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YouTube Fridays: The low-down, no good IT manager

Can't help but look at the guy in this clip and think of Kojack. The acting is a little unconvincing, and I guess the...

CIBC’s could-be security breach raises BPM issues

What makes you feel better: knowing that your personal information has been lost by a major financial institution, or that there’s a 50/50 chance...

One more time: The Internet is not a help desk

Our four-and-a-half-month-old son took a tumble the other day, and like all new parents we were immediately freaked out. Our first response? Not to...

Free leadership books for Canadian CIOs

CIO Canada is looking for contributors within its reader community, and to find them we

How IT could prevent a disappointing Black Friday

There is enough white stuff already on the ground (in Toronto, at least) that we probably don’t have to dream about a white Christmas....

YouTube Fridays: Launching a Web app? TIM-berrrrrrrrr!

This is the kind of ad you tend to see on whose TV shows that round up wacky commercials from around the world. Not...

What intranet use can tell an IT department

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think I’m getting addicted to our new company intranet. This doesn’t follow conventional wisdom. Intranets have...

Netbooks as an enterprise device: Thoughts for IT managers

There was an article GQ magazine once that said every time a man looks at another man’s shoes he should think two things. The...

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