Blair McQuillan

Articles by Blair McQuillan

Q&A: Louis Shallal

Louis Shallal, chief information officer for the City of Hamilton, is direct in outlining his IT vision for his community.

Building with vision

In 1999, the government of Alberta had 24 ministries that operated independently when it came to IT. As a result, many duplicate systems were operating in each department, with a lot of duplicate information stored in silos.

More Canadians turning to e-gov: ADM

The number of citizens accessing government Web sites for information and services is onrn the rise, according to an assistant deputy minister with Public Works and Governmentrn Services Canada.

Online access boosts voter turnout

In July, the Town of Markham in southern Ontario announced it was investing $25,000 in an online voting initiative. The goal was to attract an additional 25 per cent of the municipality

VP: Departmental support vital to wireless projects

The support of a specific government department or business unit is one of the main keys to creating a successful business case for wireless solutions.

Hackers’ work getting easier

Network intrusion and malicious code attempts are on the rise, and the bad news is that it

ADM: More Canadians turning to e-gov

The number of citizens accessing government Web sites for information and services is on the rise, according to an assistant deputy minister with Public Works and Government Services Canada.

Q&A: Art Sawatzky

In the mid-1980s Art Sawatzky was an application manager for a large multi-national enterprise operating out of Winnipeg. He had just finished a major project for the company and had learned that he would soon be transferred to Minneapolis, Minn., when he happened to see a job posting in a Winnipeg newspaper that would change is life.

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