The CIO Association of Canada is partnering with IT World Canada and IDC on a new national awards program highlighting excellence in digital transformation. The Digital Transformation Awards are designed to recognize the best examples of business or organizational digital transformation in the country. It is open to all Canadian businesses and government institutions. It’s hard …
Just a reminder to all Manitoba Chapter CIO Association members to get your tickets to TECHAPALOOZA 2017 soon. The fundraising event is on Friday, February 24th at 6PM at the Hotel Fort Garry and features five all-star bands comprised of IT Professionals from across Winnipeg and Manitoba. This is the social event of the year …
"How do you even begin to develop appropriate, plausible scenarios for the impacts, opportunities and implications of emerging digital technologies on you and your organization? This is a challenging issue facing many of our members. Where do I start? What's a helpful and practical way to think about these things? And, then, … what do …
CIOCAN members and senior IT executives who are able to be in Edmonton on Tuesday, February 28 will want to be at that Westin Edmonton Hotel to hear John Davis, retired U.S. Army Major General and VP and Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto Networks explain the paradigm shift required for cybersecurity success: from threat detection to …
On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, CIOCAN will hold its Annual General Meeting. At that meeting, the Nominating Committee will report to the members the Directors that have been acclaimed or elected for the coming year. The 2017 Nominating Committee is comprised of the following members: Gary Davenport, CIOCAN Immediate Past President, (Committee Chair) Andrew Dillane, …
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 …