Buckley Smith

Staff writer for IT World Canada. Covering the world of technology as it applies to business. Buckley is an avid sports fan who loves travel, food, and music. Can be contacted at [email protected] or 416-290-2000.

Articles by Buckley Smith

Government of Canada invests $49.5M to digitize and automate agriculture

The Government of Canada is trying to aid in the modernization of the agriculture industry in Canada by announcing a $49.5 million investment into the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network.

CGI awarded more than $24M in contracts from Canadian credit unions

CGI - one of Canada's oldest and largest IT services firm - announced today that it was awarded over $21 million CAD in contracts from credit unions in Canada.

Huawei Canada announces plans to bring broadband to more than 70 remote communities

This is not Huawei Canada's first foray into providing technology to remote communities, as this comes on the heels of last month's announcement that it was partnering with Ice Wireless to provide 4G LTE service to Inuvik.

Hashtag Trending – Russian intelligence agency hacked; Oakland bans facial recognition; Equifax fined $700 million

Russian intelligence agency experiences biggest hack ever; Oakland becomes 3rd US city to ban facial recognition; Equifax fined $700 million for 2017 data breach https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/cg456i/russias_secret_intelligence_agency_hacked_largest/ Kicking...

Microsoft invests $1 billion in Elon Musk’s OpenAI

Elon Musk's OpenAI got a major financial boost this week.

Microsoft’s cloud services strategy paying off, according to Q4 earnings

Microsoft Corp. expanded its partnerships with some key companies in 2019, and Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive officer, attributed the company's strong commercial cloud...

Hashtag Trending – Is FaceApp safe?; Vienna driverless bus trial on hold; quantum leap in quantum computing

What is FaceApp doing with your pictures?; pedestrian struck in Vienna driverless bus trial; Australian researchers make quantum leap in quantum computing https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/is-faceapp-safe-4690708/ As the craze...

Shared Services Canada expands its use of Fortinet network security solutions

The Canadian government's IT wing, Shared Services Canada (SCC), is expanding its use of Fortinet Technologies Canada's network security solutions.

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