Competition Bureau Sues Bell, Rogers and Telus for Misleading Consumers: Bureau Seeks Customer Refunds and $31 Million In Penalties

Competition Bureau Sues Bell, Rogers and Telus for Misleading Consumers: Bureau Seeks Customer Refunds and $31 Million In Penalties

OTTAWA, September 14, 2012 — Following a five-month investigation, the Competition Bureau has begun legal proceedings against Bell Canada (Bell), Rogers Communications, Inc. (Rogers), TELUS Corporation (Telus) and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), requiring them to stop misleading advertising that promotes costly "premium texting services", and to compensate consumers. The Bureau is seeking full customer refunds and administrative monetary penalties — $10 million each from Bell, Rogers and Telus, and $1 million from the CWTA.

The Bureau's investigation concluded that Bell, Rogers and Telus, in conjunction with the CWTA, facilitated the sale to their own customers of premium-rate digital content (such as trivia questions and ringtones) for fees that had not been adequately disclosed. Customers were misled into believing this content was free, when it was not. In fact, in the case of Bell, Rogers and Telus, they pocketed a share of the revenues collected. Aggravating the situation, Bell, Rogers, Telus and the CWTA led customers to believe that measures were in place to prevent these unauthorized charges.

"Our investigation revealed that consumers were under the false impression that certain texts and apps were free," said Melanie Aitken, Commissioner of Competition. "Unfortunately, in far too many cases, consumers only became aware of unexpected and unauthorized charges on their mobile phone bills."

The premium-rate digital content in question can cost up to $10 per transaction, and up to $40 for a monthly subscription, rates over and above standard text messaging plans.

The legal proceedings are before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act. The Bureau is seeking:

  • full refunds for customers;
  • administrative monetary penalties — $10 million each from Bell, Rogers and Telus, and $1 million from the CWTA;
  • a stop to any representations that do not clearly disclose the price and other terms and conditions applicable to premium-rate digital content; and
  • a corrective notice from each of Bell, Rogers, Telus, and the CWTA, to inform the general public about the terms and conditions of any order issued against them.

"We take misleading advertising very seriously," said Lisa Campbell, Deputy Commissioner, Fair Business Practices Branch. "We want to ensure that consumers are not misled about pricing terms and have greater control over third-party charges on their wireless invoices."

For additional information regarding this investigation, please see the Backgrounder available on the Competition Bureau website.

The Competition Bureau, as an independent law enforcement agency, ensures that Canadian businesses and consumers prosper in a competitive and innovative marketplace.


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TEDxVancouver Offers First Look at 2012 Speakers Program


TEDxVancouver Offers First Look at 2012 Speakers Program



New Venue at Orpheum Theatre Promises More Tickets to High-Profile Event

VANCOUVER, Sept. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - TEDxVancouver announces its fourth annual event, set to take place on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown Vancouver. The event's theme, "Confluence", will explore the exponential merging of nature, humans, and technology that is propelling our collective awareness to incredible new levels.

"This year's edition promises to be the biggest and best event we have held to date," said Derek Sawkins, president of TEDxVancouver. "Our organizing committee has been working hard to land a beautiful, centralized venue in the Orpheum and most importantly, we're securing an exciting line-up of talented speakers."

Presenters at TEDxVancouver are hand picked for their inspired thinking, and in the TED tradition, each is challenged to give "the talk of their life" in 18 minutes or less. It is with great excitement that we present the first four speakers for TEDxVancouver 2012.

TEDxVancouver Speaker's Lineup 2012 (*Part 1 of 4):

Joel Solomon - "The Economics of Choice"

Joel Solomon is President of Renewal Partners, and Chairman for Renewal2 Investment Fund. A passionate thought leader within the sustainable-investment movement, Joel was instrumental in the development of Renewal Partners and the Endswell Foundation in 1993. Renewal has since invested in over seventy-five companies that share its commitment to socially responsible growth, including some of the best-known social purpose companies in Canada: Happy Planet Foods, Small Potatoes Urban Delivery (SPUD), Communicopia, and Michael Jantzi Research Associates. Through its long-term commitment to capacity building, strategic alliances, and institutional development, the Endswell Foundation, now in its long-planned spend down, helped sustain many charitable organizations who worked for a conservation economy.

Joel is a founding member of Social Venture Network (SVN), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR), Renewal Land Company, Tides Canada Foundation and the Sage Centre. He is Chair of the Board of Tides Foundation (US) and sits on numerous other boards throughout North America.

Eric Winsborrow - "Stealth Cyber Warfare and the 21st Century Spy"

With over 20 years of experience leading high technology companies out of Silicon Valley, Eric has played a part in shaping the industry as an executive at heavyweights like McAfee, Symantec, and Cisco. Today, he leads the commercialization of ZanttZ, a company that is developing stealth cyber security technology solutions. Eric and his company are at the forefront of the latest developments in the world of global espionage, and the merging of man and machine. He attests that the Hollywood-created image of the daring secret agent sneaking into a foreign government's laser protected server room to steal top secret information couldn't be further from modern reality. In fact, the "James Bond" of the 21st century doesn't just use a computer, he is the computer.

Chen Lizra - "The Power of Seduction in Our Everyday Lives"

With almost a decade of experience in the animation industry, working on projects for MTV, TVA, Alliance Atlantis, Mainframe Entertainment and Radical Entertainment, Chen Lizra has built a career around her imagination and creative thinking. In 2009 & 2012 Chen was nominated as one of the "YWCA Women of Distinction in Vancouver," and was recently honored by the Australian government with a Distinguished Talent Permanent Visa for her international achievements in the arts. As the international author of "My Seductive Cuba, a unique travel guide", Chen's book won two awards in the US, including the prestigious IPPY Book Award. With a passion for dance and creative movement, Lizra offers students seduction workshops and focused lectures and seminars about the art of seduction in our everyday lives.

John Bromley - "Disrupting the World of Charity"

Charity isn't a new interest for John. He's been immersed in it in one way or another all of his life. His dad, Blake Bromley, is one of the world's leading charity lawyers. Together, they started Benefic Group to fill the void in specialized expertise in charity law, strategy, and policy in Canada. Benefic has worked with hundreds of local and international donors, charities, foundations, governments, non-profits and for-profits to provide strategic and legal advice, and arrange several billion dollars in giving.  In recent years, John has shifted his focus towards the intersection of technology and charitable culture. The internet is starting to change the way people interact with, transact with and learn about charity, and John is developing two web-based software platforms that encourage mass awareness and participation in the benevolent sector, promoting accessibility and reducing costs: Chimp is a kind of "charitable bank" where anyone can create an account to better manage their giving; Peer Giving Solutions helps charities raise awareness, supporters and money through the power of online community and storytelling.

HOW TO GET TICKETS TO THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM:

Interested attendees are invited to register to attend the October 21st event at www.tedxvancouver.com.  The conference will be accompanied by a select offering of optional pre- and post-event activities, catering to diverse tastes and interests.  A live webcast of the event will be available in high-quality video for free live viewing on the Internet.

[*Note: TEDx Vancouver will announce more speakers over the next 4 weeks in a series of releases to the press. Speakers and Talk Focus are subject to change in advance of October 21, 2012, official program will be announced at least I week prior to actual event.]

About TEDxVancouver

TEDxVancouver is part of the TEDx family of events. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized meetings that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. The event is called TEDxVancouver is, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Edinburgh, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, and on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.

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Intel to Software Developers: Embrace Era of Transparent Computing

Intel to Software Developers: Embrace Era of Transparent Computing

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
  • Intel reinforces commitment to ensuring HTML5 adoption accelerates and remains an open standard, providing developers a robust application environment that will run best on Intel® architecture.
  • New McAfee Anti-Theft product is designed to protect consumers’ property and personal information on Ultrabook™ devices.
  • The Intel® Developer Zone is a new program designed to provide software developers and businesses with a single point of access to tools, communities and resources to help them engage with peers.


INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, Sept. 12, 2012 – Today at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Renée James, senior vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group at Intel Corporation, outlined her vision for transparent computing. This concept is made possible only through an “open” development ecosystem where software developers write code that will run across multiple environments and devices. This approach will lessen the financial and technical compromises developers make today.


“With transparent computing, software developers no longer must choose one environment over another in order to maintain profitability and continue to innovate,” said James. “Consumers and businesses are challenged with the multitude of wonderful, yet incompatible devices and environments available today. It’s not about just mobility, the cloud or the PC. What really matters is when all of these elements come together in a compelling and transparent cross-platform user experience that spans environments and hardware architectures. Developers who embrace this reality are the ones who will remain relevant.”

Software developers are currently forced to choose between market reach, delivering innovation or staying profitable. By delivering the best performance with Intel's cross-platform tools, security solutions and economically favorable distribution channels, the company continues to take a leadership position in defining and driving the open software ecosystem.

Develop to Run Many Places
While developers regularly express their desire to write once and run on multiple platforms, currently there is little incentive for any of the curators of these environments to provide cross-platform support. Central to Intel’s operating system of choice strategy, the company believes a solution to the cross-platform challenge is HTML5. With it, developers no longer have to make trade-offs between profitability, market participation or delivering innovation in their products. Consumers benefit by enabling their data, applications and identity to seamlessly transition from one operating system or device environment to another.

During her keynote, James emphasized the importance of HTML5 and related standards and that the implementation of this technology by developers should remain open to provide a robust application development environment. James reinforced Intel's commitment to HTML5 and JavaScript by announcing that Mozilla, in collaboration with Intel, is working on a native implementation of River Trail technology. It is available now for download as a plug-in and will become native in Firefox browsers to bring the power of parallel computing to Web applications in 2013.

Security at Intel Provides an Inherent Advantage
Security at Intel provides an inherent advantage in terms of its approach. For over a decade, Intel has applied its technology leadership to security platform features aimed at keeping computing safe, from devices and networks to the data center. Today, the company extends the efficacy of security by combining hardware and software security solutions and co-designing products with McAfee. James invited McAfee Co-President Michael DeCesare to join her onstage to emphasize the important role security takes as the threat landscape continues to become more complex both in terms of volume and sophistication. DeCesare also highlighted the opportunity for developers to participate in securing the industry.

Touching on where McAfee is heading with Intel, DeCesare discussed the importance of understanding where computing is going overall. He noted examples including applications moving to the cloud, as well as IT seeking ways to reduce power consumption and wrestling with challenges associated with big data and the consumerization of IT. DeCesare also highlighted the value of maintaining the user experience and introduced McAfee Anti-Theft security software. Designed to protect consumers’ property and personal information for Ultrabook™ devices, this latest product enhancement is a collaborative effort with Intel to develop anti-theft software using Intel technologies that provide device and data protection.

DeCesare reiterated the opportunity for developers through the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA). The technology partnering program helps accelerate development of interoperable- security products, simplify integration of these products and delivers solutions to maximize the value of existing customer investments. The program also is intended to reduce both time-to-problem resolution and operational costs.

Developers’ Access to Resources Made Easy
James also announced the Intel® Developer Zone, a program designed to provide software developers and businesses with a single point of access to tools, communities and resources to help them engage with peers. Today’s software ecosystem is full of challenges and opportunities in such areas as technology powering new user experiences, expectations from touchscreens, battery life requirements, data security and cloud accessibility. The program is focused on providing resources to help developers learn and embrace these evolving market shifts and maximize development efforts across many form factors, platforms and operating systems.

  • Development Resources: Software tools, training, developer guides, sample code and support will help developers create new user experiences across many platforms. In the fourth quarter of this year, Intel Developer Zone will introduce an HTML5 Developer Zone focused on cross-platform apps, guiding developers through actual deployments of HTML5 apps on Apple* iOS*, Google* Android*, Microsoft* Windows* and Tizen*.
  • Business Resources: Global software distribution and sales opportunities will be available via the Intel AppUp® center and co-marketing resources. Developers can submit and publish apps to multiple Intel AppUp center affiliate stores for Ultrabook devices, tablets and desktop systems. The Intel Developer Zone also provides opportunities for increased awareness and discoverability through the Software Business Network, product showcases and marketing programs.
  • Active Communities: With Intel Developer Zone, developers can engage with experts in their field – both from Intel and the industry – to share knowledge, get support and build relationships. In the Ultrabook community, users will find leading developers sharing ideas and recommendations on how to create compelling Microsoft* Windows* 8 apps for the latest touch- and sensor-enabled Ultrabook devices.

About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.


Sophos Introduces First Cloud-Based Solution With Hosted Version of Mobile Device Management Offering

10 Sep 2012

Sophos Introduces First Cloud-Based Solution With Hosted Version of Mobile Device Management Offering

As a hosted service, Sophos Mobile Control eliminates hardware costs and reduces time to administer MDM solutions

Sophos today announced the hosted version of its award-winning mobile device management (MDM) solution, Sophos Mobile Control, enabling partners to offer clients a choice of delivery models. Based on the recently released Sophos Mobile Control 2.5, Sophos Mobile Control as a Service allows businesses to quickly and easily deploy an MDM solution without any changes to their existing IT infrastructures, alleviating any further management burden on IT. In addition to Sophos Mobile Control as a Service, the company is planning to introduce a full range of hosted security applications.

Even with limited resources and expertise, device management in minutes

Although a company-installed MDM solution offers advantages, it does require planning and expertise that businesses new to mobile device management often lack, which is why Sophos now offers a hosted alternative that can be implemented within minutes. Companies using Sophos Mobile Control as a Service can complete countless tasks—from creating policies to uploading lists of users and developing Acceptable Use Policies for employee-owned devices through the web-based admin console. The service requires nothing more than a browser on the customer premises.

A solution to fit

Designed with usability in mind, and based on user feedback, the structure of the Sophos Mobile Control web console, self-service portal and the mobile client provide customers with a powerful and intuitive solution that is easy to use and offers the benefit of no hardware on the customer site, resulting in savings to both capital and operating expenditures, as no maintenance is required.

“We provide a hosted Marketing Resource Management product ourselves, which is what made us start looking for a SaaS MDM offering” said Peter Küssner, managing director, Picture Management AG. “As we’ve allowed our employees to start using their personal smartphones at work, we felt increasing pressure to get better control of the devices to protect our data. After discussions started with Sophos, we were impressed by how fast we had the service up and running.”

“The expansion of BYOD programs and the prevalence of mobile devices on business networks means mobile device management is an issue with which companies of all sizes are grappling. This presents a great opportunity for resellers and other solution providers, as many companies are looking to their IT consultants for help managing mobile devices,” said Stacy Crook, senior analyst, Mobile Enterprise Research, IDC. “Sophos’ new SaaS-based MDM solution provides businesses with a sound option for securing mobile devices without creating more work for the IT department. Additionally, Sophos partners can increase their revenue by offering services that meet the growing demand for mobile device management.”

“The launch of Sophos Mobile Control as our first hosted service represents a significant milestone in our product strategy,” said Matthias Pankert, vice president, product management, Sophos. “Security applications are rapidly moving toward the cloud to provide flexibility and scalability, which today’s businesses demand. With limited resources and a multitude of security solutions to manage, mobile devices in particular are often left uncontrolled. Our SaaS-based solution ensures that these devices are controlled and managed, even for small groups of users within a company.”

Sophos Mobile Control is available for on-premise installation or as Software as a Service under a subscription license. The on-premise version is also included in the Sophos Complete Security Suite, which combines endpoint, data, email, web, server and mobile protection in one license. Sophos offers additional mobile security solutions such as Sophos Mobile Security, an antivirus app for Android devices available for free download on Google Play and Sophos Mobile Encryption, an app used in conjunction with SafeGuard Enterprise Encryption for Cloud Storage to allow mobile access to encrypted files in the cloud.

For additional information on Sophos Mobile Control, please visit the mobile section of our website.

About Sophos

More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing complete security solutions that are simple to deploy, manage, and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers.

Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Cisco Delivers New Wave of Security Solutions to Defend Fast-Evolving Data Centers

Cisco Delivers New Wave of Security Solutions to Defend Fast-Evolving Data Centers

New Intrusion Prevention System, Updates to Core ASA Firewall Platform Boost Performance, Visibility for Addressing Virtualized and Cloud-Based Data Centers


SAN JOSE, CA--(Sep 12, 2012) - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today introduced a set of security solutions designed to fortify data centers against the threats they face in moving toward more consolidated and virtualized environments, while also enabling businesses to take advantage of new cloud-based models. Collectively, the offerings extend data center and security professionals' power to enforce end-to-end security for high-capacity data centers and mobile workforces. The offerings include new highly scalable software for the world's most widely deployed firewall, the Cisco® Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) line; virtualized ASA for multitenant environments; a data-center-grade intrusion prevention system (IPS); and new improvements to the Cisco AnyConnect® Secure Mobility Client to meet the stringent requirements of a more mobile and productive workforce.

Cisco TV will broadcast "Defending the Data Center" today at 10:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm EDT / 17:00 GMT. To watch, visit Cisco's Secure Data Center website at http://www.cisco.com/go/securedc.

The virtualization and cloud mega trend is forcing profound shifts within data centers, affecting everything from IT services to business models to architectures. If addressed properly, these trends offer business benefits such as reduced capital investments, new revenue growth and the greater efficiency, agility and scalability demanded by globalization. With this announcement, Cisco is helping security to keep pace with the demands of changing high-performance virtual and cloud environments, as well as the demands of increased complexity, compliance and employees bringing their own devices to work, among other trends.

Operating under the principle that security must be integrated across the network to ensure protection of unified data centers, Cisco believes network policies must be unified across physical and virtual worlds, intra-virtual machine communication should be secured, and access to applications by wired and mobile clients must be protected. This security approach has become imperative as customers look to make the migration to cloud and a more flexible device-agnostic corporate culture. Cisco's latest product developments support such an approach.

Key Highlights

Cisco ASA 9.0 Platform: Major update to the operating system

- Delivers data-center-caliber performance, scaling to 320 Gbps of firewall and 60 Gbps IPS throughput, and 1 million connections per second and 50 million concurrent connections, delivering eight times the performance density of competing solutions.

- Delivers pay-as-you-grow scale as application and VM traffic increases, eliminating the need for costly chassis investment. Scaling is achieved through clustering technology, which allows IT to manage a stack of ASAs as a single logical device.

- Provides context-awareness for next-generation visibility and control. Supports TrustSec security group tags and identity-based firewall capabilities to provide enhanced visibility for more granular policy enforcement. Provides multitenant security to support cloud computing use cases.

- Integrates with Cisco Cloud Web security (formerly ScanSafe) to enable deep content scanning with little to no impact on ASA performance.

- Delivers enhanced, highly secure remote access capabilities by supporting IPv6 connections with minimal performance impact and Next Generation Encryption capabilities, including NSA "Suite B" set of cryptographic algorithms.

Cisco ASA 1000V: Mainstream ASA technology optimized for virtual/cloud environments

- ASA firewall built specifically for multitenant virtual and cloud environments. Unlike competitive offerings, it goes beyond merely offering the current physical ASA in a VM to provide superior flexibility and more efficient use of resources.

- A single ASA 1000V instance can protect many workloads with different security policies across multiple ESX hosts, reducing deployment complexity and improving scalability in heterogeneous environments.

- Protects the tenant edge and enables highly secure segmentation for consistent, end-to-end security across physical, virtual and public/private cloud environments using a proven firewall.

- Built on the industry-leading Cisco Nexus® 1000V Series switch and complements the Cisco Virtual Security Gateway (VSG) for end-to-end security for virtual and cloud infrastructures.

- Cisco IPS 4500 Series: A new intrusion prevention system (IPS) built for data centers:

- Delivers the highest-performance density in the industry: 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) per rack unit, for ultra-efficient application protection in the data center.

- Purpose-built for the data center, it protects critical data center resources in a compact 2RU form factor, delivering superior IPS performance density.

- Enables easy insertion of IPS into a wide range of networks and ensures interoperability with existing network elements.

- Drives effective mitigation decisions via a context-aware IPS implementation that incorporates network reputation.

Cisco Security Manager 4.3: Cisco Security Manager (CSM) provides scalable, centralized management from which administrators can efficiently manage a wide range of Cisco security devices, gain visibility across the network deployment, and share information with other essential network services like compliance systems and advanced security analysis systems.

- Manages a diverse Cisco security environment, including Cisco ASA 5500 and 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliances; Cisco IPS 4200, 4300 and 4500 Series Sensor Appliances; the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client; and Cisco Secure Routers.
Unlike other management products, which require multiple deployments to achieve scale, a single installation of CSM can manage a very large number of devices, dramatically improving scalability.

- Enables health and performance of Cisco ASA and IPS devices to be continuously monitored, and sends alerts when preset thresholds are reached.

- Uses an intuitive wizard to greatly simplify and streamline image upgrades for individual or groups of ASA firewalls.

- Enables API-based access for Cisco Security Manager policy configuration data to allow organizations to share information with other essential network services such as compliance and advanced security analysis systems.

Cisco AnyConnect 3.1: Enables highly secure remote access to network resources:

- Offers differentiated device access to help enable BYOD deployments, IPv6 capability and latest Next Generation Encryption, including NSA's Suite B Cryptography.

- Security Services: Professional and support services, from Cisco and its partners, help customers plan, build and manage highly secure, complex data center and cloud infrastructures. Cisco Data Center Security Services can help address both protection and enablement needs, such as protecting data, enabling highly secure access, assuring regulatory compliance and thwarting intrusion.

Supporting Quotes:

Christopher Young, senior vice president and general manager of Security and Government Group, Cisco

"For enterprises to confidently seize the business benefits offered by data center virtualization and the cloud, security must be seen as the art of the possible, not as a hindrance. As with the rest of your network, we make consistent security a deployment decision that enables policies to work throughout hybrid environments -- physical, virtual and cloud -- and enables data center professionals to deliver IT as a service with a high degree of security without impeding network performance."

Ken Owens, cloud chief technology officer, Savvis, a CenturyLink company

"As a global, enterprise-focused cloud provider, Savvis always monitors the latest in security technologies. We are evaluating the Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall, which not only appears to satisfy enterprise cloud security controls, but meets the rigorous deployment requirements required for enterprise-class functionality."

Nick Schmidt, senior manager, Information Technology, CDW

"Security is measured by levels of trust. It's about global authority and access. There has been a true shift in the realm of security. Cisco's security solutions play a key role in protecting our company, and enables us to use a mix of public and private cloud approaches, depending on the need."

Mike Zozaya, practice manager, Security/Mobility/Infrastructure, Nexus IS

"The advent of virtualized data centers and cloud-based infrastructures has elevated security requirements for our customers. Cisco's latest integrated security offerings address the context aware security requirements for many of our data center customers, and provides Nexus IS with the innovative and integrated technologies to help our customers build end-to-end security solutions for virtual and multitenant cloud infrastructures."

Supporting Resources:

- Cisco Secure Data Center http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/netsys/security/secure_data_center.html?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=email&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=Secure+Data+Center

- Cisco SecureX http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1167/index.html?CAMPAIGN=rsa+2012&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=syndicatedcontent&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=secure+x

- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/index.html?CAMPAIGN=rsa+2012&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=social+media&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=cisco+asa

- Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12233/index.html?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=newsletter&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=to+asa+1000v
- Cisco IPS 4500 Series Sensor Appliances

- Cisco AnyConnect Client http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10884/index.html?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=newsletter&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=to+cisco+anyconnect+mobility

- Cisco Security Manager http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6498/index.html?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=newsletter&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=to+cisco+security+manager

- Cisco TrustSec http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1051/index.html?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=newsletter&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=to+trust+sec

- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/index.html?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=newsletter&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=to+ise

- Cisco Security Intelligence Operations  http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/home.x?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=newsletter&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=to+security+intelligence+operations

- Cisco Security Services  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/services.html?CAMPAIGN=secure+dc&COUNTRY_SITE=us&POSITION=newsletter&REFERRING_SITE=press+release&CREATIVE=to+security+services

- Visit the Cisco Security Blog - http://blogs.cisco.com/security

- Follow Cisco Security on Twitter - http://twitter.com/ciscosecurity

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Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates Unite and Issue New Recommendations to Make Research Freely Available to All Online

Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates Unite and Issue New Recommendations to Make Research Freely Available to All Online

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition today issued new guidelines that could usher in huge advances in the sciences, medicine, and health.

The recommendations were developed by leaders of the Open Access movement, which has worked for the past decade to provide the public with unrestricted, free access to scholarly research—much of which is publicly funded. Making the research publicly available to everyone—free of charge and without most copyright and licensing restrictions—will accelerate scientific research efforts and allow authors to reach a larger number of readers.

"The reasons to remove restrictions as far as possible are to share knowledge and accelerate research. Knowledge has always been a public good in a theoretical sense. Open Access makes it a public good in practice," said professor Peter Suber, director of the Open Access Project at Harvard University and a senior researcher at SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition).  

The Open Access recommendations include the development of Open Access policies in institutions of higher education and in funding agencies, the open licensing of scholarly works, the development of infrastructure such as Open Access repositories and creating standards of professional conduct for Open Access publishing. The recommendations also establish a new goal of achieving Open Access as the default method for distributing new peer-reviewed research in every field and in every country within ten years' time.

"Science and scholarship are activities funded from the public purse because society believes they will lead to a better future in terms of our health, environment, and culture," said Heather Joseph, executive director of SPARC. "Anything that maximises the efficacy and efficiency of research benefits every one of us. Open Access is a major tool in that quest. These new recommendations will underpin future developments in communicating the results of research over the next decade."

Today, Open Access is increasingly recognized as a right rather than an abstract ideal. The case for rapid implementation of Open Access continues to grow. Open Access benefits research and researchers; increases the return to taxpayers on their investment in research; and amplifies the social value of research, funding agencies, and research institutions.

The Open Access recommendations are the result of a meeting hosted earlier this year by the Open Society Foundations, on the tenth anniversary of the landmark Budapest Open Access Initiative, which first defined Open Access.

"Foundations rarely have the good fortune to be actively present at the birth of a world-wide movement that fundamentally changes the rules of the game and provides immediate benefit to the world," said Istvan Rev, director of the Open Society Archives and a member of the Open Society Foundations Global Board. "This is what happened when the Open Society Foundations initiated a meeting at the end of 2001 that gave birth to the Open Access movement."

SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC's advocacy, educational, and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc.

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. Working with local communities in more than 100 countries, the Open Society Foundations support justice and human rights, freedom of expression, and access to public health and education.

SOURCE Open Society Foundations

IIntuit launches QuickBooks 2013

 
Small Businesses Find More Time With QuickBooks 2013
 
New Design Boosts Efficiency and Functionality
 
        MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Sept. 10, 2012 – Canada’s entrepreneurs are always looking for new ways to take their business to the next level. Research from Intuit Canada has found, however, that entrepreneurs often lack the time and resources they need to get ahead.
Intuit’s research shows that 62% of Canada’s 2.4 million small businesses say that financial tracking is critical when it comes to achieving their business goals Research conducted by ConStat. 961 small business professionals surveyed between February 28 and March 12, 2012. According to Industry Canada, the definition of “small business” is firms that have fewer than 100 employees.. The same research shows that more than 34% of small businesses are constantly looking for better ways to manage their finances, while 26% feel they’re alone when it comes to managing their business.
With the new QuickBooks® 2013, Canada’s number one selling financial management software, Based on NPD Group/Retail Tracking Service of units sold at retail in Canada from July 2010 through July 2011 for desktop software only. these entrepreneurs have a new resource to help them run and grow their small businesses.
        From smart new features to a sleek new look and feel, the 2013 version of QuickBooks® from Intuit Canada is the easiest, most efficient QuickBooks ever. Key features and benefits that will help small businesses find more time include:
  • Time-saving customer transaction forms – The most common actions have been simplified. Fewer clicks are required to create invoices, estimates and sales orders.
  • Easier navigation – A simplified user experience provides “one-click” access to favourite, recent and memorized reports right from the home page.
  • Faster access to information – Reorganized Customer, Vendor and Employee Centres let users easily access key contact information, such as multiple email addresses, phone numbers, website addresses and social network profiles.
        “We know that small businesses want to spend their time creating new products and services, attracting new customers, and growing their business,” said Avneet Sandhu, Product Manager for QuickBooks. “That’s why we designed QuickBooks 2013 to make it easier for small businesses to quickly tackle vital financial management tasks so that they have more time to spend figuring out how to take their business to the next level.”

A One-stop Shop for Managing A Small Business

In additional to tackling vital financial management tasks, small businesses can do more with QuickBooks 2013. A new feature called Lead Centre provides users with a mini-customer relationship management (CRM) tool. Conveniently integrated into the QuickBooks calendar, the tool helps users track sales leads, import existing leads, and add associated tasks. When a lead becomes a customer, the contact information can be moved into the Customer Centre with one click!

Advanced Inventory Feature for A Growing Business
QuickBooks 2013 includes a new Advanced Inventory feature for small business owners who are managing a growing operation. The Advanced Inventory feature reduces the need for third-party software for users who have complex inventory systems, enabling users to:
  • Track their inventory across multiple locations, serial numbers or lot numbers and specific locations within a warehouse.
  • Assign barcodes to items for scanning for data entry on transaction forms.
This feature is available as an add-on to QuickBooks Enterprise 13.0, an affordable and user-friendly version of QuickBooks designed specifically for growing mid-sized businesses.
 
New Features for Accountants   
        QuickBooks’ Accountant 2013 includes specific features that help accounting professionals work efficiently with their clients’ QuickBooks data. In addition to exclusive toolsets such as Client Data Review, which helps accountants save time by automatically identifying common client entry errors, the 2013 version introduces new features, including:
  • Accountant Centre – Gives accountants one-click access to the tools they use most. This customizable feature includes the new Reconcile Widget, which provides a fresh look at account balances, reconciled balance and last reconciled date all in one place.
  • Batch Enter Transactions – Saves accountants and professional bookkeepers time by enabling them to use a spreadsheet, such as Excel, to manually enter multiple transactions that can be inputted into QuickBooks in a single step.
  • Send General Journal Entries – Provides accountants with the ability to send General Journal Entries to their clients with the click of a button, meaning that clients don’t have to manually input these entries under instruction of the accountant.
  • Financial Statement Writer – Streamlines workflow by allowing accountants to edit and format custom financial statements and documents using familiar Microsoft Excel and Word functions. These reports can be created for distinct client business types, and the data is automatically refreshed.
 
Pricing and Availability
QuickBooks 2013 can be purchased directly from Intuit Canada on Sept. 24 by calling 1-888-829-8589 or visiting www.quickbooks.ca. QuickBooks Pro and Premier will be available on Oct. 7 at participating retailers, including Best Buy, Future Shop, Staples and Walmart. Suggested retail prices are:
  • QuickBooks Pro: For newer and existing small businesses: $229.99.
  • QuickBooks Premier: For established and expanding small businesses, including industry-specific editions for contractors, manufacturers and wholesalers, nonprofits, professional service firms and retailers: $499.99.
QuickBooks Enterprise 13.0 is loaded with the tools and features growing businesses need to get on – and stay on – a strong growth trajectory. It has the capacity to add up to 30 simultaneous users at multiple locations and to manage 100,000 items. It will be available from Intuit by calling 1-866-935-7237 or visiting http://enterprise.intuit.ca. Price for a five-user version: $3,600 annually.
QuickBooks Accountant 2013 will be available through Intuit’s ProAdvisor Program, exclusively designed to provide Canadian accounting professionals with software savings, free online training, and priority technical support. For more information, please call 1-877-823-3346 or visit http:proadvisor.ca. Price: 399.99.
 
About Intuit Canada
Intuit Canada ULC is a leading provider of business, financial and tax management solutions for small- and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including Quicken®, QuickBooks®, QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions, SuccèsPME, TurboTax, and ImpôtRapideMC, simplify personal finance, accounting software and tax preparation and filing.

Additional offerings include ProFile®, a professional tax preparation software suite, the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program and the Intuit Developer Network for professional users and developers. All are provided by Intuit Canada or through its partners.

Intuit Canada has employees across Canada and offices in Edmonton, AB, and Mississauga, ON. Intuit Canada is an affiliate of Intuit Inc., which is listed on the Nasdaq.
Stay up to speed with QuickBooks in Canada on Twitter (@quickbooksCa), or like us on Facebook (facebook/QuickBooksCanada).
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Intuit Canada
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Canada Post delivers innovation with next generation of epost

Canada Post delivers innovation with next generation of epost

Enhanced security, address authentication enables greater e-government and e-business services

TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada Post is enhancing epost, Canada's digital mailbox, creating a platform that brings greater functionality for Canadians and sets the foundation for delivering enhanced government and business services. The latest iteration of epost offers better design and navigation, enhanced tools to manage bills and an unparallelled authentication process that links digital identity with a user's physical address.

"We believe that epost can play a key role in the growth of Canada's digital economy," says Kerry Munro, Group President of the Digital Delivery Network, Canada Post. "With authentication, epost extends beyond bills and can deliver more sensitive, evidentiary documents that require user and address validation while providing a more secure and efficient e-delivery solution for consumers to communicate with business and government."

The new platform launches in Kitchener Waterloo, a hotbed for innovation and technology, and will signal a series of epost innovations that will roll out nationally into 2013 to offer greater convenience, content, services, safety and security to Canadians, business and government.

Canada Post knows addresses: authentication means Kitchener Waterloo epost users can link their digital identity with their physical address, helping validate their identity. As privacy becomes an increasingly contentious issue online, both government and businesses grapple with how they can provide e-services safely and securely, while protecting Canadians' personal information. Through authentication, Canadians will be able to share more sensitive and secure information with government and business.

Authentication offers a solution to government bodies looking for safe ways to provide e-services to constituents, like license sticker or parking permit renewals, and businesses looking to offer more flexible, secure online transactions. This enables governments and businesses to reduce fraud and costs related to online infrastructure, technology or customer service.

epost is the largest bill consolidation solution in Canada. With over 7.7 million Canadians having registered with epost, and over 100 participating businesses - including 17 municipalities - epost has a robust, safe and secure foundation that allows Canada Post to enhance the scope of services available in the future.

"We understand what Canadians want: fast, easy, safe and secure consolidation of their bills, and other essential documents, that they can manage in one place and pay through their online banking," adds Munro. "Canada Post has been delivering to Canadians' physical doorstep for more than a century and now we are well positioned to enhance delivery to Canadians' digital mailbox."

For Canadians already paying their bills through online banking, but accessing their bills or essential documents via email or having to visit multiple sites with multiple logins and passwords, epost provides one convenient, safe and secure way to manage your household affairs. Personal information stays within Canada's virtual borders, and is not exposed to foreign privacy acts or servers.

About epost
epost is the free digital mailbox that helps busy Canadians simplify their lives by offering one place, one login, one password to manage their household bills and essential documents. Fully integrated with your bank, epost makes it easier than ever before to consolidate and pay your bills. Bank-grade security and a digital safety deposit box protect you and your sensitive information while reminders help you avoid late fees. Over 7.7 million Canadians have registered with epost to stay better organized, and save time and money.

SOURCE: Canada Post

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VMware Announces General Availability of VMware vCloud(R) Suite 5.1

 

VMware Announces General Availability of VMware vCloud® Suite 5.1

 

Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solution Delivers the Software-Defined Datacentre  

 

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 11, 2012 —VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced the general availability of the new VMware vCloud Suite 5.1, a complete, integrated cloud infrastructure solution that integrates VMware’s leading virtualization, cloud infrastructure and management portfolio into a single SKU, simplifying the adoption of cloud era technologies. 

 

“The VMware vCloud® Suite 5.1 is the first and most comprehensive solution for delivering the software-defined datacentre,” said Mike Clayville, vice president, product marketing, cloud infrastructure products, VMware. “By bringing together everything customers may need to build and manage agile, reliable cloud infrastructure, the VMware vCloud Suite simplifies and automates IT operations and delivers on the promise of cloud computing.”

 

The VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 extends the benefits of virtualization to every domain in the datacentre — compute, storage, networking, and the associated availability and security services.  It includes industry leading virtualization, software-defined datacentre services, policy-based provisioning, disaster recovery, and application and operations management capabilities delivered by:

 

·         VMware vSphere® 5.1 – With more than 100 enhancements and new features, VMware’s virtualization platform is the proven foundation for the software-defined datacentre, delivering the highest service levels for all applications, including business-critical workloads and low-latency, I/O-sensitive applications.

 

·         VMware vCloud Director® 5.1 – With scalability improvements that support “elastic” virtual datacentres spanning multiple VMware vSphere clusters and up to 30,000 VMs, VMware vCloud Director 5.1 allows customers to provision complete virtual datacentre services in minutes.

 

·         VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 – Providing a full set of software-defined networking capabilities, the new VMware vCloud Networking and Security enables the dynamic creation of virtual networks and services that are completely decoupled and independent from the physical network hardware.

 

·         VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager™ 5.1 – To enhance the availability and rapid recovery of applications running in the software-defined datacentre, vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1 simplifies and automates disaster recovery planning, testing and execution. 

 

To help customers simplify and automate management and operations of their cloud environments, the VMware vCloud Suite also includes vFabric Application Director™, vCenter Operations Management Suite™ and vCloud Connector™ to speed application provisioning, move workloads between clouds, and bring intelligent automation to capacity planning, performance and compliance management.

 

Pricing and Availability
The VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 is now generally available in three editions — Standard, Advanced and Enterprise —  and includes the following products: VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCloud Connector, VMware vCloud Networking and Security, VMware vFabric Application Director, VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. The VMware vCloud Suite is licensed per processer with no core, vRAM or number of VM limits with prices starting at US$4,995 per processor. 

Go to VMware vCloud Suite Pricing page

 

Additional Resources

·         Go to VMware NOW to learn more about the VMware vCloud Suite

·         Go to the VMworld® 2012 Press Kit

·         Read VMware CTO Steve Herrod’s blog: The Software-Defined Datacenter meets VMworld

·         Read VMware CTO of Cloud Networking & Security Allwyn Sequeira’s blog: Unveiling Software-Defined Networking and Security at VMworld 2012

·         Read VMware Principal Engineer Kit Colbert’s blog: Managing the Software-Defined Datacenter

·         Connect with VMware on Twitter and Facebook

 

About VMware

VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2011 revenues of US$3.77 billion, VMware has more than 400,000 customers and 55,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com. VMware Canada is headuartered in Burlington, Ont., and can be found at www.vmware.ca.

 

VMware, VMware vCloud, vCloud Director, vSphere, vCenter, Site Recovery Manager, and VMworld are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and 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.

 




























































































iCIMS and Workopolis Align to Offer Talent Acquisition Software to Canadian Market

 

iCIMS and Workopolis Align to Offer Best-in-Class Talent Acquisition Software to Canadian Market

Workopolis named exclusive Canadian distributor of iCIMS’ Software Platform

10 September 2012

MATAWAN, N.J. – iCIMS, Inc., a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions for growing businesses, today announced that the company has partnered with Workopolis, the largest online recruitment provider in Canada. Under the agreement, Workopolis will exclusively resell iCIMS’ sourcing, recruitment, and onboarding solutions. iCIMS’ Talent Platform will also power the next version of Workopolis’ existing applicant tracking system (ATS). As Workopolis’ services partner, iCIMS will establish a Canadian data center and provide French language support, augmenting its already robust service levels.

Workopolis is pleased to be partnering with iCIMS, recognized for its renowned customer experience and its platform’s strengths in user interface, integrations, and social-enabled recruitment tools. Further, the organization favored iCIMS’ flexibility in delivering the back-end platform and its Social Connect, Career, and New Hire Onboarding portals in in both French and English.

“iCIMS will help us keep our valued customers at the forefront of innovation in recruitment,” said Kelly Dixon, President of Workopolis. “A comprehensive system that streamlines the process of sourcing and sorting candidates, including interactions with social media sites, will improve the experience of both employers and job seekers. It's a win-win."

“We are tremendously excited about this partnership with Workopolis,” said Colin Day, Chief Executive Officer, iCIMS. “Our organizations complement each other very well due to Workopolis’ dominance in Canada, its focus on best-of-breed recruitment advertising solutions, and both companies’ strong commitments to customer success. We look forward to growing and supporting our mutual customer base this year and in years to come.”

The relationship also benefits existing iCIMS customers through tighter integration between iCIMS’ Talent Platform and Workopolis Jobs, as well as the enhanced French-language customer service and Canadian data hosting.

About Workopolis:
Founded in 2000, Workopolis is Canada’s leading career site helping employers and candidates connect with each other online. In addition to the millions of monthly visitors to www.workopolis.com, Workopolis reaches users across the web through exclusive partnerships and community sites as well as through innovative use of social networking sites and mobile applications.

Canadian owned and operated, Workopolis is an equal partnership between Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, and Square Victoria Digital Properties Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada.


About iCIMS:
iCIMS, a leading provider of innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions, is an Inc. 500 and Software Satisfaction honoree focused on solving corporate business issues through the implementation of easy-to-use, scalable solutions that are backed by award-winning customer service. iCIMS' Talent Platform, the industry's premier candidate management solution, enables organizations to manage their entire talent acquisition lifecycle from sourcing, to recruiting, to onboarding all within a single web-based application. With more than 1,200 clients worldwide, iCIMS is one of the largest and fastest-growing talent acquisition system providers with offices in North America, UK, and China. To learn more about how iCIMS can help your organization, visit http://www.icims.com or view a free online demo of the iCIMS Talent Platform.