16 June 2019

• Hashtag Trending – Huawei wants patent fees; CAMH adds AI to research; AT&T cancels Galaxy Fold pre-orders
  Huawei asks Verizon for patent fees, CAMH to use AI to improve mental health research, AT&T cancels Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders. That’s all the news that’s trending today. It’s Friday, June 14th, and I’m your host, Tom Li....
• Ontario city stung for $503,000 in switched bank account fraud
  City of Burlington victimized when employee falls for email request to change bank account of a vendor. Read how your company can avoid being hit
• Cyber Security Today: Get rid of old Windows, a warning for Evite users and fake but-kind-of-true news
  Today's podcast looks at the risks of running old versions of Windows, a data breach acknowledged at Evite and someone is pretending old news is new on social media
• Global regulatory policies are ‘10 innovation cycles’ behind, says expert
  The Big Data and AI Conference in Toronto this week featured dozens of businesses vying for attention, and speakers talking about the potential implications of a connected economy. It also revealed organizations have a long way to go when it comes to changing the way they think about privacy in their products and...
• Canadian Blood Services protecting its data against natural disasters with co-location data centre system
  When dealing with blood transfusion and organ transplant services, the safety and availability of critical IT services is absolutely vital, and when all of those services are located in the same region, the risk of losing one or both to something like a tornado was a serious concern for Canadian Blood Services....
• Hashtag Trending – Google reveals Pixel 4; Huawei puts off laptop launch; Facebook to pay for your data
  Google Pixel 4 pictured, Huawei scraps a laptop due to U.S. ban, Facebook pays to pay for your data.   That’s all the news that’s trending today. It’s Thursday, June 13th, and I’m your host, Tom Li. Trending on Twitter, Google has just confirmed the design of the Google Pixel 4, its next flagship phone.…
• Open Elasticsearch instance had data on Canadian immigrant applicants: Researcher
  Two more examples of how IT pros are failing to secure databases and servers open to the Internet
• SAP among 3 companies competing to replace Phoenix
  Ceridian, SAP, Workday are competing to build a new public service HR and payroll system.
• WATCH: Cisco Live Day 2 – 5G and WiFi 6
  Buckley Smith talks with Cisco System Inc.'s Michael Glickman, head of Cisco’s global service provider segment, and Dave Ward, chief technology officer of engineering and chief architect, about the implications of 5G and WiFi 6.
• Lenovo releases ThinkSmart Hub 500 for better conferencing
  Lenovo announced the ThinkSmart Hub 500, an all-in-one video conferencing hub for Zoom Rooms and Microsoft Team, at InfoComm 2019 today. “The smart office market is growing exponentially and partnering with Lenovo to develop an industry-leading Zoom Rooms solution will be instrumental in helping customers embrace smart...