Mandy Kovacs

Mandy is a lineup editor at CTV News. A former staffer at IT World Canada, she's now contributing as a part-time podcast host on Hashtag Trending. She is a Carleton University journalism graduate with extensive experience in the B2B market. When not writing about tech, you can find her active on Twitter following political news and sports, and preparing for her future as a cat lady.

Articles by Mandy Kovacs

Avaya looking to increase presence in Canada with new managing director

Avaya has announced that Rejean Bourgault will be the new managing director and president of sales in Canada.

Avaya kicks off Engage with two new Zang products

Zang Spaces looks to compete in the heated collaboration space, while Zang Office offers telephone system automation for SMBs.

Former Facebook exec launches AI-powered customer engagement startup in Toronto

A Toronto-based startup is looking to help businesses take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to grow customer engagement and revenue.

New report highlights the importance of mobile apps and the challenges in developing them

IT professionals are at a crisis point when it comes to digital transformation and application development, according to a new report by OutSystems on the state of application development.

Canadian children’s program wins top honours in worldwide entrepreneur competition

Toronto-based MakerKids, which provides after-school programs and play spaces dedicated to empowering kids through technology, has won the 2017 NextGen Franchising Global Competition.

Services, products sales reach record numbers as Apple announces latest quarter results

If anyone was worried about Apple Inc. losing ground to its competition in the tech market, they need not fret any longer. The company recorded several all-time records in its fiscal 2017 first quarter ending on Dec. 31, 2016, including $78.4 billion USD in quarterly revenue, easily surpassing the $75.9 billion USD earned in the year-ago quarter.

Canada becomes data safe haven under Donald Trump administration

With immediate concerns over science censorship in the U.S., some Canadian organizations are helping make sure data is backed up north of the border.

Microsoft looks to expand into AI as cloud computing drives Q2 results

Growth in cloud services and Windows 10 adoption, expansion into new artificial intelligence (AI) territory, and declining Surface revenue are just some of the highlights of Microsoft’s second quarter earnings report.

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