Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

The year is 2022 – Do you know where your business strategy is?

Gartner research director Ian Cox paints a picture of how CIOs could steer their careers - and their entire organization - in the next five years.

Don’t deploy IT tools – change the way your organization works: Edmonton CIO

When the City of Edmonton first tried to transition from Microsoft Office to Google's Suite of productivity tools (now G Suite), it didn't go...

Toronto Public Library forges new space for makers as core to its digital transformation

A newly formed innovation council at the Toronto Public Library highlights how the organization intends to serve the city's communities of Makers and Hackers.

HPE’s IoT strategy: embed compute right out to 5G cell towers

HPE is looking to help deploy 5G technology and has made a deal with a research consortium towards that end.

Mastercard releases biometrics card with fingerprint sensor

A new Mastercard launched in South Africa features on-card biometrics.

New Amazon Web Services ‘Lex’ service really speaks to developers

AWS made its platform even more appealing to build on, with new AI capabilities, and ways to use existing services with even more speed.

Trump’s move on H-1B visas won’t hinder Canadian applicants

Trump's promised reforms to the H-1B visas are at hand. But it looks like it won't stop talented Canadians who want to head south from doing so.

Digital CIOs provides ‘CIOs as a Service’

For many smaller organizations that can't afford a full-time CIO, perhaps hiring one on demand will be the way to go.

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