Kristy Pryma

Quebec-based Hartco Corp. is the latest to enter the race to wirelessly connect Canadians.

More IT budgets are predicted to rise this year than last, training budgets are inadequate and senior management is not perceived to be competent around IT. These are among the findings of the Canadian IT Issues Survey, conducted by Athabasca University and CIO Canada (a sister publication to ComputerWorld Canada).

On a scale with anarchy at one end and a police state at the other, most companies

Sun Microsystems Inc.'s CIO was in Toronto Wednesday, offering advice to an audience of Canadian CIOs, CTOs and IT executives.

On a scale with anarchy at one end and a police state at the other, most companies

Hartco recently launched a new division to help Canada's business community nimplement wireless data solutions. This launch coincided with similar nannouncements by Spotnik Mobile and Bell Canada Ltd.

Combining the prairie spirit of working together with the acumen of new-millennium business giants, five credit unions are jointly launching a new company designed to coordinate their collective IT efforts.

More IT budgets are predicted to rise this year than last, training budgets are inadequate and senior management is not perceived to be competent around IT. These are just some of the findings that have come out of the Canadian IT Issues Survey.