ComputerWorld Canada Magazine

What to Watch for in 2010
Our editorial panel runs down the
trends that will break this year Page 4
help desk harmony
Your support crew is the face of IT to
most of the company Page 15

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first look
The launch of the google-branded
Nexus One smart phone Page 16

January 26, 2010 volume 26, number 1 $2.50/COpY

Senate bIll S- 4 tIghtenS nooSe on IdentIty thIeveS new legislation makes early-stage identity theft activity a crime under three new offences pAGe 3

MIcroSoft, hP InveSt $250M to Integrate technology StackS the cloud-driven effort over the next three years makes the most integrated stack in the industry, the companies claim pAGe 6

demand for iT professionals grew in the last quarter.
Our guide to the jobs in demand, what they pay,
and the skills you need to get them page 12

SlaShIng deSktoP coStS wIth vIrtual InfraStructure an Indiana school district will spend about $18,000 to reduce desktop costs by $60,000 a year with thin clients pAGe 8

dot-ca rewrIte pAGe 9 SuPerPhone pAGe 11 no SatISfactIon pAGe 13 ItoIlet pAGe 18

CATA wants security czar

By Kathleen Lau

n U.S. preSiden T Barack Obama’s appointment last December of a cyber security co-ordinator should be mirrored by the Canadian government if it wants to raise awareness of cyber security and leverage the security expertise that exists in Canada, according to the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance.

Howard A. Schmidt was named to the White House job

on Dec. 22 and is tasked with creating a U.S. network security strategy that will ensure a unified response to incidents, build partnerships between government and businesses, encourage new technologies and raise security awareness.

Canada, on the other hand, lacks a centralized effort to raise awareness and advance what is a solid base of security knowledge in the IT industry, said Kevin Wennekes, Ottawa-

based CATA Alliance’s vice-president of research.

“There are companies doing wonderful things pretty much in isolation,” said Wennekes. “[It’s] a timely reminder given the U.S. has moved forward and that Canada should move forward on this as well,” said Wennekes.