The bad news is that this is the last standalone issue of Technology in Government. Regular readers will probably have realized the writing was on the wall for some time now, as we
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Kathleen Sibley @itbusinessca
Cover styles have come and gone, and size and format have varied. Section headings have had to adapt to changing times, but its editorial focus has remained the same. In the following pages,
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Kathleen Sibley @itbusinessca
Organizations whose CIO reports to the CFO rather than the CEO invariably have IT departments that are more penny-wise and pound-foolish, more fearful of new and open technologies, less developed technologically, and also
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Dan Perley @itbusinessca
Years ago, when I first started writing about technology in government, the term “e-government” was still a new concept. And Canada was one of the first countries to really embrace that concept. Today,
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
This is the first year in more than a decade that B.C. has been named GTEC's Showcase Province, and it comes as the result of several innovative strategies in the areas of forestry,
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
Outsourcing security is a touchy subject for CIOs. Surveys indicate that over 50 per cent of CIOs say they will never outsource security. The most frequent reason given is that it's too risky
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Yogi Schulz @itbusinessca
Escalating threats are forcing companies to look at new ways of fortifying their security capabilities, and in many cases enlisting the help of a third party makes more sense than doing it in-house.
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
According to my calculations, this is my 115th submission to Technology in Government. Unfortunately, this will also be the last issue of TIG as a standalone publication. Back in the winter of 1996,
Published on: December 14th, 2006 Rob Carnegie @itbusinessca
Due to the proposed PWGSC procurement changes, many large and mid-sized contractors fear a situation which would lock many of them out of contracting directly with the Crown.Well, guess what? There are –
Published on: September 15th, 2006 Dan Perley @itbusinessca
But he brings a wealth of experience to the position both from the private sector in the insurance industry, and the public sector. Most recently Cochrane was CEO of the IT branch of
Published on: September 15th, 2006 Kathleen Sibley @itbusinessca
Hydro Quebec is pulling the plug on the mishmash of configurations, processes and terminologies that have characterized its IT systems with the deployment of a business services management solution.The software, BMC Atrium CMDB
Published on: September 15th, 2006 Kathleen Sibley @itbusinessca
At the height of the ski season, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, B.C.'s streets and slopes explode with almost 10,000 second-home owners and another 20,000 visitors, in addition to the 9,500 permanent residents.
Published on: September 15th, 2006 Kathleen Sibley @itbusinessca
B.C.'s local government IT departments are about to take delivery of a new database that will raise the bar in terms of the data security expectations imposed upon them. Bill 25 is a
Published on: September 15th, 2006 Rob Carnegie @itbusinessca
Perhaps Cranston hasn't heard of Moodle. Moodle - modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment - is an open source software package used by more than four million people in 150 countries. It is designed
Published on: September 15th, 2006 Kathleen Sibley @itbusinessca
