Patricia Pickett

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Ottawa group addresses high-tech unemployment

The Ottawa Talent Initiative (OTI) earlier this month released a Community Action Plan (CAP) to address the issue of unemployment in the technology sector.

Kanawha, CGI expand IT outsourcing agreement

Lancaster, S.C.-based health and life insurer Kanawha Insurance Co. has expanded its IT outsourcing partnership with Montreal-based CGI to include onsite document management services. The US$12 million, 10-year business process services outsourcing contract was announced earlier this week.

IT worker answers call to service

Money is not always the ultimate measure of satisfaction for IT work, according to Matt Adams.

Netweaver gains Canadian fans

NEW ORLEANS - Some SAP Canada Inc. customers at this year's Sapphire user conference said their use of the software vendor's integration and application platform Netweaver has helped them transition to a services-oriented architecture, drive business change and innovation and reduce IT costs and complexities.

Software vendors make critical selling mistakes

Not long ago, Kevin Lam, manager of business performance for Telus Communications in Calgary, had a meeting with a software salesperson who was try

Kicking tech tires: Open source making progress

Governments around the world are rapidly adopting Linux and other open source software, according to analysts. Canada is no stranger to open source either - but some industry watchers have noted that not every jurisdiction has the same reason for using code that can be freely shared.

Ottawa group addresses high-tech unemployment

The Ottawa Talent Initiative (OTI) this week released a Community Action Plan (CAP) to address the issue of unemployment in the technology sector.

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