Facebook appears to be lost. The company has its sights set on growing in the mobile space, but is having challenges in execution. Waze Acquisition Facebook recognizes the importance of mapping, and wants to acquire Waze. Waze makes software that … Continue reading
Since 2009, when Chief Executive Officers are surveyed about what they want from their IT groups, the same answer has topped the list. Generate new value. Translated from the language of the executive suite, what this means is that they’re … Continue reading
In IT, we get used to thinking of our initiatives as big. Projects take time. Infrastructure change is complex. Many IT organizations overlook, therefore, the opportunities they have to make a difference with small things. This may seem like small … Continue reading
Recently there has been quite a bit of news about the recent discovery of security issues with Java. For example, Toronto’s Globe and Mail reported on it here. Then, there were articles reporting on the fact that Oracle had issued … Continue reading
Organizations are consumed with “getting it right”, to the point of being immobilized sometimes by their own perfectionism. Let’s not contest the fact that, in some industries and in some activities in every industry, there is a need for six … Continue reading
There’s a big problem with technology, and it’s one that CEOs are grappling for a way to express their demand that it change. It’s driving value generation. As Nicholas Carr pointed out (Does IT Matter?, The Big Switch, The Shallows), … Continue reading
For the past decade the technology available in the enterprise has fallen behind the technology people use personally (at home and while out and about). Few organizations build smartphone apps to access their corporate resources. Few code user interfaces with … Continue reading
People tell CIOs they need a good internal marketing plan for projects. Try this approach Continue reading
Let’s connect a few dots on the subject of how IT systems present themselves to the people who use them. Why, for instance, do people tend to settle into one social network and use it significantly more than they use … Continue reading
The annual gathering on public sector IT celebrates two decades. Questions that should shape next year’s agenda Continue reading
At WCIT in Montreal this week, author and Rotman School dean Roger Martin offered some unusual advice Continue reading
The World Congress on Information Technology kicks off in Montreal with a session featuring government ministers from around the world. But one in particular stood out Continue reading
No, not just someone that uses electricity! The other day I was asked to take an online test to verify whether or not I am a Word 2007 “power user.” This was intriguing to me not only because it was … Continue reading
A sneak peak at the next issue of CIO Canada, with feedback from four different IT executives on what they’re working on next year. Continue reading
