“Nothing is impossible.” Jay Vijayan at CIO Peer Forum 2017

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  By Alex Piasta, Guest Contriubutor At the 2017 CIOCAN conference held in Edmonton, Alberta, Jay Vijayan formerly of Tesla Motors explained his innovative professional experiences. By developing breakthrough technology for one of the most innovative companies of the century, his positive impact has helped transform the entire automotive industry.  His lessons learned during this …

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CIO Peer Forum in the news

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By 2020 there has to be bottomline business results to the investments made going digital. That was the assessment of Nim Nadarajah, CIO Critical Matrix, at the conclusion of one of the powerful sessions held as part of the  CIO Peer Forum held in in Edmonton April 26-27. Built around the theme Creating Digital Leaders, …

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Deconstruction & reconstruction: the foundation for innovation in Canada

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Out of all of the building blocks to creating an innovative and productive workplace, perhaps the most transformative is processes. In previous articles, I’ve touched on other elements, but process is a piece to this puzzle that can make a tremendous difference to a company’s success and viability. Business process change isn’t about making a …

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Digital Transformation in the Public Sector

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By: Yvon Audette , National Leader, IT Advisory, KPMG in Canada Digital innovations are ubiquitous, are disrupting traditional business models and are fundamentally transforming our societies. With the mass adoption of digital technologies such as smartphones, tablets and wearables, citizens are continually connected to the world around them. Many of these innovations are the result of agile, tech-savvy …

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IBM Canada’s Innovation Initiatives CIOCAL April 5, 2017

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On April 5, the Calgary chapter event was hosted by IBM Canada in their new District Ventures and IBM Innovation Space, a collaborative initiative with District Ventures.  We had an opportunity to meet and learn directly from Dino Trevisani, President of IBM Canada, both why and how IBM is investing in innovation.  We experienced one …

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Digitizing Your Business: Buzzword or Reality? CIOCAL Round-table March 22, 2017

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At our Calgary Chapter gathering on March 22, we had an opportunity to explore how our members were approaching their own innovation initiatives.  The discussion was vigorous as we explored how the Dobbin Monitor Deloitte model (introduced by Geoffrey Cann on February 16) could be used by our own members to assess where they might exploit …

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How Bruce Croxon would startup Lavalife today

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This article originally appeared on the  ITWorld Canada website on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Bruce Croxson was a keynote speaker at the CIO Peer Forum 2017, in Edmonton April 26-27.    by Brian Jackson  @brianjjackson  If Bruce Croxon could go back to 1988 and his startup days at Lavalife again, with the power of hindsight, …

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The CIO Census. Your knowledge, voice and experience matter.

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  For the past four years the CIO Association of Canada has partnered with IT World Canada (ITWC) to paint a picture of the changing role of the CIO. The resulting reports have proven to be both enlightening and invaluable, with insights that allow CIOs to test their understanding of the immediate future against that …

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The Security Impacts of Digital Transformation  

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By Julie Cullivan, FireEye CIO and EVP Business Operations  The digital transformation means different things to different people—how you define it depends on how you perceive it.   For consumers, digital transformation means increased connectivity. From smart phones to connected homes, people are demanding more and different ways to interact with their surroundings.   For …

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What was it like to be the CIO of Tesla? A conversation with Jay Vijayan

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By: Brian Clendenin, Contributing Writer for IT World Canada Tesla Inc. … One of the fastest growing and most disruptive companies in the world today. I wonder what it must be like to have experienced being an IT leader in that rapid pace environment.  Well, it turns out that Jay Vijayan, CIO of Tesla prior to founding …

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It’s Time To Get Your Cloud Game On!

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  By: Jarrod Levitan, Chief Cloud Officer, Trinimbus It’s Time To Get Your Cloud Game On!  Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just launched their Region (multiple data centers) in Montreal. If you’re in the IT world, unless you’ve been living under rock, you would know that Amazon is the biggest and leading global provider of …

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