Tagged: executives

15 Canadian tech leaders look to the future for #Canada150

Brian Jackson

Published: June 29th, 2017
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Head Honcho Hangouts with Brian Jackson

The world is changing - the business world included. Technology's impact on every line of business is undeniable and it's the forward-thinking executives that are adapting to that change that are finding success

Published on: November 12th, 2014 Brian Jackson

How productive are your employees? VoloMetrix can give you the numbers

Half of the average person’s work week, or 20 hours of their 40-hour week, is spent sending emails and going to meetings – and that jumps even higher when it comes to senior

Published on: August 27th, 2014 Candice So

Secrets to CIO-CMO collaboration with Rogers VP of business marketing

Visitors to ITBusiness.ca will be no stranger to the topic of CIO-CMO collaboration and it seems to be a subject to which every executive has their own approach. But the more I've covered

Published on: August 22nd, 2014 Brian Jackson
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

Forrester to executives: Let’s get digital

It's time for business executives to wake up and smell the digital coffee, Forrester Research says in a new report to be released on Monday. While a group of 1,254 global executives surveyed

Published on: March 7th, 2014 Brian Jackson
Security Symbol Magnifying Glass

Pressure’s mounting for IT departments: Trustwave

IT professionals are feeling more under pressure than ever, thanks to a wave of security threats, high expectations from executives, and new technologies entering the workplace, according to a new survey from security

Published on: February 14th, 2014 Candice So
Row Boat in the Ocean

How you can use big data to answer the big questions

Big data might be a flashy industry watchword, but marketers can make use of it in practical ways – that is, if they pay attention to the “signals of demand.” At least, that’s

Published on: October 25th, 2013 Candice So

Facebook promotes Canadian head to global strategy role

Jordan Banks, Facebook's country manager for Canada, has been tapped to lead up a new global strategy division targeting vertical markets out of Toronto, the Globe and Mail reports. Holding the lead Canadian

Published on: September 23rd, 2013 Brian Jackson

BlackBerry co-founder cashes out

Investors and analysts have been reacting largely positively to the new BlackBerry 10 OS and Z10 smarpthone launched late last month, but one of BlackBerry's co-founders won't be along for the ride. According to

Published on: February 14th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Nortel acquittal shows challenges of prosecuting corporate fraud

In the last few years, Nortel has undergone a series of asset sell-offs and bankruptcy proceedings. Many attribute the company’s decline to a series of scandals in which some of the company’s top

Published on: January 16th, 2013 Monica Goyal
FreshBooks CEO sad about RIM

FreshBooks CEO sad about RIM

The CEOs of some of Canada’s leading-edge technology firms are excited for the year ahead, but a little bit sad that Research in Motion is suffering tough times, a CBC News story reports.

Published on: January 3rd, 2013 Brian Jackson
Bell Aliant CEO honoured tonight as CWC’s woman of the year

Bell Aliant CEO honoured tonight as CWC’s woman of the year

Bell Aliant president and CEO Karen Sheriff will be honoured tonight as woman of the year at the 2012 Canadian Women in Communications awards gala in Ottawa.Sheriff, currently the only femaleCEO of a

Published on: April 16th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Information overload overwhelms nearly half of Canadian execs

Information overload overwhelms nearly half of Canadian execs

Daily corporate correspondence, e-mail, voicemail, SMS messages, online video, business stats and graphs -- the typical Canadian executive is deluged by a sea of information, according to recent survey.Quite often this avalanche of

Published on: May 11th, 2010 Nestor Arellano
Conviction of top Google execs in Italy sparks global outrage

Conviction of top Google execs in Italy sparks global outrage

An Italian's judge's decision to impose six-month suspended jail sentences on Google Inc.'s global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, and two other company executives over a video showing the bullying of a disabled teenager

Published on: February 26th, 2010 Jaikumar Vijayan