Tagged: Alberta

Council of Canadian Innovators expands to Ontario, Alberta and B.C.

Pragya Sehgal

Published: April 12th, 2021

Prairie credit unions choose IBM Canada for payments modernization 

Alberta Central, SaskCentral and Credit Union Central of Manitoba have come together to form Prairie Payments Joint Venture (PPJV), and earlier this week, signed an eight-year, $100+ million dollar agreement with IBM Canada

Published on: May 14th, 2020 Pragya Sehgal

Telus invests $3.5B in Alberta for wireless and wireline network capacity boost

Telus is investing $3.5 billion in Alberta in 2020 to enhance wireless and wireline network capacity. This is part of Telus’ September announcement about its $16 billion multi-year investment plan in Alberta to

Published on: April 14th, 2020 Pragya Sehgal

CIFAR names first cohort of Artificial Intelligence Chairs, part of Pan-Canadian AI strategy

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) announced today the first group of artificial intelligence (AI) chairs at its first annual meeting of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. The Canada CIFAR AI chairs one

Published on: December 5th, 2018 Meagan Simpson

ATB Financial, IBM partnership focuses on digital transformation in banking

Alberta-based ATB Financial is deepening its relationship with IBM Corp., with the creation of a Digital Innovation Lab and mobile/web-based platform as it continues to digitally transform its business offerings and provide customers

Published on: October 24th, 2018 Meagan Simpson
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Alberta Energy Regulator cuts through bureaucracy with digital transformation plan

Managing the lifecycle of oil and gas resources is a big job when you're regulating the core of Canada's energy sector, and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) realized it needed a digital transformation

Published on: June 1st, 2017 Brian Jackson

How technology is helping relief efforts in Fort McMurray

With the wildfires in Alberta still devastating Fort McMurray, technology has played a significant role in helping with the recovery effort. Aerial drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming a common piece of technology

Published on: May 19th, 2016 Jackie Atkins
The neuroscience behind elections

The neuroscience behind elections

Guest post by Bob Bailly  Over a year ago I wrote a blog entitled Election emotion, where I looked at an article from Margaret Wente in the Globe and Mail. In it, she examined how

Published on: November 6th, 2012 Francis Moran
Privacy commissioners issue guidelines for mobile apps

Privacy commissioners issue guidelines for mobile apps

The privacy commissioners for Canada, Alberta and British Columbia jointly issued a set of guidelines today to help mobile developers bake privacy protection into their apps. The guidelines were released on the closing

Published on: October 25th, 2012 Christine Wong
Crowdfunding letter campaign targets politicians in five provinces

Crowdfunding letter campaign targets politicians in five provinces

A national group lobbying to legalize equity crowdfunding in Canada is sending its message directly to provincially elected politicians across the country. Starting this week, the Ontario wing of Invest CrowdFund Canada (ICC)is

Published on: September 6th, 2012 Christine Wong
TekSavvy rolls out high-speed Internet for SMBs after CRTC ruling

TekSavvy rolls out high-speed Internet for SMBs after CRTC ruling

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has launched new DSL service targeting SMBs now that Canada's telecom watchdog has ruled that it and other small ISPs can directly compete with big carriers in the high-speed Internet

Published on: July 4th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Startup news round-up: June 5, 2012

Startup news round-up: June 5, 2012

Here's the startup news making headlines today on other Web sites and blogs. Alberta gets cozy with Mexico, Pinterest for dudes, and honours for a DMZ trailblazer. Alberta says 'si' to startups Alberta

Published on: June 5th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Alberta edges Ontario, Quebec in small biz optimism

Alberta edges Ontario, Quebec in small biz optimism

Optimism among Canadian small and midium size businesses continues to improve but this time Toronto is no longer the centre of the universe.The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) reports that businesses from

Published on: February 10th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
IBM taps tech to manage world’s safe water supply

IBM taps tech to manage world’s safe water supply

The "green" movement encourages us to preserve natural resources, and most of us regard safe, clean water as a fundamental right. Yet without proper management, it could become a scarce resource. As part

Published on: July 21st, 2009 Lynn Greiner