Shane Schick

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C.K. Prahalad and the bottom of the IT pyramid

 The death of C.K. Prahalad has gotten me thinking. Which is probably what he hoped his life’s work would accomplish.Described in his Bloomberg BusinessWeek obituary...

At Luce ends

In the interests of transparency with our reader community, the following is reprinted from our internal employee newsletter. Many moons ago, shortly after I...

YouTube Fridays: An IT manager’s (near) naked ambition

I like trying to make Canadian IT managers famous through our coverage, but we'll probably never be able to do what Adam Hills did...

Why we need the poetic power of intuition technology

I seem to hear less about a computer’s memory and more about its data storage capabilities. That’s a bad sign. The idea of a...

Blogging Idol update: Why RIM’s ‘hybrid’ won’t fly

A case study about a product that doesn't exist, coverage of the Midsized Enterprise Summit and an Earth Day-themed book review made up the latest round of posts in our user-generated content contest

Introducing Visability.ca and its GM, Sionne Roberts

We’ve spent years walking the walk. Now it’s time to talk the talk. Given all we’ve learned at IT World Canada about using social media,...

Ill fares the enterprise

Politics and enterprise IT both come down to who’s in control. No wonder both are considered both necessary and, frequently, loathsome. I made the...

Touch, gesture, speak, scan: A ‘NUI’ for enterprise IT

The concept of a natural user interface may start in the consumer realm, but it could lead to major changes in the way technology professionals support users in companies. Plus: A video interview with Microsoft's Craig Mundie

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