In this video, hosted by Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada, we hear from marketing and technology leaders as they share their perspectives on why analytics matter and just how growth can
Published on: June 19th, 2014 IT World Canada Staff @itworldca
Governments have a certain amount of power when it comes to setting IT standards. The bigger the government the more likely it wants things narrowed down. And the bigger they are the more muscle they
Published on: July 24th, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
Yielding to customer pressure on information sovereignty, SAP Canada will set up a data centre north of Toronto to assure organizations personal data won't leave the country. "It's an emotional thing that I don't
Published on: July 24th, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
A number of governments around the world -- including various levels in Canada -- are embracing open data, filling up Web sites with links to hundreds of datasets that, hopefully, can be repurposed.
Published on: July 24th, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
Download Securing Android for the Enterprise to learn why IDC believes the solution lies with the development of mobile operating systems (OS) that provide for their own security, such as that developed by
Published on: July 24th, 2014 IT World Canada Staff @itworldca
Download Striking a Balance for Mobile Security, a joint research study by the Government Business Council and Samsung, to understand the additional concerns faced by American government agencies and their attitudes and perceptions
Published on: July 24th, 2014 IT World Canada Staff @itworldca
Usually bots are bad, which is why some CSOs ensure their organizations’ Web sites block them. There is a risk, a study by a security vendor has discovered, although not in the way
Published on: July 24th, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
Nominations are now open for the Information Technology Association of Canada/CanadianCIO magazine chief information officer of the year award. The inaugural award will be presented Nov. 12 in Toronto as part of ITAC's Ingenious Awards
Published on: July 24th, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
Tired of your applications breaking? Frustrated by the inability of consulting firms you hired to get applications to work together? Angry that despite vendor promises the last software upgrade isn't giving measurable performance
Published on: July 24th, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
Among the organizations that are great generators of paper, arguably governments rank in the top three. So it was no surprise that the B.C. information and privacy commissioner has discovered 33,000 boxes of
Published on: July 23rd, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
The low number of women in information technology careers has been the subject of commentary for decades. There are various reasons why, some in the industry say: Women just don't go into tech, or those that do
Published on: July 23rd, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
Congratulations on writing your first blog post with us! Now that you've gotten the hard part out of the way, you want to make sure people appreciate all your efforts by being able
Published on: July 23rd, 2014 Hibah Ahmed @itworldca
CIOs have another way of adding BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to their arsenal of mobile management tools -- renting it. BlackBerry said today that service providers are now able to offer BES 10
Published on: July 23rd, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
I hate most business books. They lie. It’s not a sin of “commission.” I’m not sure they set about to consciously distort the facts. It’s more often a sin of “omission”. They leave
Not all of the biggest issues around big data storage revolve around technology. Questions about sovereignty, compliance and security practices loomed large at CanadianCIO’s executive roundtable on storage-as-a-service. As one participant put it
Published on: July 23rd, 2014 christine wong @itworldca
There are several constants in the IT world: The demand for more CPU power, for more storage and for more firewall throughput. Fortinet Inc. says the day will soon come when 1 Terabit
Published on: July 23rd, 2014 Howard Solomon @itworldca
