Brian Jackson

Former editorial director of IT World Canada. Current research director at Info-Tech

Articles by Brian Jackson

Corel acquires Mac virtualization software Parallels

The firm that used to be Canadas largest software vendor is acquiring a well-known desktop virtualization solution.

Royal Bank of Canada named in New York Times’ Facebook investigation

A RBC partnership with Facebook goes back to 2013, for a money transfer feature that was since discontinued.

5 Lessons from New Technology Leaders – Paul Mason, CIO, Canada Mortgage Housing Corp.

Before any new job, comes the interview. But before Paul Mason became the CIO of the Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. (CMHC) , his meeting with...

Amazon announces new fulfillment centre, 600 jobs near Edmonton

Amazon is opening its 11th such fulfillment centre to be opened in Canada and will be 1 million square feet in size.

Amazon Web Services eyes opportunity to scoop up more Windows workloads

A decade after launching support for Windows on AWS, AWS is now the market leader in running Windows workloads in the cloud.

Tech Sector Growth Map of Canada updated for 2018 – Focus on Toronto

New venture capital investments data shows that the tech startup scene is heating up in Canada. See our map for all the top deals.

Hashtag Trending – Meng Wanzhou’s elaborate bail plans, Google+ breach, Baby it’s cold outside

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou makes her case for bail in a Vancouver courtroom. (You have to hear these conditions). Google Plus will be killed sooner than expected. And baby, it’s cold outside, but music streaming services aren’t putting the ice on this Christmas classic.

All Hands on Tech – Amazon DeepRacer League encourages developers to train self-driving cars

At Amazon Web Services re:Invent in Las Vegas this year, Amazon launched an autonomous model car racing league and hosted the first race.

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