Many thanks to Tony Olvet and Rob Burbach, of IDC, who led a group of members through the information gathered in the recent Top Executive Survey that showed shifts in the concerns of CEOs and IT leaders, and provided data that reveals just how far behind Canadian firms are with respect to digital adoption. If you …
This is the final story in the series of blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Not-for-Profit Sector Winner: Furniture Bank Since 1998, Furniture Bank has been distributing donated furniture to families and individuals in need across the Greater Toronto Area. Women and children fleeing from abuse represent one-third of Furniture Bank’s clients, while refugees represent …
Executive Summary by volunteers Anastasia Tzirtziganis and Mitchell R. Fong Shlomo Bibas, VP Global Operation & Chief Information Officer, hosted Toronto Chapter members and colleagues at the Apotex facility in Etobicoke. With 25% of the prescribed pharmaceutical marketplace, Apotex fills 88 million prescriptions per year in Canada. On top of that, 75% of their production …
This is the fifth in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Small/Medium Public Sector Winner: First Nations Integrated Health Solution In 2007 InterRAI became the provincial standard for Albertans seeking placement in a provincial supportive living or long-term care facility. Delays with some aspects of implementation of this standard meant …
This is the fourth in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Small/Medium Private/ICT Sector Winner: Thirdshelf Started by three co-founders in mid-2015, Thirdshelf is a loyalty marketing solution made for small, independent retailers. Its customer tracking capabilities, paired with artificial intelligences (AI) automates many aspects of customer relationship building. “It’s …
In our technology leadership roles, we are all challenged with monitoring emerging technologies, ensuring reliability and relevance for the information resources we maintain and use, setting strategic direction, and pursuing priorities that will bring value to our organizations – all while ensuring that the information assets of our organizations and their customers are kept safe …
This is the third in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Small/Medium Private, Non-ICT Sector Winner: NatureFresh™ Farms What started in 1999 as a greenhouse design business, NatureFresh has become the largest independently operated greenhouse grower in Canada, with large supermarket customers such as Kroger in the U.S. and The Great …
This is the second in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Large Public Sector Winner: University Health Network Preparing obese patients for bariatric surgery is a sensitive and intricate process. They must see practitioners from five different disciplines in a specific order. Looking for a better way to prepare clinically obese …
This is the first in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Large Private Sector winner: Moneris Cloud Payment API At NetSuite Inc.’s global SuiteWorld conference in San Jose, May of 2016, Toronto-based Moneris showed off their cloud payment API solution. They integrated its API with NetSuite’s own POS software at …
As a national organization that started in British Columbia, the CIO Association is registered through the BC Societies Act. As of November 28, 2016, there will be a new act in place. In order to be compliant with the updated legislation, a number of changes in the governance of the Association have been presented to members …
Over the past couple of weeks, CIO Association members have been invited to complete IDC’s Top Executive Survey. Thanks are extended to all of you who have responded to the invitation. Congratulations is due to Manitoba and Edmonton Chapters, both of which have exceeded their quota of participants! The survey will close soon. We do need …
ITWorld Canada recently released their 4th annual CIO Census. CIO Association members were among the 187 people who completed the survey. Below are some highlights from the report. Association members can download the full report (see link below). Canadian CIO’s are embracing the cloud with enthusiasm, but are less than impressed with the return on …