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Digital CIO Leadership in Canada
Business Review, Canada and USA Introduces CIOCAN to their Readers. The article below, written by CIOCAN President Gary Davenport, appears in the August 2016 edition of Business Review Canada & USA. As mentioned in our newsletter, Business Review is offering CIO Association members the opportunity to profile your company in their magazine, showcasing your business/organization, …
Internet of Things: Top 6 steps to automate your business processes
by Youssef Kabbani, Senior Strategy Manager – Internet of Things, Telus. Businesses in any industry can improve their productivity by connecting to the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT solutions are changing the volume, variety and velocity of information businesses can collect and act upon. As companies today discuss digital transformation strategies, …
Balancing Technology Enabled Innovation and Cyber-Security
Natasha Nelson is a recent graduate of the Sloan School of Business at MIT. During her studies, she invited CIO Association members to participate in the research she was conducting. The research paper How Companies Achieve Balance Between Technology Enabled Innovation and Cyber-Security was recently released, and is available to CIO Association Members. According to …
Learn How Your Industry Is Utilizing IoT From The Industry Leaders That Know It Best – Industry and Business
We are pleased to share an excerpt from an article published on Media Planet by Ignacio Paz of Rogers Communications, in which Gary Davenport, President CIO Association of Canada, shares his insights on IoT: All Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are constantly searching for opportunities to improve their organizations’ efficiency and effectiveness. This pursuit means being able to …
Calling all CIOs: Give Back to Fort Mac Hardware Donation Program
While it may no longer appear in daily headlines, the communities in and around Fort McMurray still need help, perhaps now more than ever, as they return to their lives. We want to help. On May 3, 2016, at 5:00 pm MDT a large wildfire burning southwest of Fort McMurray resulted in the mandatory evacuation of …
CIOCAL Discussion: Cognitive Computing
What happens when you bring together our CIOCAL members with an industry leader in Cognitive Computing? You get a vibrant discussion that explores the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on our value chains, workforce , technology plans, and change management challenges. Stephen Leonard, General Manager for IBM North America, led a discussion for us which explored the implications that …
What is Digital?
Ken McGee, Vice President and Gartner Fellow, Gartner Canada, outlined the lack of understanding current IT professionals have regarding digital business. His opinion is that there is not a single accepted definition of digital, but rather, a vague idea that is meant to fix a company’s problems. While Nicholas Negroponte was able to define digital …
Eugene Roman at CIO PF 2016: Exhilirating, Exhausting, and Encouraging
Eugene Roman entertained the lunchtime audience with an exciting overview of Canadian Tire’s digital transformation journey. He began his presentation with what he described as the “digital” catalog, which is a hard copy traditional catalog that Canadian Tire has produced for decades but with a “hover and discover” capability. A smart phone app viewing the …
CIO Peer Forum 2016 Reflection: How to evolve and Adapt the CIO Organization During These Disruptive Times
CIO Peer Forum 2016 Reflection: How to evolve and Adapt the CIO Organization During These Disruptive Times. Breakout Session presented by Yvon Audette, National Leader, IT Advisory, KPMG LLP The presentation, facilitated by Yvon Audette, National Leader, IT Advisory, KPMG, started with the introduction of “Industrie 4.0 – the fourth industrial revolution.” Germany is credited …
Reflections on CIO Peer Forum 2016 keynote presentation by Rahaf Harfoush, Digital Anthropologist and Author
Reflections on CIO Peer Forum 2016 keynote presentation by Rahaf Harfoush. Digital Anthropologist and Author By: Ron Babin In a keynote presentation titled, Human Centric Analytics – Big Data, Micro-Influence and Search for Meaning, Rahaf Harfoush spoke eloquently and energetically about the importance of data as our digital DNA. Data allows us to better understand …
Edmonton Chapter: Breakfast Roundtable
Sheila FitzPatrick, Chief Privacy Officer for NetApp, led an enlightening discussion at the Edmonton Chapter Breakfast Roundtable Discussion on Governance of Privacy and Data in the Cloud on April 28. This different format of event was well received, and will be offered again. Watch this space for news about upcoming events.