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2018 ITAC Ingenious Awards and CanadianCIO of the Year Finalists Announced

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MISSISSAUGA, ON (August 22, 2018) – The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is pleased to announce the jury-selected finalists for the 2018 ITAC Ingenious Awards and the CanadianCIO of the Year Award. The awards programs were created as a way to recognize Canadian talent and initiatives designed to improve performance, introduce new services, solve programs and grow businesses. The ITAC Ingenious …

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CIO Lessons Learned and Shared: CIO Career Strategy – Managing for Success

Over the course of almost three years, a series of 10 blogs were written and published related to my extensive career experiences as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) within the retail and telecom industries and as the President for the CIO Association of Canada (2011 to 2016). The purpose of these blogs was to share my …

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A look at what technologies are NOT good at

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David Lyle, Pacific Data Integrators will be speaking at the CIO Peer Forum on Disruptive Next-Gen Analytics: What’s next?   Over the past decade, powerful Big Data storage and retrieval technologies have emerged that give us added power to harvest the information cornucopia surrounding us. But as our world becomes more complex, the variety of these tools …

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State of Digital Transformation

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In collaboration with DX Agents, the CIO Association of Canada recently conducted a survey to understand CIO and CFO attitudes and organizational preparation for digital transformation.  The results demonstrate that some of our largest companies are squandering opportunities to take global leadership in tech. This failure to act has already affected our retail sector, and …

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Big Data, IoT, the Law and What You Need To Know. Kelly Friedman, CIO Peer Forum 2017

By: Jalen Chin, Guest Contributor, CIO Peer Forum 2017 Volunteer With the rise of technology and the ease at which data can be collected, there comes many opportunities to analyze information through Big Data. However, with the prevalence of such data, there comes the risk of the security and privacy of individual’s collected data being infringed …

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“There is no better time to be a CIO, than today.” Ian Cox at CIO Peer Forum 2017

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By: Li-Ling Chang, Guest Contributor and CIO Peer Forum 2017 volunteer The annual CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton had a strong attendance and captivating speakers offering much anticipated talks on creating and leading digital businesses. The 2-day conference kicked off with keynote speaker Ian Cox, Research Director with Gartner’s CIO research team. Gartner is the world’s leading …

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“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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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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