Mandy Kovacs

New Brunswick may be one of Canada’s smallest provinces, both by population and by land mass, but it’s taking giant steps toward digital transformation that puts it ahead of the pack. With new and innovative technologies like IoT and the cloud taking the world by storm, and significantly enhancing cyber threats along the way, the province has placed a special importance on increasing digital literacy within its borders.

Facebook uses the devastation in Puerto Rico for a bizarre virtual reality promotion, NVIDIA unveils the first computer chips for developing fully autonomous vehicles, and Dow Jones spreads fake news.

According to the government shortlist, many ICT-slanted supercluster bids didn't make the cut.

Digital transformation is crucial for any organization's survival in this day and age, and when thinking of technologically advanced industries, government would not be the first to come to mind. But Vancouver's chief technology officer Jessie Adcock is trying to erase the notion that public institutions can’t be innovative.

The government of Canada is looking to update its internal telecommunications systems and reduce the costs of supporting legacy infrastructure.

Yahoo triples its estimate of the number of accounts that may have been affected in its massive 2013 data leak, while Equifax significantly reduces its estimate of how many Canadians were impacted by its breach this year.

Canadian businesses will now have a faster, cheaper, and simpler way of implementing contactless payment systems.