Monday, January 17, 2011
A CIO's take: Good consultants, bad consultants The chief information officer of CareGroup HealthCare System reflects on what works well with outside helpers, what doesn't and what it's like being in their shooes
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Salary Survey 2011: We shoot questions, you score We're prepping for the new year with an updated research project that will track compensation and benefit information across the Canadian IT industry. Plus: Win tickets to see an NHL game in a city near you
Friday, November 05, 2010
Canam uses Facebook pilot to jump-start intranet After a planned three-year upgrade of its internal corporate communication system stalled, a Canadian builder of construction products experimented with social media to better understand its needs and plan a strategy
Sunday, October 19, 2008
CIOs stare down global economic woes Not all businesses will necessarily bear the brunt of the financial industry crisis, according to a pair of seasoned senior technology executives. And not all IT budgets will be cut, either
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
How to start the green IT conversation with senior execs In some cases CIOs have not been able to articulate the issues around green IT and perhaps got a negative response from senior management. The problem is we have a very real issue with IT energy consumption
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Two Canadians recognized for innovation by CIPA The main behind a pan-Canadian electronic health record and the head of a local industry association are getting honoured by their peers at an event to be held later this month. 
Friday, August 31, 2007
Risky business CIOs are becoming more involved in risk mitigation for their organizations, with a purview that stretches well beyond the IT department.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
The Art of Communication If there’s a chance you’ll be moving on to a new CIO position in the future, I recommend that you read this month’s CIO Executive Council Forum (page 38), which provides lots of good advice around what to do in your first 90 days on the job.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Frontiers of risk It's a safe bet no organization anywhere can be 100 per cent secure. A constantly changing cyberscape helps guarantee this. It's also why security and IT managers can never run and hide from risk management and threat assessment.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Frontiers of risk It’s a safe bet no organization anywhere can be 100 per cent secure. A constantly changing cyberscape helps guarantee this. It’s also why security and IT managers can never run and hide from risk management and threat assessment. 
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
IT pros getting better at balancing work and life Times, they are a-changin' for network professionals. Pay, which has always been good, is rising -- though perhaps not fast enough for the IT workforce's taste. But the trade-off for those cushy paychecks -- brutal hours and inflexible schedules -- has also begun to fade, according to Network World's 2006 Salary Survey.
Monday, June 12, 2006
CIO Spring Roundtable: Fast-tracking IT delivery In today’s fast-paced business environment, it is vital that I.T. departments have the capability of kicking things up a notch to accelerate the delivery of benefits to the business. At CIO Canada’s spring roundtable, five senior Canadian IT execs swapped insights and best practices as to how to accomplish this. Here are the highlights of that discussion.
Monday, May 29, 2006
principal analyst, CMS Watch It's hasn't produced any overnight operational utopia , but the folk at Allstate Insurace Co. of Canada are nonetheless very enthused about their new content management system (CMS). 
Monday, May 16, 2005
Why IT is now a board-level concern Most of the average company's capital investment portfolio is tied to information technology, and organizations today can't do without their information systems. Meanwhile, the role of IT is expanding within and outside organizations; and with the extent of current global connectivity, the decisions of one corporation can affect many other enterprises. Add to this situation the increased emphasis on corporate governance in the wake of scandals such as Enron, and the reasons are clear for IT to warrant greater attention from boards of directors.
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Management Memo: Explaining IT to your boss Explaining IT to non-technical management should not be complex. Simplifying the IT model clarifies business/IT roles and responsibilities, and paves the way to integrated teamwork 
Thursday, April 28, 2005
CEO of Mobile and Transact Solutions, FNB It doesn’t matter how badly you need that personal digital assistant or notebook — if you haven’t been around long enough, you’ve got to wait your turn. At least that’s the philosophy in some South African companies where mobile devices are issued strictly according to the pecking order in the company rather than the needs of staff. 
Monday, March 14, 2005
SA companies issue mobile devices by seniority South African companies issue mobile devices like laptop computers and personal digital assistants strictly according to the pecking order in the company, rather than the needs of staff. 
Monday, November 08, 2004
Show opens with sobering security stats Several companies will be making product announcements at this week's Computer Security Institute (CSI) show in Washington, but the show opens on an eye-opening note with a new study indicating network attacks are on the increase. 
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Championing the EA cause Many enterprise architecture (EA) efforts fail without a commitment and an understanding from senior management, enterprise architects, and other EA participants. One of the keys to succeeding is finding an effective EA champion.
Monday, February 09, 2004
What it takes to make it in tech today Diminished staff. Nonexistent budgets. Overblown expectations. But here's how to outwit and outlast in business.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Eight rules for breakthrough success Agile development methodologies have attracted a growing number of converts. The discipline of these methodologies is internal, reducing the need for costly external
control. Work proceeds in small visible steps, making development responsive to changing
user needs. And 'Agile' is one of the better ways to retain 'local' development.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
How to stand out in the crowd When being different is good
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
What keeps security professionals up at night? What do information security professionals consider the biggest threat to their systems and businesses? According to interviews conducted as part of a recent study commissioned by Unisys Corp., the security issue most responsible for disrupting the sleep of top security executives is employee negligence or abuse of data warehouses or systems (97 per cent). Insufficient resources to get the job done right (90 per cent) is a close second.
Sunday, April 06, 2003
Look risk in the eye I love the idea of posing much of my purchasing and deployment decisions as risk equations. Having said that, I don't have the time or expertise in-house to develop those risk models myself.