Shane Schick

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IT leadership on camera: Peter Carr and Joan McCalla

When we chose the judges for our inaugural awards program for Canadian technology executives, we chose the best.  Following the heated judges' discussion I...

Why RIM’s middleware is more important than the BlackBerry PlayBook

It’s sad when the IT industry pays more attention to a toy than something that could fundamentally change the game. The BlackBerry PlayBook is...

YouTube Fridays: An IT department scuffle turns into a sales pitch

Wow, you can almost feel the sexual tension here. Okay, not really. I like how this company, Certify, used text-to-film software Xtranormal (which I'm considering...

Why IT and business need education and talent as a service

What happens when you put a group of CIOs, a group of post-secondary students, some vendors and some professors in a room together? This...

Help Wanted: Waterloo needs an IT director

The regional municipality home to some of Canada's biggest tech startups needs someone to lead its own technology transformation. Plus: Four more hot opportunities on Jobs.ITWorldCanada.com

IT Leadership Awards: The judging is complete

It became one of the most contentious debates of the day: what does a project really tell you about a person’s contribution to their...

PowerEx exec to lead CIOCAN Vancouver

Jories Timmers discusses his unique background, the important role of IT industry groups and how he plans to develop the CIO Assocation of Canada chapter's membership and programs in 2011

YouTube Fridays: Intel and Second City’s lame attempt at parodying IT managers

Please make it stop. This appears to be part of a series of clips designed to lure IT managers to Intel's Developer Forum, IDF 2010,...

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