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 …
Jeff Wyton, Executive Partner with Gartner, spoke to Edmonton chapter members over lunch on November 16, 2016. The slide deck and notes from that presentation are available to members. You must be logged in to access the presentation. Click on the screen icon below to download the pdf version of the file.
As billions of standalone devices across the world are getting connected, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become one of the most talked about technology trends. But IoT is not really about technology and connected devices; at its core it is about business outcomes and people, new ways of doing business, talent and change management, migration to open technologies, and open business structures based on co-development. Building the Internet of Things brings innovative business and technology strategies to every business-to-business (B2B) market segment and opens up a progressive world of possibilities to increase both top- and bottom-line results. Written specifically for front-line business decision makers at companies of all sizes, who need a practical handbook to get the ball rolling in a tangible way, this dependable resource looks at IoT from a business, strategy, and organizational standpoint and helps in identifying areas in an organization ripe for an IoT-based makeover, with the quickest payback on investment.
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 …
Click the image below to access the resolution and the revised Constitution and Bylaws to be considered at the CIOCAN General Meeting on December 13, 2016.
Joe Wong, Vice President IT, has been with Coastal Capital Savings, for almost a year. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Mgmt, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management, Strategy and Innovation.
Jeff Vogstad, Director Business Technology, has been with Translink for over 7 years. He is responsible for the Data Centre, Network, Service Desk, Desktop, and ITSM.
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 …
Jason Tso, Manger, Technical Operations Vancouver, has bee with Absolute Results. He comes to the chapter from the SFU program.
Volker Seidel is the IT Assistant Manager Operations and Service for The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. He specializes in IT support, optimization and ventured into Green IT with my passion for sustainability by moving organizations to VMWare based operations and Cloud Computing.
Erik Garrett, Director, IT Ecommerce Development, has been with MEC for almost 5 Years. His areas of specialization include: Business Intelligence and Business Process Alignment/Support.