Brian Jackson

Former editorial director of IT World Canada. Current research director at Info-Tech

Articles by Brian Jackson

IBM acquires Red Hat in ‘largest software acquisition ever’ for $34 billion [analysis]

IBM's acquisition of Red Hat is bound to shake up the cloud market, and it's using open source as a strategic asset.

BlackBerry says its making multiple Amazon Alexa smart speakers for work

New details about BlackBerry's partnership with Amazon on an Alexa smart speaker have emerged.

Teaser for Season 2 of ‘5 Lessons from New Technology Leaders’ podcast

In our podcast mini-series, "5 Lessons from New Technology Leaders," we talk to some of the leaders that are at the forefront of innovation and extract five lessons that other businesses can apply.

Cloud dreams in Paris – OVH Summit photo highlights

The annual OVH Summit saw the European cloud leader release a new product strategy and deliver some performance upgrades that will be coming to Canada too.

Ontario tech CEOs ask Doug Ford to reinstate basic income pilot

More than 100 CEOs in Ontario want the basic income pilot to continue, and they say it's because software is eating up labour opportunity.

SAP announces opening of new Canadian HQ in Toronto

SAP Canada has opened its $12 million renovation to its Toronto headquarters.

3 sources of inspiration from the CanadianCIO Summit: Leverton

Cogeco Peer 1's general manager and vice-president for Canada & APAC shares some of her most memorable moments from the CanadianCIO Summit.

Finding early wins in emerging technologies – CanadianCIO Summit 2018 panel

Hear how Canadian firms are using cutting-edge technologies to fuel business growth. Craig Tavares from Cogeco Peer 1 speaks to using AI to improve...

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