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By Satya Sarangi, President and CEO of TmaxSoft Canada Over the last 25 years, mainframes have been a good investment in terms of reliability, performance, and security. However for insurance, financial services, and other data-intensive industries that rely on mainframe applications and data, mainframes are quickly becoming antiquated, expensive, and almost impossible to maintain. The modernization …
CIOs and business leaders everywhere are dealing with a pervasive and destructive “productivity drain.” And even if you’ve never used the term “productivity drain,” you’ll recognize the symptoms. A lack of operational efficiency, low worker productivity, difficulty with enterprise growth and scalability—these are all indicators of dysfunction on an operational level. The productivity drain is …
Getting Back to What Matters By: Rahaf Harfoush I love data. Actually, I’m obsessed with it. In particular, I love the idea of uncovering some hidden truth – like a digital Sherlock Holmes, piecing together a crucial insight that I would have missed if I didn’t have access to that data. In my book, The …
MNP’s Technology Consulting team will be speaking on ways to safeguard your business from the direct and indirect costs of a Go Live failure at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum, April 20-21, 2016 in Toronto. Today’s Chief Information Officers (CIO) are facing a more complex set of risks at the ‘go live’ stage than ever …
Enterprises hire Chief Digital Officer’s (CDOs) to lead a digital transformation, but “digital” has various definitions. It could refer to customer engagement through digital channels, or it could mean creating a full-scale digital business. Thus, the requirements for CDO positions reveal a lot about the enterprise’s overall vision for digitalization. This vision presents challenges and …
JD Gershbein, CEO of Owlish Communications, is considered one of the world’s top thought leaders on LinkedIn strategy, and a pioneer in the design and delivery of LinkedIn education. JD’s Workshop, Connect to Prosper, on Thursday April 21st, 2016 at the CIO Peer Forum is a must-attend for those looking to amp up their networking game and …
Fact: 67% of CEOs and CIOs are misaligned on how IT should be enabling the business. Fact: Improving the IT-business alignment in your organization can make IT operate more effectively and generate tangible value for your business. Fact: The CEO CIO Alignment Program can help you and your business. Despite the fact that global …
Organizations with a comprehensive mobility strategy are better positioned to gain competitive advantage and drive growth. Armed with the right technology, you can capitalize on the opportunity mobility presents while mitigating security risks. A 2015 study from the Cyber Defense Group, found that 60% or so of companies surveyed had experienced an increase in mobile …
Most executives, including CIOs, have an aversion to the concept of “organizational politics”–– as if it’s a dirty word: “She’s so political…he got ahead due to politics…decisions around here are all political…I’m not going to play the politics game!” We act like the word stems from the Greek derivatives “poly” (many) and “tics” (blood-sucking parasites)! …
When I joined Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) in 2012 as Chief Technology Officer, the top priority was to address the tech infrastructure and to help turn CTC into a world-class digital organization. Our 93-year old company had conflicting and obsolete technology systems across our banners and we needed to catch up fast. Applying “best practices” …
PLENARY SESSION: CAREER SHIFTS SHOWCASE Fariba Anderson, CEO, AcuteNet Inc. Dean Doige, President, LightHorse Innovation Corporation, a division of Clark Builders Humza Teherany, Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Group Canada Limited For some, the move from CIO to CEO or another C-suite position represents a step-up in leadership and a complete change of paradigm. Typically …
For outstanding contribution and service to the CIO Association of Canada, and its predecessor, the CIO Association of BC (CIOABC), Jim Williams has been named the second-only CIOCAN Lifetime Member. Jim Williams, Catherine Boivie and Blaize Reich were on that fateful bus trip to a Seattle I.T. Leadership Conference in 1997 that resulted in the …