Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

Hashtag Trending – We called Elon Musk’s cell phone number

What happens when you call Elon Musk’s cell phone? We find out. Plus, Magic Leap reveals its augmented reality product.

Hashtag Trending – WannaCry politics, how algorithms work, bike share unchained

The White House is shaming North Korea for the WannaCry attack. Learn how machine learning algorithms work by watching a cartoon. And why there might be thousands of more bicycles parked on your city’s streets very soon.

How TMX group steered its financial management cloud transition

TMX not only survived its HCM migration from on-premises to the cloud, its already reaping benefits and seeing big user adoption.

Top 5 stories of 2017 on IT World Canada

We count down the five most impactful stories for 2017 based on what our audience read and editorial themes.

The lean Jedi: An agile approach to training with the Force

A spoiler-heavy excerpt from Luke Skywalkers new book on a new method of Jedi training that finds synergies with modern enterprises looking to rapidly scale with The Force.

New BlackBerry product brings virtualization to your car

BlackBerry is partnering with a Japanese firm to bring its QNX Hypervisor to car cockpits of the future.

BlackBerry Motion review – All Hands on Tech

TCL has released its second BlackBerry device of 2017, but is the Motion as big of a success as the KeyOne?

A fresh editorial look at ITWC for 2018

Mandy Kovacs is our new lead for the channel beat, taking responsibility for Computer Dealer News.

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