Technology News for IT Professionals in Canada

EDITOR'S TOP TECH NEWS

Budget 2023 environmental component earns solid thumbs up from assorted organizations

Paul Barker - March 29, 2023

Canadian cybersecurity accelerator counts its accomplishments

Howard Solomon - March 29, 2023

Deloitte Canada launches its first generative AI lab program

Ashee Pamma - March 29, 2023

Crackdown on ransomware gangs yet to show an impact: OpenText

Howard Solomon - March 29, 2023

Latest News

Companies

Government of Canada invests $36 million in Ottawa semiconductor firm Ranovus and highlights U.S. – Canada collaboration

Ashee Pamma - 1 day ago

This week, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced a C$36 million contribution to Ranovus Inc. to support a C$100 million project aimed at advancing the...

Bell adds two cloud protection security services

Howard Solomon - 1 day ago

Federal Budget 2023: Millions to fight foreign interference, threats and covert activities

Howard Solomon - 2 days ago

TD Bank announces immersive VR experiences for colleagues and customers

Samira Balsara - 2 days ago

Cisco Canada CTO says execs well aware of need to achieve net-zero status

Paul Barker - 2 days ago

Microsoft Security Copilot leverages ChatGPT to help defenders understand attacks

Howard Solomon - 2 days ago

Federal and provincial governments announce funding for Ontario-based cleantech company

Samira Balsara - 2 days ago

Artificial Intelligence

SAP endorses Coveo’s AI Search and Recommendations Platform for SAP Commerce Cloud

Renaud Larue-Langlois - 6 days ago

Coveo Solutions Inc., a Montreal-based artificial intelligence (AI) company set on transforming digital experiences, has announced that its AI-powered search and recommendation platform for...

Companies

Intel launches vPro platform with 13th gen Intel Core

Lynn Greiner - 6 days ago

With a focus on security, this week Intel launched its new vPro platform powered by the 13th Gen Intel Core ("Alder Lake") processors. Designed...

ABC Life Literacy Canada announces new digital literacy resources to combat online fraud

Samira Balsara - 6 days ago

Thomson Reuters, AWS create opportunities for female tech talent in India

Samira Balsara - 6 days ago

Best of the Web

Companies

Apple launches buy now pay later

Apple has launched a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service that allows users to apply for loans ranging from $50 to $1,000 and repay them over six weeks in four interest-free payments.

Security

Amnesty International warns against sale of spyware

Amnesty International has issued a warning against the sale of spyware, one year after the Pegasus Project findings were made public.

Companies

Amazon’s Sidewalk IoT Network available to over 90 per cent of U.S. population

Amazon’s Sidewalk IoT network, which is intended to enable a new wave of connected devices, is now available to more than 90 per cent of the U.S. population.

SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS

Bolster your first line of defence – 5 tips to foster a security culture

Darren Gallop -

While the shift to hybrid work and the rise of interconnected systems have created new opportunities for business, this evolution exposed organizations to new...

Understanding Current Cybersecurity Challenges in Law: Legal Considerations for Artificial Intelligence and Technological Development (Article 6)

Melissa Lukings and Arash Habibi Lashkari -

With strong competition among countries around the world to become cutting edge leaders in AI, artificial intelligence has been a driving force of innovation...

Understanding Cybersecurity Management in DeFi (UCM-DeFi) – The Origin of Modern Decentralized Finance (Article 1)

Sepideh HajiHosseinKhani and Arash Habibi Lashkari -

The modern financial system has become more decentralized, moving away from the centralized system used by banks in the past. Decentralized finance (DeFi) eliminates...

3 Actions to Cut Software and Cloud Costs

Gartner -

Inflation is greatly impacting consumers of technology as software and cloud vendors respond to increased costs by increasing prices. Sourcing, procurement and vendor management...

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Coffee Briefings

Coffee briefing Mar. 28 – CRTC launches consultation for Broadband Fund; second release of...

Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed...

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TRENDING THIS WEEK

Cloud

IT infrastructure choice driven by efficiency, cost, security, sustainability: Nutanix study

Cloud computing company Nutanix has released the findings of its fifth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey to determine...

Security

Can’t log into GitHub? Change your SSH key

Move comes because somehow someone exposed GitHub's private key

Companies

Cybeats announces participation in Digital Bill of Materials industry project

Cybeats Technologies Corp (Cybeats) has announced that Unisys, Cybeats, Ceritas, DeltaDAO and the National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland (NMIS)...

Featured Downloads

ITWC's Top Technology PODCASTS

Cyber Security Today, March 29, 2023 – European site for educators compromised, Lumen hit by ransomware, and more

Cyber Security Today, March 27, 2023 – Crooks are using email scams to steal computer hardware, a WooComerce warning, and more

This episode reports on an IRS income tax scam, the latest email phishing con and more

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, March 24, 2023

This episode features a discussion on penetration testing, the cybersecurity maturing rankings of companies, rotating infosec jobs across government departments and the number of people on boards with cybersecurity experience

Hashtag Trending Mar.30th-Agility Robotics’ first-ever commercially-available humanoid robots, Amazon Sidewalk open to developers, Twitter punishes unverified accounts

Hashtag Trending Mar.28th-Twitter source code appears on GitHub, Google says it’s not using private Gmail accounts to train its AI, Microsoft claims its AI...

Twitter source code appears on GitHub, Google confirms not using private Gmail accounts for training its AI and Microsoft claims its AI...

Hashtag Trending Mar.26th- Intel co-founder who developed Moore’s Law dies; Nvidia announces new way to speed up chip manufacturing and Microsoft warns other search...

Gordon Moore who gave us Moore’s Law has died, Nvidia announces a way to speed up chip manufacturing by a factor of...

Deeper Dive: The Metaverse: Episode 5 – Future Proofing and Resource Guide

CMO Talks - Conversations with marketing leaders from around the world

Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer CIO, NATO – Interview on Leadership in the Digital Enterprise

Digital Transformation

Black tech leaders you should know about

It's important we highlight the talent that's helping transform the tech industry. Here's a list of Black tech innovators you should know the works of!

Emerging Tech

30 crazy, wacky gadgets at CES 2023 [Part 3]

Will these ten gadgets improve your life? Smell-O-Vision for the metaverse The ultimate privacy mask High-tech cat litter box ...

Emerging Tech

30 crazy, wacky gadgets at CES 2023 [Part 2]

Will these ten gadgets improve your life? AI Aquarium Beverage printer Communicate with your pets Improve your air quality ...

Emerging Tech

30 crazy, wacky gadgets at CES 2023 [Part 1]

Will these ten gadgets improve your life? Headset improves your eyesight Body-editing app Instant NFTs Ultimate baby camera AI...

ITWC TALKS

Takeaways from FortiGuard Labs’ latest Threat Report

March 30, 2023

By Derek Manky It's no surprise that overall cybersecurity attacks have increased in recent years, but this has only accelerated since the rapid shift to...

Who will be named to the 2023 Top Women in Cybersecurity Honour Roll?

March 21, 2023

The search for Canada’s top female cybersecurity champions was launched yesterday, the first day of spring. IT World Canada (ITWC), the Women in Security &...

Long Distance Advantage: An Outsourcing Case Study

March 16, 2023

Ricoh is a global information management and digital services company. For more than 85 years Ricoh technology, creativity, and expertise has helped businesses around...

Aligned and Connected: An Outsourcing Case Study

March 16, 2023

Edmonton-based PCL Construction is a group of independent construction companies that operates across Canada and around the world. Founded in 1906, today PCL is...

Meeting the Future Free of Any Scale Limitations

March 10, 2023

The problem of passwords was destined to reach critical mass, the bigger the Internet grew. Today, according to one study, the average person juggles...

President to President VIDEOS

President to President: Jeanette Irekvist, President, Ericsson Canada

ITWC’s Fawn Annan sat down with Jeanette Irekvist, President, Ericsson Canada to discuss Jeanette's Ericsson Journey, what's changed around the R&D agenda, and the...

President to President with Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder, President & COO of Cloudflare

ITWC’s Fawn Annan sat down with Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder, President & COO of Cloudflare to discuss how the internet has transformed our lives, how...