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DX: Disruptive Change – Caught with your Pants Down Again?
Let’s be honest, we've all been caught off-guard in our lives when disruptive change happens. Each time, like many of us, after the fact you likely kick yourself for not …
New Chapter President for CIOCAL
The Calgary Chapter Board of the CIO Association of Canada has elected John Vince, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Enablement, for Shaw Communications as its new President, effective immediately. Regarding his …
Reflections on the 2017 Federal Budget, by CIOCAN President, Humza Teherany
As CIOs, we know the value of not only embracing but driving a digital economy. It is encouraging to see the new Federal budget putting some emphasis on innovation spending. …
How Can Incumbents Respond to Disruption?
Part 2: Embrace an Innovation-focused Culture When it comes to disruption and the introduction of disruptive practices in a particular market, we should keep in mind what renowned Canadian communication …
CIOCAN Announces a Specialty Division for Chief Information Security Officers (CISO)
CIOCAN Announces a Specialty Division for Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) For Immediate Release TORONTO, ON., March 20, 2017 – The Board of Directors of the CIO Association of Canada …
Why you should nominate an organization for an award today
It is important to celebrate the success of organizations that have embraced digital transformation to fundamentally change the way they do business. Success breeds success and by learning from the …
Imperatives for Cybersecurity Success in the Digital Age
THANK YOU!!! The evening of February 28th, the Edmonton Chapter was pleased to host John Davis, retired U.S. Army Major General and VP and Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto …
How can Incumbents Respond to Disruption?
Part 1: Start by Accepting that Disruption will Happen! It is well-known that incumbents in any industry seldom feel the impact of an early-stage disruption on their core business for …
DX: Where do you start?
Getting Lost is Easy! Part 2 Digital Transformation – Mobile, Cloud, them Things, and that really Big Data We’ve all heard that the Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics are …
Managing Innovation in the Digital Economy: It’s not just technology
We have all been well aware of UBER’s impact on the taxi industry here in Calgary, and how the taxi sector was ill-prepared to deal with the changes brought about …
DX: How will it Impact your Organization?
Tesla – Driving Digital Transformation & Disrupting the Ecosystem Part 1 As organizations explore digital transformation (DX) and determine business value considering the buzz around Internet of Things (IoT) and …
Announcing DX Agents
New consortium including SAP, AWS, and Deloitte targets digital transformation acceleration in Canada Alliance of 11 organizations kicks off DXagents program; aims to help Canadian businesses become more globally competitive …
Digital Business Transformation Event
David Oh, CIO, VP Innovation & Technology Services at AGLC and David Booth, Chief Information Officer at City of Edmonton, led a stimulating round table conversation on digital business transformation, …
ATB Financial: The Rise of the Chief Evangelist
We are delighted to have Dave Mowat, President and CEO of ATB Financial speaking at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton April 26-27, 2017. Dave is re-imagining ATB Financial …
A Lawyer’s Perspective on Big Data and IoT Challenges By Kelly Friedman, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Kelly Friedman, Partner at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP will be presenting one of the most talked about workships at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton April 26-27, 2017. Big …