Digital Transformation Conference 2019 – New case management system improving worker services

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is one of the largest insurance organizations in North America covering over 5 million people in more than 300,000 workplaces across Ontario. In 2018 the WSIB’s

Cybersecurity essentials – Response and return-to-service

This article is the eighth in a series of articles by NAV CANADA Vice-President and Chief Information Officer Claudio Silvestri about talking to your board about cybersecurity. Describe what your incident response plan

Cybersecurity essentials – Investment and initiative

This article is the seventh in a series of articles by Nav Canada vice-president and chief information officer Claudio Silvestri about talking to your board about cybersecurity. Define and lay out your investment

Cybersecurity essentials – processes and technologies

This article is the fifth in a series of articles by NAV CANADA Vice-President and Chief Information Officer Claudio Silvestri about talking to your board about cybersecurity. Assess how mature your processes and

Cybersecurity essentials – Critical threat landscape

This article is the fourth in a series of articles by NAV CANADA Vice-President and Chief Information Officer Claudio Silvestri about talking to your board about cybersecurity. Identify and define your critical threat

Talking to your board about cybersecurity

This article is the first in a series of articles by NAV CANADA vice-president and chief information officer Claudio Silvestri about talking to your board about cybersecurity. A cybersecurity conversation with your board

The Pitch: AI Startups – Nudge.ai

Andrea Corey, VP product development, Nudge.ai was one of the founding developers at marketing automation firm Eloqua. Now she's working with a new Toronto-based startup to solve the problem of understanding relationships between

Soft skills are most-desirable, says LinkedIn global talent trends report

By Hani Yassine Examining the changing relationship between employee and employer, LinkedIn recently unveiled their Annual Global Trends report, which displays a paradigm shift in what Human Resources leaders are looking for in

TrackTik modernizes physical security operations to achieve rapid growth

By Ryan Tuchow Security software company TrackTik was ranked 11th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards on Nov. 19. TrackTik provides a mobile and web-based platforms for physical security companies to manage

A summer of growth: Venture Day 2018

By Next Canada Staff On Aug. 14, the culminating day of 2018’s Next Founders and Next 36 program took place at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto. Twelve Next Canada ventures pitched

Crisis Services Canada wins a DTA for using Rogers tech to prevent suicides

The week that ITBusiness.ca spoke with Crisis Services Canada (CSC) CTO Roberta Fox about the non-profit winning an ITWC Digital Transformation Award in the SME public category, there were a couple of high-profile

How Pythian pivoted from IT services company to digital transformation firm

It's never too early to digitally transform yourself, even if your industry is digital in the first place, as illustrated by Pythian Group Inc. The Ottawa-based firm, which was founded all the way

Watch ITWC CMO Fawn Annan discuss mentorship in a time of disruption

ITBusiness.ca parent ITWC's President and CMO, Fawn Annan, recently sat down for a quick interview with Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) CEO John Reid. In the video Annan shares her mentorship advice, noting

How Interac has kept up with the digital transformation-driven times

In a sense, Interac has always been a digital brand - after all, it began as a non-profit collaboration between four of Canada's big five banks designed to facilitate technology-based payments, and unlike

Slideshow: 10 Canadian business leaders explain the keys to their success at the 2018 CATA Awards