The trend of employees bringing their own technology to work will grow exponentially next year – whether businesses actively manage it or not, according to an IT analyst firm. Two-thirds of businesses already
Research in Motion has already missed the SMB sweet spot created by the BYOD trend and new CEO Thorsten Heins will have to play catch up to recover, some analysts say.In his first
Many small businesses have invested scarce marketing resources in search engine optimization in a bid to stand out from the crowd. But with indexed search collapsing in favour of social media, it may
Vancouver-based Vision Critical is extending the reach of its market research roots by launching a customer experience management (CEM) platform.The platform automates the collection, analysis and sharing of data from customer surveys, transactional databases
Published on: September 27th, 2011 Christine Wong @thatchriswong
As Canadian firms struggle to contain costs and keep the lights on, employee training is an area hard hit by the financial downturn.According to surveys by analyst firm Info-Tech Research Group, cutting "discretionary
Published on: April 27th, 2009 Joaquim P. Menezes @itbusinessca
Three quarters of Canadian and U.S. companies are ready to make cuts to their IT spending, according to a Canadian analyst firm.Firms that remain optimistic about maintaining budgets intact may need to wake
Online sales in Canada continued to soar in 2007 as companies profited from offering instant gratification to customers (whether consumers or businesses), according to Statistics Canada.E-commerce continued its double-digit growth for the sixth
Technology vendors tout virtualization as a server sprawl slayer. However, companies adopting the technology shouldn't just focus on this short term gain, industry experts say.Rather, they should also look at longer term benefits
Published on: March 19th, 2008 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
Canadian companies still using Microsoft Windows XP operating system may be sucking more power off the grid than if they were to upgrade to Windows Vista, says a new Microsoft-commissioned study.Both operating systems
More Canadians are turning to a life of entrepreneurship, and part of the reason is because so many tools are now available to help them make that transition.An Ipsos-Reid poll conducted on behalf
Published on: November 19th, 2007 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
In spite of its maturity and benefits, however, open source software is still trying to win over Canadian and U.S. IT leaders as a credible alternative to their closed-source cousins.Info-Tech Research Group's recent
Published on: April 9th, 2007 Curtis Gittens @itbusinessca
There's generally an adoption lag between Canada and the U.S. with newer, more advanced technologies - and that's what one might expect with sophisticated security tools. But according to recent findings from Info-Tech
Published on: January 30th, 2007 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
Unless their company employs more than 40 people, IT managers who want to play a more prominent role in the decision-making process should look elsewhere, according to the results of a recently released
Published on: December 12th, 2006 Shane Schick @ShaneSchick
The ability to sit and write code all day won’t get IT workers very far in the business world. Having an understanding of how a business works, how to be a team player
Published on: August 21st, 2006 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
