Michel Labelle is a technology manager with 20+ years of industry and consulting experience. He trained at Heritage College (Hull Quebec) in Computer Science with qualifications in project management, systems design, and voice/data communications systems deployment. A regular contributor to IT World Canada and other industry publications, Mr. Labelle has written for MacWorld, IT Architect, Network World and Network Magazine. Mr. Labelle can also be found on the lecture circuit and has been a featured speaker at VMWorld, IP4IT and the MISA conference. Mr. Labelle has served on the federal Canadian Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee and is active in promoting digital civil liberties.
In a surprise announcement this morning on their Red board, Rogers has officially allowed cell phone tethering on their Blackberry and IPhone data plans.
While there are a number restrictions on which data plans this will be allowed on, the fundamental message is Rogers is slowly loosening its hold on what users can and can’t do. Continue reading
I don’t know what it is lately, maybe a bad economy, maybe I just getting old and cranky, but sales staff making cold calls are getting on my nerves. Continue reading
It’s a weird feeling when you go looking for something and it is no longer there. Today I wanted to include some historical content, the problem is I can no longer link to the article online as the web site is gone… Continue reading
Ok, I know I’ve been known to toss out a good Microsoft conspiracy theory once in a while. And I usually get called on them.
It’s just sooo easy to pick on Microsoft since no one would ever attribute the “do no evil” tagline to that comany. But honest, this one isn’t me…. Continue reading
Michel Labelle (31 Posts)Michel Labelle is a technology manager with 20+ years of industry and consulting experience. He trained at Heritage College (Hull Quebec) in Computer Science with qualifications in project management, systems design, and voice/data communications systems deployment. A … Continue reading
Michel Labelle (31 Posts)Michel Labelle is a technology manager with 20+ years of industry and consulting experience. He trained at Heritage College (Hull Quebec) in Computer Science with qualifications in project management, systems design, and voice/data communications systems deployment. A … Continue reading
Michel Labelle (31 Posts)Michel Labelle is a technology manager with 20+ years of industry and consulting experience. He trained at Heritage College (Hull Quebec) in Computer Science with qualifications in project management, systems design, and voice/data communications systems deployment. A … Continue reading
Michel Labelle (31 Posts)Michel Labelle is a technology manager with 20+ years of industry and consulting experience. He trained at Heritage College (Hull Quebec) in Computer Science with qualifications in project management, systems design, and voice/data communications systems deployment. A … Continue reading
Michael Geist has a great summary of some proposed copyright law changes submitted by NDP MP Charlie Angus.
Copyright laws are a big concern for many organizations that are looking at cloud computing… Continue reading
It seems that young Canadians as a rule have a much more varied view of the mobile computing world than we give them credit for. Continue reading
Two weeks ago, the federal government mentioned the delivery of a federal digital strategy as part of the throne speech. While this might not get the attention of many Canadians this is an important marker and something we all need to pay attention and get vocal about. Continue reading
Michel Labelle (31 Posts)Michel Labelle is a technology manager with 20+ years of industry and consulting experience. He trained at Heritage College (Hull Quebec) in Computer Science with qualifications in project management, systems design, and voice/data communications systems deployment. A … Continue reading
Michel Labelle (31 Posts)Michel Labelle is a technology manager with 20+ years of industry and consulting experience. He trained at Heritage College (Hull Quebec) in Computer Science with qualifications in project management, systems design, and voice/data communications systems deployment. A … Continue reading
What Google has created with Wave is essentially a syndicated/federated content management system. The problem as Google sees it today is that the basic user desktop, and more importantly the basic web is fundamentally a hodge podge of different systems that each create data in independent and non-interchangeable silos… Continue reading
