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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Tips for women, from women, on advancing in IT At the request of the CIO Executive Council, female senior IT leaders collaborated to document their most important advice for women moving up the IT ladder. Try this download link
Monday, May 03, 2010
Canadian execs cite data overload: SAS Canada The survey says business leaders are “overwhelmed” with data and failing to translate analytics into a competitive advantage. SAS Canada recommends IT shops consolidate on data management tools and keep pressuring business executives to invest in analytics
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Changing CIO role has IT impacts Interacting with other C-suite execs is more important to them than matters IT, according to our recent survey
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Cdn firms taking ostrich approach A recent poll sponsored by managed IT services firm Fusepoint shows that while 75% of business executives in Canada feel personally responsible for their company’s disaster preparedness, 72% admit to having no business continuity plan According to Fusepoint, when it comes to threats posed by hackers, terrorists, or even from natural disasters like blackouts and ice storms, “the majority of business execs are asleep at the helm.” The company said that only one-in-four of Canada’s full-time workforce (28%) is very confident in their company’s ability to handle a disaster if one were to hit tomorrow. 
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Editorial Viewpoint: Out of the mouths of CIOs It’s been said a hundred different ways: “We’ve got to speak the language of the business.” “We’ve got to approach senior management on their own level.” “We can’t use technospeak.” Or as one former Canadian CEO so bluntly put it, “You’ve got to get the IT lingo right so that the dummies on the board can understand it..”
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Seeking out better returns Measuring the return a company gets from an IT investment is not usually an easy task. Building better business cases for projects can lead to a firmer grasp of what your spending actually achieves.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Having a problem with IT? Blame the sales rep Canadian information technology groups can't seem to get IT right. A new report conducted by market research firm Info-Tech Research Group says 95 per cent of information technology groups ''are not delivering some number of projects on time or to the full satisfaction of the business executive.'' 
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Technology pros gaining ever-larger voice in buying IT managers have still got it. The "it" is a large hand in influencing IT purchasing decisions by Canadian business.
Thursday, September 11, 2003
IT execs most worried about disaster recovery Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and U.S. regulations are elevating concerns regarding original archival to the level of disaster recovery.
Friday, May 30, 2003
Survey: Continuing friction between business and IT One-third of 437 business executives surveyed recently by Forrester Research Inc. said they're dissatisfied with the performance of their IT departments. But some IT managers and analysts said the results aren't surprising — and may actually represent an improvement in IT's standing.
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