The Canadian Armed Forces proved invincible at this year's Canadian Information Productivity Awards, capturing the Gold Award in the Efficiency & Operational Improvements category,...
The role of the CIO in major financial institutions is splitting into two distinct parts, according to financial-services consulting firm Mercer Oliver Wyman. Here are some key questions CIOs will need to answer in the coming years.
In one of our most engaging roundtables ever, seven Canadian IT executives frankly exchanged their views about their relationships with vendors - everything from contracting hot buttons to over-the-top social invitations to dealing with lowball bidders.
Rob Carter needs a truck to carry around all of his professional awards. Fortunately, as CIO of FedEx Corp, he has plenty of vehicles at his disposal. Among his many honours, Mr. Carter is a four-time winner of both the CIO Magazine 100 Award and the ComputerWorld Premier 100 Award. He was named CIO of the Year in 2001 by Salomon Smith Barney. In this wide-ranging interview with CIO Canada, Mr. Carter speaks candidly on such topics as his most difficult challenges as CIO of FedEx, the emerging technologies that are impacting his business, and what it takes to be a great CIO.
When the new Terminal One opened its doors to the public this past April, it put Toronto Pearson International Airport on the cutting edge of airport technology. CIO James Burke and his IT team have spent the past three years on the mega-project, making sure that when the time came, the take-off would be flawless.
In the fast-paced online dating industry, competitive advantage lies in the ability to bring new services to market quickly. That's why Lavalife overhauled its applications delivery processes and moved to rapid prototyping, cutting delivery time in half. Here's how they did it.
Kananaskis Village, Alberta: About 30 prominent Canadian IT Executives were treated to a full course meal of delectable food for thought, served up at a recent two-day IT Executive Think-Tank sponsored by applications support and maintenance firm RIS.