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Finalists Announced for 2017 Ingenious Awards
Celebration of Excellence in the Use of Information and Communication Technology The Information and Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) has announced the finalists for the key categories of the 2017 …
CanadianCIO Census Findings Webinar
As noted in the CIO Association Newsletter, the results of ITWorldCanada’s CIO Census have been released. CIO Association members are invited to join ITWC CIO Jim Love, Ron Babin of …
CanadianCIO Census 2017
A CIO’s leadership skills are becoming just as important as their technological savvy. That’s one of the trends uncovered in CIO as Innovation and Transformation Leader, the new report detailing the …
CanadianCIO Census 2017 Results are Out
CIO Association members participated in the collection of data for the ITWorld Canada survey in the spring. The data has been analyzed, and trends are being noted. One significant point …
Shadow IT and its contribution to the decentralization of IT
As part of the Thought Leadership Partnership between Telus and CIOCAN, the first meeting of the Telus Advisory Board was held recently. Designed to create a community of CIOs who …
CIOCAN Past-President quoted in CIO Australia article
Gary Davenport shared his knowledge of IT Audits in a recent article published by CIO Magazine, Australia. However, as we all know, in our digital world, this resource is accessed as …
ITWC Digital Transformation Conference and Awards Ceremony
The inaugural Digital Transformation Conference and Awards event was held recently in Toronto, supported by the CIO Association of Canada. The conference included fascinating panels looking at the impact of …
BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY: A PRIMER FOR ORGANIZATIONS & PROFESSIONALS
This article was submitted by Dawood Khan, Founder of TransformationWorx, a CIOCAN Partner offering the CIO Certified Blockchain Professional designation. A few months ago, I was speaking at a Blockchain Meetup of …
DXAgents Q2: Big Data Toronto, Introducing Leonardo and more!
It’s been a busy quarter on the digital transformation front, from the announcement of SAP Leonardo, to the release of the SAP-IDC Igniting Canadian Innovation in the Digital Economy …
Nouveau Président – section d’Ottawa
La CIO Association of Canada a nommé Philippe Johnston, comme Dirigeant principal de l’information pour le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) et le Conseil de recherches en sciences …
New Ottawa Chapter President
The CIO Association of Canada has appointed Philippe Johnston, CIO for the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council (NSERC) as its new Ottawa …
Ransomware & Blockchain: Toronto Chapter Event Summary
On the heels of the Wannacrypt ransomware attack, the recent Toronto Chapter event provided an excellent forum for presentations and discussions about Ransomware and Blockchain. The evening started with a …
Consumer-Driven Innovation
The ITWorldCanada website has an excellent article written by Namir Anani, President & CEO of the Information Communications & Technology Council* that raises some fascinating questions about how Canada can …
DX Agents and Big Data Toronto
In its second year, the Big Data Toronto 2017 Conference and Trade Show will bring together the brightest minds in Big Data, IoT, and AI. The DXAgents consortium, of which …
“CIOs, you are in the right place, at the right time.” Bruce Croxon at CIO Peer Forum 2017
By: Li-Ling Chang, Guest Contributor It’s not everyday that you get to introduce a speaker with a video reel. But it happened on day two of the CIO Peer Forum 2017.. …