Tagged: c-suite

President to President with Jeff Volpe, ViewSonic

Fawn Annan

Published: January 17th, 2018

C-suite’s digital goals increasingly driven by competition, not disruption, IBM finds

While digital disruption gets the lion's share of credit for digital transformation in publications such as ITBusiness.ca, a new study by IBM Corp. indicates that executives are more likely to be wary of

Published on: April 24th, 2017 Eric Emin Wood
Palo Alto Networks, IBM Canada and the BC Ministry of Education announce cybersecurity high school program

Half of Canadian executives say their businesses were hacked last year: Ipsos

A new survey has terrifying implications for Canadian businesses across the country. Conducted by marketing research firm Ipsos Canada on behalf of Calgary-based accounting, tax and business consulting firm MNP LLP, the survey

Published on: February 27th, 2017 Eric Emin Wood
Coin flip

Big decisions are gut decisions, despite big data

Despite the fact that executives have access to more data and analytical power than ever before, they're still going on gut feelings for strategic decisions, according to a recent survey by the Economist Intelligence

Published on: October 3rd, 2014 Dave Webb

3 tips for finding a good channel solutions provider

Big data, streamlining business operations, generating revenue, integrating systems together – once upon a time, buying solutions for these business needs was mostly the territory of the CIO and IT department. But nowadays,

Published on: September 16th, 2014 Candice So
Man looking at wall of marketing metrics.

81% of CMOs confident about reaching this year’s goals, survey says

The realm of marketing is looking like a hopeful place, with chief marketing officers (CMOs) from around the world saying they’re confident they can reach their business goals this year, according to a

Published on: August 18th, 2014 Candice So

Nearly half of CMOs don’t feel they’re paid enough, survey says

Being a marketer isn't easy - not only do marketers have to create the right messages for the right audiences, targeting these audiences at the right time, but they also need to prove

Published on: July 28th, 2014 Candice So
marketing, metrics

85% of marketers feel more demand to show ROI, survey says

It’s hard out there, when you’re a marketer. Aside from trying to craft the right messages that will appeal to the right audience at the right time, marketers also need to prove their

Published on: July 28th, 2014 Candice So
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Half of security professionals want more from vendors, survey says

Half of Canada’s IT security professionals are disappointed in the technology they pay for, feeling it doesn’t keep their organizations’ data safe enough, according to a new survey sponsored by Websense Inc. and

Published on: July 17th, 2014 Candice So

How companies can boost their digital innovation

It’s impossible to talk about any company in tech and avoid mentioning the word “digital.” But how does that concept play out for companies who may have made the jump to digital, and

Published on: July 3rd, 2014 Candice So
C-Level Boardroom Meeting

Building a board of investors at your early stage company

This is part 2 of a two-part series on how startups can set up their governance structure. For part 1 of this series, head on over here.    Investor board nominees is a

Published on: May 11th, 2014 Gerard Buckley

Ikea acknowledges CIO-CMO collaboration comes with ‘some assembly required’

What do you think the chief marketing officers at Sweden-designed furniture store Ikea and IT services firm Unisys have in common? Yes, both likely have great skill in the use of Allen keys,

Published on: March 13th, 2014 Brian Jackson
Challenge offers students BlackBerry to solve healthcare woes

Challenge offers students BlackBerry to solve healthcare woes

Do you have an idea for solving an existing problem related to the universal access of disease diagnosis, medical treatment or overall healthcare management? If you do, then people at Agfa HealthCare Canada

Published on: October 18th, 2010 Nestor Arellano
Seven secrets of Steve Jobs

Seven secrets of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs left his Silicon Valley home and headed north to a small liberal arts school, Reed College, in Portland, Ore., only to drop out after one semester. Like many teenagers, the 17-year-old

Published on: October 12th, 2010 Tom Kaneshige
B.C.’s Green Party hires Toronto-based green IT provider

B.C.’s Green Party hires Toronto-based green IT provider

There's never a good time for your technology to fail, but Rebecca Helps still regrets that her database system crashed during the Green Party of British Columbia's annual general meeting.The executive director of

Published on: October 4th, 2010 Brian Jackson