Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Alberta First Nations health centres embrace the cloud An Alberta SaaS firm providing digitalization and remote hosting of First Nations immunization records
Friday, May 27, 2011
City of Airdrie puts free public Wi-Fi in municipal buildings Visitors to the municipal buildings in Alberta’s City of Airdrie can connect to the Web via any mobile device. How the City envisions citizens will use the free Wi-Fi hotspots
Monday, July 05, 2010
Don’t use the Patriot Act as an excuse Canadians are quick to use the U.S.A. Patriot Act as an excuse to avoid cloud computing, but they might not know many of the same laws already exist in Canada. Privacy lawyer David Fraser highlights the similarities at an OPC-hosted event
Friday, April 30, 2010
Solaro tutors students via the Web, iPhone and iPad A new educational resource from Castle Rock Research walks Grades 6 to 12 students through programs of study in English, math and science. Now in open beta, Solaro aligns with curriculum in Alberta, BC and Ontario – and subscriptions are currently free
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Telus expands high-speed wireless in B.C., Alberta The company has spent the last three years installing hardware at more than 1,100 cell sites in the two provinces, with the final location being Mount Byng, near Port Alice on northern Vancouver Island
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Remote IT helps grow Good Earth’s business Calgary based coffee shop chain embarked on a technology upgrade for its continuously expanding business. How the company managed to save on time and cost
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Alberta video network turns Calgary courtrooms virtual A new video communications network aims to combine the City of Calgary's 73 courtrooms into one virtual room, designed to handle the presentation of digital evidence and remote video-conferencing. The Alberta provincial government has signed a $16.3 million deal with telecommunications company Telus Corp. that will expand the use of video links already deployed in 62 other courts and remand locations within the province.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Quebec MDs trailing the pack for use of IT A Quebec medical practitioner says Canada's biggest problem with e-health is the lack of leaders among physicians to motivate the use of IT in their practices. A physician's work is more art than science, he says, and governments should open their coffers, offer more assistance and toughen their stance with legal requirements.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Part 2 of Spotlight on Marilyn Steinberg from the Canadian Space Agency Part 2 of InterGovWorld’s Spotlight on Marilyn Steinberg from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Steinberg discusses the impact of video-conferencing technology on learning, CSA’s agreement with Industry Canada and Alberta Education, and a memorable highlight of her job post 9/11.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Ambrose dealt to Intergovernmental Affairs Following weeks of speculation Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has been repurposed to Intergovernmental Affairs, seemingly a casualty of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first cabinet shuffle.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Update Ambrose dealt to Intergovernmental Affairs Following weeks of speculation Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has been repurposed to Intergovernmental Affairs, seemingly a casualty of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first cabinet shuffle.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Something for everyone Eight small Alberta municipalities – including Cold Lake, Okotoks and Taber – are making big leaps in their ability to serve constituents, improve operational efficiencies and reduce the costs of delivering municipal government services.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Something for everyone Eight small Alberta municipalities – including Cold Lake, Okotoks and Taber – are making big leaps in their ability to serve constituents, improve operational efficiencies and reduce the costs of delivering municipal government services. How? Through the use of shared services, a relatively recent trend in Canada that allows towns and municipalities – and their residents – to share the costs and reap the benefits of implementing the latest software and technology systems. 
Thursday, October 12, 2006
University president breached students privacy A former president of Athabasca University in Alberta breached a students privacy by disclosing too much personal information to fellow university employees.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Teens target for creative recruitment Canadian universities and ICT industry associations are targeting students, trying to sway them into pursuing a computer science program, as part of a comprehensive drive to spur greater IT enrolment. 
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Going high tech in Alberta courts Not only does virtual technology enhance communication, it can also be used to boost safety and security - at least that's the plan for Alberta's justice system.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Ambrose to co chair Crossing Boundaries Federal Environment Minister Rona Ambrose is to be co-chair of the Crossing Boundaries National Council, formed to promote the development of Canada as an information society.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
IAnywhere readies 'Jasper' database IAnywhere Solutions Inc. plans to offer the first details on Monday about the next big upgrade to its SQL Anywhere mobile database software, and said developers can register now to try out the beta. The Sybase Inc. subsidiary said it would discuss the software, code-named Jasper, at Sybase's TechWave user conference in Las Vegas, which started over the weekend.
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Societies united Canada - and inflamed the Cold War It has been nearly 44 years since several Western Canadian computer professionals first got together and formed a society to discuss growing activity in IT - the Calgary Computer and Data Processing Society. 
Friday, November 28, 2003
Privacy clock strikes midnight As of Jan. 1, all Canadian companies will have to abide by the rules and regulations set forth by Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act (PIPEDA). Yet by all accounts, thousands of companies are still far from ready, and further still from understanding the implications of the Act.
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Different stories: e-commerce law at work In my previous article, I provided an overview of those provisions of the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act (UECA) that specifically relate to government. 
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Alberta prosecutor to fight high-tech crime Steven Bilodeau has become Canada’s first full-time Crown prosecutor committed to criminal cases involving technology.
Thursday, May 02, 2002
I wanna be a digital cowboy Funny how round numbers and periods of introspection seem to arrive together. I turned 40 a couple of weeks back, and (I hope to God) I’m coming to the tail end of a rather brutal period of self-reflection and thinking about the work we do — no surprise when that work takes up so many of our available hours.
Thursday, March 21, 2002
IT turning science inside out “Take them to the CAVE,” intones a voice from the back of the rather ordinary-looking elevator crammed with journalists. The doors open to reveal a dark-veiled room hidden deep within the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine, and what lies beyond the curtains just may hold the answers to some of the world’s great mysteries.