Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

Deadline for Ingenious, CanadianCIO of the Year award nominations is July 9

Canadian enterprises looking to be recognized for their innovative efforts in 2018 have just until July 9 to submit a nomination for the 2018 ITAC Ingenious Awards and the CanadianCIO of the Year Awards.

Why developers take jobs, leave jobs, and how they’re entering the field

We review exclusive developer survey data from DigitalOcean with Developer 30 under 30 winner Leigha Mitchell.

Hashtag Trending – Amazon acquires Pill Pack; German smartphone protection; SD cards to soon store 128 TB

Amazon will soon ship you drugs, a German guy invents an airbag for your smartphone, and SD memory cards will soon be able to store 64 times their current maximum size.

Connected Lab hosts Alexa Skills hackathon featuring Echo Spot

Connected Lab asked developers to create Skills for the new Amazon Echo Spot that would help Canadians with daily life challenges.

Hashtag Trending – AI tackles e-Sports; Facehub; TrumpHotels.org taken down

Artificial intelligence is going to own you at Dota 2, why a new iPhone app will have you making ridiculous faces at your phone, and the website TrumpHotels.org isn’t what you think it is.

IBM Canada’s new president wants Big Blue to be your digital transformation partner

The new leader of IBM Canada is a veteran of the organization that has his sights set on the horizon. He talks about IBM's projects in blockchain, cloud, and AI.

Hashtag Trending – Tech firms face employee backlash; IBM’s Project Debater; Canada’s top 6 memes

Tech employees are pushing back against selling to law enforcement; IBM has a computer that will beat you at a debate; and we’ve got the scoop on the top six most-searched memes in Canada.

HPE CEO Antonio Neri gets thumbs up from Canadian IT leaders for customer-first approach

In his debut at HPE's largest annual event, Neri crafted a clear vision of how the vendor will deliver value for customers and impressed a couple of Canadian customers at the show.

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