Vanessa Ho

Lewis Hooper faces a challenge no other chief information officer in Ontario ever has

The Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) continues to encourage CIOs to get their IT professionals their Information Systems Professional (ISP) designation. The organization wants people in the industry to believe in its value and its importance in the field.

During its Information Systems Professional awareness week last month, The Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) launched a campaign to get CIOs to encourage their IT professionals, such as network administrators and managers, to obtain this professional designation.

A desire among Canada’s small business owners to see an immediate payoff in their technology investments has led one industry group to team with...