savings with an anticipated return on our
investment within two years.”

“We continue to see a large number of customers update and
consolidate aging capture systems with EMC Captiva. Customers are able
to reduce their operational costs and extend their capture capabilities
throughout their entire organization, while moving capture closer to the
front office to further reduce operating costs and streamline business
processes,” said Paul O’Brien, Vice President of Information Access,
Information Intelligence Group at EMC. “EMC is pleased to work with
Vancity on its enterprise capture environments.”

About EMC Captiva

EMC Captiva intelligent enterprise capture solutions enable
organizations to transform paper from a liability into business
advantage by converting documents into application-ready information.
Captiva consists of: Captiva InputAccel, a highly configurable
enterprise capture solution that captures documents from scanners and
other sources, transforms these documents into business information, and
delivers the images and information to line-of-business and content
management systems. Captiva InputAccel for Invoices turns paper invoices
into digital images, automatically capturing invoice data, validating
it, and delivering it into workflow processes and content management and
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Captiva Dispatcher provides
intelligent document recognition technology that automatically
identifies incoming documents, routes them based on pre-defined business
rules, and extracts business data from a wide variety of document types.
Captiva eInput provides a Web-based, thin-client environment for
scanning, importing, and indexing images and electronic files, enabling
ad hoc and distributed scanning throughout – and beyond – the
enterprise.

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and s
ervice
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com ( http://www.emc.com/ ).

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca ( http://www.emc2.ca/ )), headquartered in
Toronto with nine offices from coast to coast, is a wholly owned
subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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Symantec and VMware Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Desktop-as-a-Service Solutions

 


Symantec and VMware Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Desktop-as-a-Service Solutions

 

TORONTO, ON – August 31, 2011 – Today at VMworld®, 2011, Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to define and architect Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions with the goal to provide secure, pre-integrated and well-managed enterprise-quality virtual desktop computing environments for enterprises and IT service providers. This initiative will leverage VMware virtual desktop and cloud infrastructure solutions including VMware View™, VMware vShield™, VMware vCloud® Director 1.5 and VMware vSphere® 5 with Symantec Endpoint Protection and the Altiris Client Management Suite to deliver a secure, manageable and cost-effective DaaS solution.

 

End-user computing environments continue to become more diverse and mobile, with virtual desktop deployments becoming a critical component to delivering IT services to any user, on any device and in any location. Symantec and VMware’s new Desktop-as-a-Service initiative will provide enterprises and IT service providers with a cost-effective way of leveraging on-premise Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) with the efficiencies and scalability of cloud computing. Combining VMware’s leading technology in virtualization and cloud infrastructure and management with Symantec’s expertise in security and endpoint management, the partnership will create a highly resilient and secure solution that reduces IT spending without compromising regulatory and other security concerns.

 

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As the industry leaders in security, management and virtualization, the two companies are well positioned to deliver hosted virtual desktops that are secure, easy to manage and compliant with enterprise customers’ governance and regulatory requirements. The DaaS solution will provide:

 

  • Service Driven Cloud Infrastructure:  Building on existing vCloud and vSphere infrastructures from VMware, the DaaS solution will provide the agility, efficiency and choice to quickly provision, manage and track all aspects of a multi-tenant, virtual desktop environment.

·         Security Protection from the Cloud to the Endpoint: Delivered with Symantec Endpoint Protection  and VMware vShield, DaaS delivered virtual desktops are protected from internal and external threats emanating from email, web and storage vectors.

·         End-to-End Configuration and Control of Applications: The day-to-day demands of managing virtual desktops in addition to the applications that reside within them are made easier through centralized control using Symantec Client Management Suite.

 

Supporting Quotes:       

 

  • “Our partnership with VMware demonstrates the commitment by both organizations to jointly innovate with the goal of delivering a differentiated, secure and easy to manage hosted virtual desktop experience,”  said Chirantan “CJ” Desai, senior vice president of the Endpoint and Mobility Group at Symantec.

 

  • "VMware is committed to enabling the delivery of IT as secure, cloud-based services to end users,” said Chris Young, vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “Through our expanded partnership with Symantec, we can deliver Desktop-as-a-Service solutions for enterprise organizations and service providers that offer the security, management and compliance customers require – all baked directly into a virtual desktop infrastructure and accessible to end users regardless of device or location."

 

 

Please visit the Symantec booth #339 at VMworld 2011 to view a demo of the DaaS offering.

 

 

Related

·         2011 VMworld Press Kit

·         2011 Symantec Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Survey

·         Symantec Virtualization Solutions

·         Symantec Endpoint Protection

·         Altiris Client Management Suite

 

Connect with Symantec

·         Follow Symantec on Twitter

·         Join Symantec on Facebook

·         View Symantec’s SlideShare Channel

·         Subscribe to Symantec News RSS Feed

·         Visit Symantec’s Partners Community Blog

 

 

About VMware
VMware (NYSE: VMW) delivers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With the industry leading virtualization platform – VMware vSphere® – customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2010 revenues of $2.9 billion, more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization, which consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

 

About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

 

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: VMware Announces New Products and Services for the Post-PC Era

 
 
 

VMware Announces New Products and Services for the Post-PC Era

 

VMware View™ 5 to deliver new levels of innovation and simplicity with protocol enhancements,
advanced 3D graphics, scalable unified communications and integrated persona management

 

VMware Horizon™ extends benefits of cloud-based application management
to virtualized Windows applications and connected mobile workspaces

 

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 30, 2011 — Advancing its vision for the future of end-user computing in the post-PC era, today at VMworld®, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced new solutions to help IT organizations empower a more agile, productive and connected enterprise.

 

“As our customers begin to embrace this shift to the post-PC era, we offer a simple way to deliver a better Windows-based desktop-as-a-service that empowers organizations to do more with what they already have,” said Christopher Young, vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “At the same time, we are investing in expertise and delivering the open products needed to accelerate the journey to a new way to work beyond the Windows desktop. This combination of empowered users and flexible IT as a service, enables a new working style that leads to a more connected enterprise.”

 

The growing VMware End-User Computing portfolio seeks to free employees and enterprise IT from more than two decades of complex, device-centric computing, and delivers a more user-centric, IT as a service experience for the connected enterprise. In this new model, enterprises leverage hybrid cloud resources, while maintaining a managed, secure environment, and providing new ways for employees to collaborate across applications and data from any device, where and when a user needs it.

 

Enabling a New Way to Work

Today at VMworld 2011, VMware unveiled new products and cloud-based services that help organizations break free from device-centric legacy desktop models and accelerate their journey to a new way to work in the post-PC era:

 

·         VMware View™ 5: Simplifying the Delivery of a Better Desktop – Available in the coming weeks, VMware View 5 will simplify IT manageability and control, while providing a high fidelity desktop virtualization experience. View 5 will deliver protocol enhancements that provide as much as 75 per cent bandwidth improvement over LAN and WAN connections, advanced support of 3D graphics, scalable unified communications integration for voice and video media services with industry leaders, including Avaya and Mitel, and virtual desktop personalization with integrated persona management. Additional information on VMware View 5 can be found at www.vmware.com/files/pdf/press-kit/vmw-view-vmworld.pdf.

 

Faced with the challenge of providing a large user base of engineers and developers a better, more flexible desktop experience that can scale, ADP Dealer Services has implemented VMware View with plans to upgrade to VMware View 5 in the coming months. In addition to offering employees a better desktop experience, VMware View provides greater data security and simplified desktop management to drive down the costs of ADP’s deployment.

 

“At ADP Dealer Services, we wanted to expand a virtual desktop infrastructure that was simple and scalable, and we wanted to work with an innovative company to provide that infrastructure,” Bill Naughton, chief information officer, ADP Dealer Services. “With a workforce that spans multiple sites, VMware View is a great solution for supporting our differentiated user base via WAN and remote connectivity. With the release of View 5 and its PCoIP optimization reducing WAN bandwidth usage, the performance and the ease of management for our virtual desktops is only going to get better.”

 

·         VMware Horizon: Building the Platform for the Post-PC Era New updates to VMware Horizon extend the benefits of its identity, policy and entitlement engine to virtualized Windows applications and connected mobile workspaces – providing an open, user-centric platform for delivery of different application types within a unified application catalogue from a wide range of devices.

 

o    VMware Horizon Application Manager™ – Leveraging the application virtualization capabilities of VMware ThinApp®, VMware Horizon Application Manager will now offer a centralized console to manage access, deployment and updates to virtual Windows applications independent from device type and the underlying operating system. These new capabilities will be available in beta by the end of the year. Horizon’s unified application catalogue service promises to benefit both IT and end-users by collapsing separate identity silos into a single enterprise identity for secure employee access across private and public clouds.

 

o    VMware Horizon Mobile™ – Based on the VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP) technology previewed earlier this year at Mobile World Congress, VMware Horizon Mobile will offer new features that enable an enterprise to establish and securely manage an employee’s connected mobile workspace in isolation from their personal mobile environment. As a result, employees will gain the freedom to choose a single Android device for both personal and work use.

 

      Available from LG, Samsung and other smartphone/tablet manufacturers in the coming months, VMware Horizon™ Mobile will provide a simple way for IT departments to securely provision, manage and de-provision a corporate mobile workspace to an employee’s Android device over-the-air.  Horizon Mobile will also include access to a catalogue of corporate approved mobile applications and corporate data resources.

 

Future releases of VMware Horizon will marry the management of existing Windows applications via application virtualization and publishing technologies from Citrix, Microsoft and VMware, with the management of mobile and cloud-based applications. In addition, VMware Horizon will broker the secure delivery of cloud-based, personal and enterprise data resources.  Additional information on VMware Horizon can be found at www.vmware.com/files/pdf/press-kit/vmw-horizon-vmworld.pdf.

 

Projects AppBlast™ and Octopus: Delivering Universal Cloud Access

At VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas, VMware will preview two new end-user computing technologies – code named Projects AppBlast and Octopus – that advance the company’s vision for enabling universal application and data delivery for the post-PC era.

 

Project AppBlast will provide the universal delivery of any application, including Windows-based applications, to any device supporting HTML5, enabling instant remote access to applications without the heavy footprint of the underlying operating system. Project Octopus will leverage data sync technology from VMware Zimbra and Mozy to enable enterprise-grade collaboration and information/data sharing. Additionally, Project Octopus will offer easy integration with VMware Horizon, VMware View and Project AppBlast to create a secure enterprise cloud service. These two projects promise to dramatically simplify the access and sharing of information across people and mobile devices, contributing to the Connected Enterprise.

 

Charting the End-User Journey: New Services

Helping customers chart their journey to a new model requires a plan. VMware Professional Services offers on-site, end-to-end consulting services to help customers who are interested in beginning the journey to a user-centric application and data delivery model and those who are well on the path. For more information on VMware Professional Services, visit http://www.vmware.com/services/by-product/desktop.html.

 

Pricing and Availability:

Available in the coming weeks, VMware View 5 is a family of products:

 

  • VMware View 5, Enterprise Edition: includes VMware vSphere 5 for desktops, VMware vCenter Server 5 and VMware View Manager 5, a flexible desktop management server enabling IT administrators to quickly provision and tightly control user access.
     
  • VMware View 5, Premier Edition: includes VMware vSphere 5 for desktops, VMware vCenter Server 5, VMware View Manager 5, View Client with Local Mode, VMware ThinApp 4.6, VMware View Composer and VMware vShield Endpoint to enable integration of offline capabilities, image management optimization, application virtualization and centralized anti-virus protection with virtual desktop delivery and management.

 

VMware View 5 Enterprise Edition is priced at US$150 per concurrent connection and VMware View 5 Premier Edition is priced at US$250 per concurrent connection. For more information, go to http://www.vmware.com/products/view/.

 

Available today in the United States and to select early access customers in other regions, VMware Horizon Application Manager™ starts at US$30 per user/per year for SaaS and Cloud application management. The management of ThinApp entitlements is expected later this year. For additional details on VMware Horizon Application Manager or to learn more about the VMware Horizon ISV program go to HorizonManager.com.

 

Solutions using VMware Horizon Mobile are expected to be available from LG, Samsung and other smartphone manufacturers in the coming months.[1]. For more information, go to http://www.vmware.com/products/mobile/overview.html.

 

Additional Resources

·         VMworld media resources landing page

·         Read the VMware View 5 Media Backgrounder

·         Read the VMware Horizon Media Backgrounder

·         Read more about VMware View 5 – “VMware View 5 Advances User-Centric Computing Model Enabling a Better Desktop,” a blog post by Warren Ponder, director, Product Management, End-User Computing, VMware

·         Read more about “Persona Management in VMware View 5,” a blog post by Kevin Goodman, director product management, End-User Computing, VMware

·         Read more about “VMware View 5 with Unified Communications,” a blog post by Tony Huynh, senior product manager, End-User Computing, VMware

·         Learn more about “Smartphones and the New Mobile Workforce,” in this VMware Info Graphic

·         Read more about “VMworld 2011: VMware Horizon - Building the Platform for the Post-PC Era,” a blog post by Ben Goodman, senior product marketing manager, End-User Computing, VMware

·         Read more about “VMworld 2011: Announcing VMware Horizon Mobile Manager,” a blog post by Srinivas Krishnamurti, senior director, Mobile Solutions, VMware

·         Read more about VMware End-User Computing Tech Previews – “Introducing Projects AppBlast and Octopus - Delivering Universal Cloud Access,” a blog by Scott Davis, chief technology officer, End-User Computing, VMware

·         Read more about VMware Project Octopus – “TECH PREVIEW: VMware Project Octopus,” a blog by Sam Khavari, director, Product Management, End-User Computing, VMware

·         View screen shots of VMware View 5

·         View screen shots of VMware Horizon Application Manager

·         View screen shots of VMware Horizon Mobile

·         View screen shots of VMware Project AppBlast

·         View screen shots of VMware Project Octopus

 

About VMware:

VMware delivers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With the industry leading virtualization platform - VMware vSphere® - customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2010 revenues of US$2.9 billion, more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization which consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com. VMware Canada is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario, and can be found online at www.vmware.ca.

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VMware, VMware View, VMware Horizon, VMworld, VMware Horizon Application Manager, AppBlast, Zimbra, Mozy and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. The use of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding the expected features and availability of VMware View 5, VMware Horizon Application Manager and catalog service and VMware Horizon Mobile, expectations for the future of IT, the role of VMware product offerings and their benefits to users and plans for future VMware technologies such as Projects AppBlast and Octopus.  These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in consumer or information technology spending; (iii) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into the virtualization market, and new product and marketing initiatives by our competitors; (iv) our customers’ ability to develop, and to transition to, new products and computing strategies such as cloud computing; (v) the uncertainty of customer acceptance of emerging technology; (vi) rapid technological and market changes in virtualization software and platforms for cloud and desktop computing; (vii) changes to product development timelines; (viii) VMware’s ability to protect its proprietary technology; and (ix) VMware’s ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees.. These forward looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect as well as other risks detailed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that we may file from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. VMware assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

 

[1] Device availability determined regionally in partnership with Verizon Wireless and individual OEMs.

 


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CIOs Surveyed Say Workplace Communication Will Favour Real-Time Tools

YOU'VE GOT (LESS) MAIL - CIOs Surveyed Say Workplace Communication Will Favour Real-Time Tools

TORONTO, Sept. 1 /CNW/ - Email may soon become the new snail mail, a new Robert Half Technology survey suggests. Nearly half (48 per cent) of chief information officers (CIOs) interviewed recently said real-time workplace communication tools will surpass traditional email in popularity within the next five years.

The survey was developed by Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of information technology (IT) professionals on a project and full-time basis. It was conducted by an independent research firm and is based on telephone interviews with more than 270 CIOs from companies across Canada with 100 or more employees.

CIOs were asked, "In the next five years, do you think real-time workplace communication tools - for example, Instant Messaging, SharePoint, Yammer, etc. - will be more or less popular than email among employees?" Their responses:

Much more popular.................... 15% Somewhat more popular................ 33% The same............................. 38% Somewhat less popular................ 6% Much less popular.................... 1% Don't know/ no answer................ 7% ------ 100%

Robert Half Technology outlines three benefits a transition to real-time tools could have on the workplace:

- Speed. Instant messaging (IM) allows employees to have conversations at the click of a button, without opening emails or waiting for responses. IM also enables employees in different locations to have real-time conversations, thus resolving issues more quickly. - Convenience. Many programs include a host of features like IM, microblogging, forums, and document collaboration and management. This eliminates the need to switch between separate programs to communicate. Not only does this have the potential to improve efficiency, but it can increase collaboration on projects and reduce the need for meetings. - The social aspect. Enterprise social networking sites, such as Yammer or Chatter, are useful for collaboration and sharing ideas and best practices within the company. This technology also has the potential to foster teamwork and camaraderie among employees.

"Although there is a definite place for email in the workplace, using real-time tools allows workers to solve problems and get the answers they seek much more quickly than constructing an email and waiting for a reply," said Lara Dodo, a regional vice-president for Robert Half Technology in Canada. "IT professionals need to be sure to keep pace with new technologies - as expertise in these real-time tools can enhance their marketability and stay competitive in the job market."

About the Survey ----------------

The Canadian survey was developed by Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis, and conducted by an independent research firm. The survey is based on more than 270 telephone interviews with CIOs from a random sample of Canadian companies with 100 or more employees.

About Robert Half Technology ----------------------------

With more than 100 locations worldwide, Robert Half Technology is a leading provider of technology professionals for initiatives ranging from web development and multiplatform systems to network security and technical support. Robert Half Technology offers online job search services at www.rht.com. Follow Robert Half Technology on Twitter at twitter.com/RobertHalfTech.

For further information: TO SPEAK WITH A LOCAL EXPERT, CONTACT: Robert Half Technology Contact: Nadia Santoli, (416) 350-2330, nadia.santoli@rhi.com

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