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Notre blogue CIO vous donne accès aux dernières informations pertinentes pour le CIO. Dans cette industrie au rythme rapide et en constante évolution, il est essentiel de se tenir au courant des développements actuels en matière d’innovation, des plus récentes technologies numériques et des actualités qui vous accompagne, au jour le jour dans votre carrière.

Digital Business: Seize the Opportunity
Enterprises hire Chief Digital Officer’s (CDOs) to lead a digital transformation, but « digital » has various definitions. It could refer to customer engagement through digital channels, or it could mean creating …
Humza Teherany, National Board VP, Starts Start-up Competition
It was only three months ago that Ralph Ostertag from Mercedes-Benz Canada and Humza Teherany from Compass Group Canada were chatting informally. Despite their companies’ different product offerings, they soon …

CEO CIO Alignment Program
A webinar held on March 2 introduced the CEO CIO Alignment Program. If you missed the webinar, you can watch a recording of the session here. You will be …

LinkedIn and the CIO
JD Gershbein, CEO of Owlish Communications, is considered one of the world’s top thought leaders on LinkedIn strategy, and a pioneer in the design and delivery of LinkedIn education. JD’s Workshop, Connect …

CEO CIO Alignment
Fact: 67% of CEOs and CIOs are misaligned on how IT should be enabling the business. Fact: Improving the IT-business alignment in your organization can make IT operate more …
6 CIO responsibilities for digital business
How clearly defined are your responsibilities for digital business? Are you the a) champion; b) influencer; c) facilitator of digital strategy — or d) a bit of all three? If your answer is “d,” you aren’t alone. Digital business is changing market paradigms and enterprise priorities at blink-and-you’ll-miss-it speed.
Thanks to the digital revolution, CIOs have an unprecedented opportunity to transform themselves and their departments, and become a key voice at the executive table and boardroom. At the upcoming Gartner CIO & IT Executive Summit in Toronto, the leadership role the CIO must play in digital business will be explained as contextual and depends on more than self-initiative. Digital business is a fast-moving team sport and, as such, requires role clarity and synchronization to succeed. One of the first acts of leadership a CIO can contribute to the enterprise is to drive digital role clarity and teamwork expectations.
Long live the “new CIO” – but don’t forget the lessons from the past
The “new CIO” does not forget the lessons from the past and, in fact, respects and values those things that may have been painfully learned so that the actions that they take today and tomorrow in support of the ongoing digital transformation agenda can be enhanced and amplified for all the key stakeholders. They understand that their ultimate success is dependent on building bridges between the past, present and future. Long live the “new CIO”!
Inaugural Beers with Peers in Ottawa
If you missed the inaugural Beers with Peers for the Ottawa Chapter, you missed out!
EXECUTIVE STRATEGIES TO MITIGAGE MOBILE SECURITY THREATS, Kurt Roemer, Citrix
Organizations with a comprehensive mobility strategy are better positioned to gain competitive advantage and drive growth. Armed with the right technology, you can capitalize on the opportunity mobility presents while …
DOES “POLITICS” NEED TO BE A DIRTY WORD? Dr. Rick Brandon, Brandon Partners
Most executives, including CIOs, have an aversion to the concept of « organizational politics »–– as if it’s a dirty word: « She’s so political…he got ahead due to politics…decisions around here are …
Digital Business – The Canadian Tire Digital Innovation Journey. Eugene Roman, CTO Canadian Tire Corporation
When I joined Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) in 2012 as Chief Technology Officer, the top priority was to address the tech infrastructure and to help turn CTC into a world-class …

CIO Peer Forum 2016: CAREER SHIFTS SHOWCASE
PLENARY SESSION: CAREER SHIFTS SHOWCASE Fariba Anderson, CEO, AcuteNet Inc. Dean Doige, President, LightHorse Innovation Corporation, a division of Clark Builders Humza Teherany, Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Group Canada …
CIOCAN Supports CaseIT 2016
As President of the CIO Association of Canada, Vancouver chapter, and on behalf of our board and members, I would like to extend to all of you a warm welcome to the International CaseIT competition.

CIO Association of Canada in the News
The Vancouver Chapter of CIOCAN will host the kick-off event of the ‘BC Aware’ campaign on Monday, January 25. Currently there are more than 100 people registered for the event …

Catherine Boivie Reports: iHeartLocal wins big!!
At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show’s Mobile App Showdown event, iHeartLocal, an app that’s about building relationships with the small businesses that « we frequent and refer to our friends and …