Thursday, May 17, 2012
Me and my shadows Cisco Canada's president takes part in a mentoring program for high-potential employees. What they can expect from the eight-month program
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
How to tame a bad boss: Eight practical techniques Because we spend so many of our waking hours at work and because our rapport with our boss is one our most pivotal relationships outside of family, it's in our best interest to try to make it work
Friday, August 31, 2007
Steeltown schools help IT pros hone management skills The Hamilton-based McMaster University and Mohawk College Bachelor of Technology Partnership is introducing a certificate/diploma program in technology leadership for the fall term.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Kiosks streamline HR info for Calgary Health employees Access to human resources information can now be gained 24/7 by workers with the Calgary Health Region. The information is being delivered via automated self-service kiosks developed by systems integrator IBM Canada Ltd.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Trading in your golf shirt for a suit For IS pros, the message coming out of the discussion was clear: Sharpen your people and communication skills if you want to stay put and not start looking for work with a service provider. 
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Retiring exec offers 39 years of advice In his 39 years with Hewlett-Packard Canada, John Cross has seen the IT industry go through a lot of changes. Cross retired last month and offers some insights into the many changes he’s seen in the IT industry. 
Monday, May 16, 2005
Human element is 'weakest link' in security, experts say Hackers succeed 99 per cent of the time when they use human weakness as a tool for breaking into corporate systems, a security expert said Monday.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Wanted: Business-savvy techies What does the job market look like from the perspective of someone who is trying to fill positions for companies looking for help with IT projects? What are the most important skills enterprises require of IT workers these days? ComputerWorld Canada department editor Patricia Pickett discussed all of this and more with Sathish Bala, president and CEO of Toronto-based New Age Consulting, a company that, depending on its client’s needs, will either take on the client’s IT project or recruit people into positions that need to be filled before a project can be completed. 
Monday, January 31, 2005
Envisioning the future of e-learning E-learning is a technology-enabled approach to education that is still in the process of maturing. Last December, at the Online Educa Conference in Berlin, several leading thinkers in the field of e-learning gathered to present their views. This article comprises excerpts from interviews with two of those speakers, centring on their views of the present status and likely future of e-learning. 
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Study: Corporate security hurt by lack of cooperation A lack of information sharing and cooperation between IT security, physical security and risk management functions is hindering efforts to upgrade corporate security, according to a study released this week by The Conference Board Inc. 
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
PSFT CONNECT : PeopleSoft launches deployment tools for IT PeopleSoft Inc. at the PeopleSoft Connect 2004 conference in San Francisco on Tuesday unveiled technology dubbed Total Ownership Initiative, which will be integrated into both Enterprise and EnterpriseOne suites and is intended to speed installation of applications and reduce support costs for IT. 
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
PeopleSoft extends its CRM software suite PeopleSoft Inc. made several announcements at its Leadership Summit in Las Vegas on Tuesday, most notably a “major” update of its customer resource management (CRM) software.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
EU suspends Oracle-PeopleSoft review The European Commission (EC) said on Thursday that it has paused its antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.'s bid to buy rival Peoplesoft Inc. because it is seeking more information from Oracle.
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Government announces $4.5 million funding for SHRC projects The federal government on Thursday announced an investment of $4.5 million for a series of projects from the Software Human Resource Council (SHRC), all funded under the Sector Council Program. 
Sunday, April 27, 2003
Is ERP consolidation an Oracle phenomenon? Instance consolidation is popular among Oracle Corp. customers for a few reasons, says Bill Swanton, vice president at AMR Research Inc. For one, users tended to roll out Oracle software in a fragmented way — Oracle basically encouraged companies to implement its software site by site and even department by department, he says.
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
New HR system eyed for DHS employees The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a conglomeration of 177,000 employees from 22 federal agencies, this week began designing a new personnel system to replace dozens of disparate systems that now exist throughout the new agency.
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Successful planning pays Most large companies don't have succession plans, and even those that do don't plan as deeply through levels of staff as they should.
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Briefs 
Thursday, October 31, 2002
Rethinking shared devices 
Thursday, July 11, 2002
You are the weakest link…goodbye Employee evaluation time around many offices is the grown up equivalent to a student waiting to receive his or her report card.
Thursday, February 28, 2002
CIBC solves legacy HR system issues In one of Canada’s largest human resources outsourcing deals, CIBC has chosen EDS Canada to implement PeopleSoft Inc.’s PeopleSoft 8.0 Human Resources Management System (HRMS).
Friday, November 30, 2001
Laying down the e-mail law E-mail is a seemingly mundane issue but one that demands careful attention from the CIO.
Sunday, August 26, 2001
PeopleSoft Making Push For Upgrades To Flagship Product A year after its release, PeopleSoft’s flagship Web-based collaborative product, PeopleSoft 8, has yet to catch on with the majority of its users.
Thursday, July 12, 2001
Authoria's software is all about benefits In February 1999, 120,000 employees of Norwest Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. were worried about how a forthcoming merger would affect their benefits. Faced with the prospect of handling questions from the employees, the administrative arm of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo decided to implement a new knowledge-management system for its human resources call centre employees.
Thursday, May 17, 2001
Metadirectories branch out Metadirectories can solve this problem by automatically coordinating changes to all application directories.