Eric Emin Wood

Former IT World Canada associate editor turned consultant with public relations firm Porter Novelli. When not writing for the tech industry enjoys photography, movies, travelling, the Oxford comma, and will talk your ear off about animation if you give him an opening.

Articles by Eric Emin Wood

CSO role was “fake PR” for Toronto startup, McAfee says

After a public dispute over McAfee's role with a Toronto-based blockchain startup, his advisory role is made more clear.

Innovation Minister plans education push to solve Canada’s IT skills gap

The government can help encourage innovation by investing in education, helping startups scale to large businesses, and investing in emerging technology.

ITAC calls on Ottawa to create a central IT authority for federal goverenment

Federal government continues to lack a definite source of information that clearly states minimum requirements for its ICT workforce, says report

Furniture Bank helps abuse victims, refugees with Salesforce platform

Furniture Bank received this year's ITAC Ingenious award in the "Not-for-Profit Sector" category for its custom application of the Salesforce1 mobile platform, which has enabled its 48-person staff and 11-truck fleet to go from supporting roughly 5,600 clients in 2014 to an expected 10,000 or more by the end of 2016.

Canada lagging behind other G20 nations in fostering digital platform innovation: Accenture

According to a recent study by professional services firm Accenture, Canada's government and business leaders have been slow to foster the type of innovation culture needed to foster platform-based success stories such as Salesforce and Uber.

Why OVH opened the world’s largest datacentre in the Great White North

Pop quiz: Where is the world’s largest datacentre located? Your first guess would be probably be somewhere in Silicon Valley, right? Apparently you’d be wrong....

French ISP giant OVH further expands into the Canadian market

Canada serves as a point-of-entry for OVH's North America expansion plan, and a partnership with Rogers is a critical part of that.

B.C. tech salaries on the rise, HR Tech Group finds

The survey potentially functions as an indirect tool for tracking the tech industry's evolution

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