Lyne Bourque

The IT industry is booming again and hiring is taking place at a brisk pace in many companies. The biggest area of hiring is, not surprisingly, in security. Laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley are driving forces, particularly as stories about violations of privacy and lost business enthrall the media. No company wants to end up on […]

“Open source is not just a product but an idea.” – Chris Jankal, Professor, Seneca College It was the appropriate kickoff to the 3rd Annual Open Source Symposium this year at the Don Mills Campus of Seneca College, in Toronto, Canada. Moreso than a technological perspective, open source is about ideas. It involves looking at […]

When I look back at the past 12 months, it occurs to me that some common themes keep appearing. I begin to wonder about what the CSI/FBI survey for 2004 will look like when it’s released next spring. Certainly there has been discovered many flaws and holes in various applications, but overall two things stood […]

At many colleges and universities around North America, students learn about a variety of topics. Quite often for reasons of cost and flexibility, courses rely on Open Source alternatives to solutions that the industry typically employs. In fact, for many, Open Source opens new doors for students that would have otherwise been locked out. Seneca […]