Brian Jackson

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

Articles by Brian Jackson

And the Oscar for best IT spoof goes to…

Technology has become one of the dominant forces shaping our culture, but what if our society was so obsessed with IT that all of our most critically-acclaimed movies were directly influenced by computers, software, and algorithms? The staff at IT World Canda is looking at the Oscar nominees for 2017 and imagining what it might be like if these movies were made in that alternate reality.

3 ways robots will try to manipulate you

As robots more closely resemble humans and AI continues to advance, how will people interact with robots in the future?

Help us tell your story of digital transformation, not the story of your disruption

Uber serves as the industry's shorthand for describing disruption. The path to avoiding the fate of the disrupted is through digital transformation.

Nigeria faces net neutrality crisis as carriers consider banning Skype

It's rare that a net neutrality debate goes to the extremes of actually seeing services blocked by carriers. But that's exactly what's happening in Nigeria.

Verizon’s $350 million discount on Yahoo purchase shows cost of breaches is real

Verizon and Yahoo say the deal is still on after a $350 million discount. But does that really reflect the cost of Yahoo's big breaches?

Choosing the right cloud infrastructure provider – Twitter chat recap

Our Twitter chat featured guest experts that are clients of AWS and Azure cloud services, and an operator of a hyperscale-class data centre firm.

Xplornet to launch Manitoba-wide mobile wireless service within months

Xplornet is winning both spectrum and almost 25,000 customers as a result of regulatory conditions around the Bell MTS deal. It plans to launch its new mobile service within months.

Bell MTS deal approved by federal regulators

The Bell MTS deal comes with some concessions to competitors Telus and Xplornet, which is yet to launch wireless services in Manitoba.

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