Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

Top 10 photo highlights from Canadian CIO Summit 2017

ITWC hosted CIOs from across Canada at the historic Chateau Montebello in Quebec for the 2017 CanadianCIO Summit, sponsored by Cogeco Peer 1. CIOs dove deep on strategic discussions on the topics of AI, security, cloud migration, and workplace leadership.

Take a tour of Sun Life’s new global headquarters built for agile work

Sun Life Financial Inc. officially opened its new global headquarters in Toronto on Sept. 13, setting the stage for its push into the FinTech space and work with an agile methodology.

Jump on AI bandwagon before it starts writing poetry, experts advise CIOs

PhD holders that are taking on AI leadership roles are telling CIOs that AI is at a turning point and the time for businesses to adopt is now.

Sun Life’s ‘Ella’ will serve as digital coach on Google Home, mobile, web

Sun Life is getting ready to launch Ella, the first AI-powered digital assistant in the life insurance industry.

Major tech firms backing $300 million supercluster bid from York Region

ITWC has learned details of a bid for the federal government's supercluster funding that is backed by $300 million in private funding.

Hashtag Trending – Apple iPhone X, Watch Series 3, TV 4K

Let’s not kid ourselves, an Apple launch event means that Apple products are dominating social media right now. So let’s dive in on the iPhone X, the Apple Watch LTE, and Apple TV 4K.

Bell’s cloud strategy focuses on network strength to deliver ‘one portal to rule them all’

A year after announcing the full acquisition of Q9, Bell's cloud services strategy for the enterprise is focusing around connection and control.

Kobo launches Audiobooks, chasing Canadian authors to create new content

Kobo is expanding its content to include audiobooks and it's competing with Amazon with a low price and some original content plans.

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