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

Rogers to hire former Telus CEO as Q4 profits surpass expectations

Canadian communications and media company Rogers Communications Inc. has provided a more detailed timeline on its plans to hire former Telus CEO Joseph Natale as president while sharing its Q4 results today.

What is a ‘chief resilience officer,’ and why are so many Canadian cities hiring one?

Both Toronto and Vancouver are in the process of hiring a chief resilience officer (CRO), following in the footsteps of fellow Canadian cities Montreal and Calgary.

Nicole Scholz: an early star showing no signs of slowing down

IT World Canada project manager Nicole Scholz got off to a quick start at the company thanks to another employee, and she hasn’t looked...

Application container market small but mighty, 451 Research says

According to 451 Research’s newest Cloud-Enabling Technologies Market Monitor report, which was released in December, the application container market will reach approximately $2.7 billion by 2020, up from $762 million in 2016.

Panasonic reveals two new rugged devices

These rugged Panasonic devices can be dropped, dusted, and dunked and still work reliably.

Worldwide PC shipments decline for the fifth consecutive year

US-based Gartner, Inc. released a preliminary report on Jan. 11 saying that overall, PC shipments reached 269.7 million units in 2016, a 6.2 per cent decline from 2015 and equal to shipment levels in 2007.

Free learn to code event returns to Canada bigger than ever

The HTML500 is Canada’s largest free to learn to code event, and after a year-long hiatus, has announced it will be kicking off again in Toronto on February 18 and Vancouver on March 11 with an extended schedule.

IBM breaks US patent record, received over 8,000 in 2016

IBM announced today that its inventors were granted 8,088 patents in 2016, breaking the US patent record and becoming the first company to exceed 8,000 patents in a single year.

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