Several of my friends and I were frequently referred to as the “best of the best” the John Molson School of Business had to offer. This was typically said either in the context of our school’s coop program or business case competitions. Our university was even recently ranked as the top Canadian school in terms [...]
I’ve been in Toronto for the last 2 weeks at the SAP Sales and Distribution academy. I have a week in Montreal and then I’ll be heading back for another 2 weeks this Sunday to complete the course. Immediately after the course I will write the certification exam after which I’ll be an SAP certified [...]
Do I feel much smarter? Not at all.
Am I glad this university business is over and I will be back in the work force again? Absolutely!
A few weeks ago I was notified that my career start date has been moved up to July 31st because they want me to attend a special training [...]
This afternoon I wrote the GSM networks exam that I was slightly really worried about. The exam was scheduled for 09:00 this morning. I started studying yesterday, but was concerned because although I had previous exams to practice with, I didn’t have the solutions!
Around midnight I was speaking to one of my classmates who informed [...]
Background
Studies have shown that music is an integral part of filmmaking and can have a profound effect on the audience. However, only until relatively recent times has more intensive research been conducted. One example of this was an experiment by Oliver Vitouch titled “When Your Ear Sets the Stage: Musical Context Effects in Film Perception” [...]
This is where things start to get really interesting. The convergence of 3G (high speed, “always on” Internet access) and VoIP drastically changes the playing field. If a mobile operator were to offer Internet access, without any value added service(s), then they would become nothing more than a wireless ISP. At that point, the only [...]
Picture This…
You’re working for a multinational corporation based in Montreal and you’re on a business trip in San Francisco for a week. While you’re relaxing in a café sipping your latte (don’t ask) you suddenly realize you’ve forgotten a critical document on your work PC and you have to call your technical support to get [...]
The first generation of commercially available cellular phone technology began as basic analog (AMPS) service. Eventually the transmissions became digital (D-AMPS / GSM) and today, 3G refers to third generation of new technologies such as WCDMA, UMA and CDMA2000. [1] Although 3G has been rolled out in a few countries already, the most commonly used [...]
With wireless hotspots spreading like wildfire and the explosion of VoIP, VoWifi was the next obvious step to facilitate communications. Now, a VoIP phone call no longer requires a [direct connection to a] PC wired to the Internet! Now, we’ve got the possibility of free phone calls while on the go! Of course, VoWifi is [...]
Wifi is currently the most commonly used method to access packet switched networks (including the Internet) wirelessly. The official standard is called IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11 and is specifically focused on wireless local area networks (WLANs). Most of the 802.11 wireless devices on the market fall into 3 categories/protocols: 802.11a, 802.11b [...]
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