Companies

The majority of U.S. IT professionals responsible for security issues feel it is likely companies will get hit with one major cyberattack within the next year.

A bigger investment in U.S. government security means Canadian technology companies that normally supply the Canadian government should consider looking south for new business.

Canada

Despite current market conditions, the future for business to business and customer relationship management software is bright

Although Canadian companies appear to be monitoring the e-mail and Internet use of their employees at an increasing rate, there is not yet any privacy legislation in place that requires employees to be notified, according to a senior official from Ontario

The good news is Canadian companies are quick out of the gate with customer relationship management (CRM) strategies, in part because we tend to build the technology infrastructure first, says Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. The bad news is, once IT finishes the back end, corporate doesn't know what to do with it.

Executives from some of the world's largest companies, including Canadian companies, may be unaware or misinformed about where the real vulnerabilities lie in their network systems, reveals a global e-fraud survey released Thursday by KPMG LLP.

Canada made some progress in closing the e-business gap with the United States...