Dave Webb

Dave Webb is a freelance editor and writer. A veteran journalist of more than 20 years' experience (15 of them in technology), he has held senior editorial positions with a number of technology publications. He was honoured with an Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Business Journalism in 2000, and several Canadian Online Publishing Awards as part of the ComputerWorld Canada team.

Articles by Dave Webb

Time to act on innovation: Panel

There's been enough study of the productivity gap in the Canadian economy. It's time for action, according to a panel at a Conference Board of Canada event. Plus, why people aren't the productivity problem

Why the BlackBerry 10 launch mattered as much as the features

I’ve long said the Research in Motion – wait, sorry, that’s BlackBerry now – had to knock it out of the park with...

In Conversation: Dan Mathieson

VIDEO The mayor of Stratford, Ont., discusses what it means to be a smart community, and how technology is embedded in the city's infrastructure

Facebook unveils a different type of search

Graph Search will allow users to mine the data from their connections on the social network. Should Google be shaking in its boots?

Relief from the sting of shame, and more

OPINION Aside form the traditional CES BYOD hangover, it's been a newsworthy January for tech so far

Predictions 2013: Can Whitman dig HP out of its hole?

IT Business editor Brian "Action" Jackson is cracking the whip again, demanding more predictions from a soul wounded by the backlash against its predictions...

Predictions 2013: A turnaround year for RIM?

Editor Brian Jackson over at ITBusiness.ca is getting all over us about posting some predictions for next year, so I'd better get at it. Here's...

Encrypting data in the cloud

Security is still the No. 1 concern among companies wrestling with adopting cloud computing. A few questions to your provider about its encryption regiment might alleviate some of those fears

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