A looming shortage of Canadian tech talent has forced businesses to refine their hiring processes, but at least one expert says several stones remain unturned. One method that Kathy Enros, the vice-president of
Last year, when Vikram Rangnekar founded MOV North, a website that acts as a resource for global tech professionals to learn about Toronto and entice them to move here, he called Toronto "the
We've updated our Tech Sector Growth Map of Canada and it looks better than ever. Not only is Canada's Tech Sector booming, but thanks to Toronto-based Esri and its ArcGIS mapping software, we
Canada’s brain drain to Silicon Valley has been a perennial concern for the IT sector, but the flow has stabilized, according to LinkedIn Corp., even if it's arriving at only a handful of
Published on: December 5th, 2016 Gary Hilson @itbusinessca
Access to useful data is cheaper than ever before, but many companies are finding it difficult to generate business value from the increasing information flow. The number of organizations that report obtaining competitive
Published on: May 1st, 2015 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
With notes from Candice So Debate over whether the 10-year, $190 million agreement between Ontario and Cisco Canada add 1,700 jobs will be an economic boon or bust has been rowing since the
Canadian social media star HootSuite recently got in hot water over its practice of not paying interns that work in their company. After raising the hackles of interns and labour rights advocates across
Reports have emerged recently that 45 RBC employees are losing their jobs next month after RBC contracted a number of technological services to iGate, a California-based firm which specializes in sending jobs overseas.
By Chak Reddy Technology is one of the traditionally hot sectors for M&A, driven primarily by rapid change in the industry. But when it comes to making a successful acquisition in the tech
Published on: November 6th, 2012 Debbie Stephenson @itbusinessca
Edward Martin, deputy CIO of George Washington University is this month's Premier 100 IT Leader. He answers questions about pay equity, indispensable skills and how to become a CIO. Q - My company
Published on: June 8th, 2012 Computerworld Staff @itbusinessca
A not-for-profit group advocating there be more women working in information technology has just published a report that says recruiters for high-tech jobs should make sure there is at least one woman candidate
Published on: March 8th, 2012 Ellen Messmer @itbusinessca
The IT job market in 2012 shows some signs of improvement when it comes to hiring , but most companies still aren't expanding.Robert Half Technologies, a national recruiting firm that has been conducting
Published on: December 16th, 2011 Patrick Thibodeau @itbusinessca
Two Canadian technology companies are developing a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game about space colonization for a project commissioned by National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA). Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond, is the
Published on: November 21st, 2011 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
Natalie's eyebrows knitted in concentration as she and her friend intently watch the terminal while typing a piece of computer code. Moments later the teens' faces beamed with pride as the screen shows
Published on: November 1st, 2011 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
