Eric Emin Wood

Former IT World Canada associate editor turned consultant with public relations firm Porter Novelli. When not writing for the tech industry enjoys photography, movies, travelling, the Oxford comma, and will talk your ear off about animation if you give him an opening.

Articles by Eric Emin Wood

McMillan LLP makes a case for predictive analytics in the legal community

Analytics in law? Toronto firm incorporates SPSS, IBM Cloud into practice

The LCBO says “cheers” to its sparkling new e-commerce site

Originally planned with a development schedule of 12 months, the LCBO’s ecommerce site was able to launch sooner by adopting a "startup-like" approach, according to its CIO

IT and business leaders agree more often than you might think: Report

Technology decisions made by business leaders, IT departments increasingly in sync, Dell finds

Amid declining iPhone sales, Apple seeks to bolster its services division

Apple's services division could be the size of a Fortune 100 company next year, according to CEO Tim Cook

Yahoo’s latest acquisition is all about digital content, according to analysts

Regardless of the outcome, it’s unlikely to affect Canada anytime soon, experts note

Canada’s privacy laws need to be updated. But don’t look to Europe or the US for guidance, experts say

Canadian experts such as Michael Geist, Daniel Tobok, and Ann Cavoukian weigh in on Canada's data privacy approach

More than 60 per cent of enterprises still relying on unsupported Windows software: Report

According to Spiceworks, enterprises are ignoring the security risks associated with operating "dead" software such as Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

What does SoftBank’s $32.2-billion acquisition of mobile chip designer ARM mean in the long run?

In addition to ARM, SoftBank's other high-profile investments in recent years have included a 35 per cent stake in Yahoo Japan, a controlling stake in American telecom provider Sprint, which was acquired in 2013, and an early stake in Chinese tech giant Alibaba, part of which it sold earlier this year for US$7.9 billion

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