Workplace leadership lessons from High Liner Foods’ CIO

Learn about the DICE acronym that helps Peter Burns, CIO, at High Liner Foods, identify the four key skills that lead to hiring success. Plus, find out why every employee at High Liner

13 Canadian executives on their vacation habits – August Community Slideshow Part 2

13 CEOs on their vacation habits – August Community Slideshow Part 1

Slack for Enterprise release to compete with Microsoft Teams

Vancouver-based collaboration software startup Slack Technologies Inc. is expected to announce its new Slack for Enterprise edition at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday morning, according to a report in Business Insider.

Facebook challenges Slack with official launch of Workplace

With over a year of closed beta under its belt, Facebook at Work is now live under a new, official name: Workplace. Essentially the same product as the every-day Facebook, Workplace is an

Want to hire millennials? They expect faster work computers

How much patience do users have for slow applications? According to a new study, it depends on your age. According to the 2015 Desktop Experience Study sponsored by virtualization company AppSense suggests that Millennials are

Citrix driving the consumerization of modern IT environments

ORLANDO – Saying today’s line of business users are demanding a more consumer-like technology experience at work, with user-friendly apps and go-anywhere computing, Citrix Systems made a number of announcements this week to

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

Tech woes top source of workplace stress in Canada: study

Technology woes are the top source of stress in the Canadian workplace, a new study reports.Malfunctioning technology topped a new Toshiba of Canada survey of1,000 Canadians, with 40 per cent of respondents naming

Six ways technology can help disabled employees

Five years ago Scott and Jamie Burton started Dolphin Digital Technologies with an unusual philosophy. The Kitchener, Ont., company aims to employ people with disabilities. By doing so, the Burtons have built a

Mobile device are top security threat: survey

After application vulnerabilities, information security professionals are most concerned by the threats posed by mobile devices, a survey has revealed. The 2011 (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study, carried out by researchers Frost

‘Thriving in the Workplace’ offers great tips for success on the job

"7 books in 1" is the tag line for Thriving in the Workplace All-in One for Dummies (Wiley Publishing Inc.) -- a whopper of a book shipped to me recently for review.This tome

8 things you should never say to your boss

Maintaining a positive relationship with your manager is key to a productive, satisfying job. And the actions you take -- completing your work on time, putting in extra effort when necessary, volunteering to

Green social media contests hosted by David Suzuki and Future Shop

Future Shop and the David Suzuki Foundation are joining forces in an environmental campaign that will showcase a new social network designed to influence positive behaviour change in its members. Two contests hinging