Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

With AWS Outposts, even Amazon acknowledges it’s a hybrid cloud world

AWS Outpost shows the importance of VMware's partnership to Amazon, and has at least one CIO thinking about the possibilities of operating the cloud on-premises.

You can now rent Amazon Web Services network to deliver your app

A new service from Amazon Web Services promises to help customers that are in need of a better, faster Internet.

Mobile mapping market grows on back of crowd-sourced data despite imperfections

Mobile mapping is a booming industry and vendors are encouraging volunteers to provide information to improve the accuracy of maps.

Hashtag Trending – Foldable smartphone race; Amazon data breach; What is artificial intelligence?

The world’s top two smartphone manufacturers are racing to release foldable smartphones; Amazon suffered a data breach but it won’t say how big; and what is artificial intelligence anyway?

Taking Cloud to the Next Level – CanadianCIO Summit panel

With a growing consensus around hybrid cloud infrastructure as the way forward in enterprise IT, this panel looks at the deeper questions around using cloud computing for business.

Hashtag Trending – Breakup Facebook; Amazon bids on sports TV; FONK is the new FOMO

Should anti-trust laws be dusted off to deal with the tech giants? One of those giants, Amazon, is looking to become a sports broadcaster. And if you thought FOMO was bad, just wait until you suffer from FONK.

5 Lessons from New Technology Leaders: Jessie Adcock, CTO, City of Vancouver

Jessie Adcock was a finalist for CanadianCIO of the Year for her success in executing on a four-year plan to upgrade Vancouver's smart cities capabilities.

Hashtag Trending – Elon Musk’s satellite network; Disney’s Star Wars hotel; your creepy cartoon clone

SpaceX has now won approval to put almost 12,000 satellites into orbit. Disney’s got big plans to build new Star Wars attractions at its theme parks. And a new app offers to close you, at least in a cartoon avatar sort of way.

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