Technology News for IT Professionals in Canada

This week, IT World Canada (ITWC) held its annual Leadership and Digital Transformation Conference and Awards. The focus of this year’s event, which featured two half-day sessions, was on the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation. Today's session included the...

ChatGPT back online after worldwide outage

Ashee Pamma - 4 days ago

ventureLAB exec zeroes in on challenges facing startups and how to conquer them

Ashee Pamma - 4 days ago

Technology, diversity and allyship: Debra Christmas shares the essentials for inclusion in the workplace

Breanna Schnurr - 5 days ago

Chinese hackers compromised U.S. critical infrastructure, says Microsoft

Howard Solomon - 5 days ago

Red Hat CEO says much work needs to be done on AI regulation front

Paul Barker - 5 days ago

Becoming a talent magnet in the post-pandemic world: Gartner exec weighs in at DX Conference

Ashee Pamma - 5 days ago

DX is the coalescence of trends to a point where you cannot imagine life before, says Gartner chief of research

Ashee Pamma - 5 days ago

Red Hat launches AI blitz for open hybrid cloud at Summit 2023

Paul Barker - 5 days ago

Coffee Briefings

Coffee Briefing May 23 – Vault, an online financial platform, launches; Webex partners with...

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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Best of the Web

Artificial Intelligence

How to boost search efficiency on AI-powered Bing

Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 11, has novel features such as AI-powered Bing incorporated into the taskbar search box.

Artificial Intelligence

AWS drives generative AI to empower tailored solutions for customers

AWS is investing in generative AI to address customer demands, as part of the company’s commitment to machine learning and AI methodologies.

Companies

Meta’s layoffs disrupt productivity amongst staff

As part of its reorganization plans, Meta is presently in the last round of layoffs. Employee productivity and progress have suffered as a result of the instability and uncertainty.

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI considers EU exit over AI legislation concerns

OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, has stated that the business may leave the European Union (EU) if it fails to comply with upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) laws.

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...

Enhancing security solutions with AI & edge computing

Jason Chiu -

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an incredibly hot topic recently, thanks to public facing tools like ChatGPT. AI has the potential to revolutionize many...

If you build it, a data lakehouse, they will come

Yogi Schulz -

If your IT department builds a data lakehouse, will business end-users come? Unfortunately, some CIOs forget they’re not working with Kevin Costner on a...

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TRENDING THIS WEEK

Communications & Telecom

TELUS invests C$65.5 billion to increase connectivity in Ontario and Western Canada

TELUS announced three key investments totalling C$65.5 billion today: C$19 billion in Alberta, C$18.5 billion in British Columbia and...

Cloud

IT professionals struggling to control costs across complex cloud environments: Aptum study

Today, Toronto-based cloud managed service provider Aptum Technologies released part one of its annual Cloud Impact Study - Clear...

Featured Downloads

ITWC's Top Technology PODCASTS

Cyber Security Today, May 29. 2023 – Two US companies pay $850,000 for data breaches, and more

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday May 26, 2023

This episode features a discussion on employees who contributed to a company hack by sharing a password to an email account the spread of a fake image posted on Twitter of an explosion supposedly near the Pentagon and more

Cyber Security Today, May 26, 2023 – Hackers are using YouTube to flog pirated software, and more

This episode reports on data breach notifications, an updated hacking tool, surveys of infosec pros and more

Sustainability and IT with Robert Barton, CTO Cisco Canada for Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition

Hashtag Trending May 25-TikTok, Meta, Twitter score dismal marks for reputation; Elon Musk muses about developing a competitor to ChatGPT; Alibaba gets rid of...

Social media companies get even lower scores in terms of reputation, Elon Musk muses about developing his own competitor to ChatGPT and...

Hashtag Trending May 24- BlackBerry stock up 60 per cent; Microsoft continues relentless AI makeover; Nearly every top Apple exec working on a new...

You can’t count them out – today’s stories are about companies that are coming from behind with surprising results. These top tech news...

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

CMO Talks - Conversations with marketing leaders from around the world

Leadership in the Digital Enterprise: Patricia Kosseim

ITWC TALKS

Voice calling isn’t going anywhere – that’s why businesses need UCaaS

May 25, 2023

Picking up the phone, dialling a number and hearing a voice on the other end is a tried, tested and familiar means of business...

Five tips to navigate the evolving AI landscape

May 18, 2023

Advanced artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, is said to be the most disruptive technology since the advent of electricity. The technology, known as generative...

Global Ransomware Survey: Are businesses as prepared as they think they are?

May 17, 2023

By Jaime Chanaga, Fortinet Several high-profile ransomware attacks in recent months have made evident that companies are still unprepared for the rising threat of cyberattacks....

The secrets to building a disruptive culture

May 8, 2023

One of the biggest obstacles to innovation is a culture that doesn’t embrace change, according to CIOs. But that isn’t stopping Intuit—the global technology platform...

Think outside the box to end the cybersecurity skills gap

April 19, 2023

By Rob Rashotte Cyberattacks are on the rise, but one of the biggest threats for organizations is the need for more skilled cyber professionals. According...

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President to President VIDEOS

President to President: Paul Pinkney, General Manager, Red Hat Canada, Sales

ITWC’s Fawn Annan sat down with Paul Pinkney, General Manager, Red Hat Canada, to discuss Paul's journey with Red Hat and what led to...

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...