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Coffee Briefing Jan. 3, 2023 – Mastodon partners with CIRA; YouTube terminated record 5.8 million channels; CIO Strategy Council to co-host virtual workshops; and...

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Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed...

Canada’s investments in broadband: 2022 roundup

Samira Balsara -
This year, the Government of Canada, through the Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), has taken action to help improve internet service for Canadians across the...

New CEO and vice chairs appointed at the CRTC

Ashee Pamma -
Today, Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced the appointment of Vicky Eatrides as chair and chief executive officer (CEO) and Alicia Barin...

Canadian Government announces a hybrid work model for the Federal Public Service

Samira Balsara -
Starting next year, Canadians working for the federal public service will have to spend at least two or three days per week in the...

Global government IT spending to exceed $580 billion in 2023: Gartner

Ashee Pamma -
In 2023, worldwide government spending will increase by 6.8 per cent over 2022, with a total budget of US$588.9 billion, Gartner Inc. predicts, as...

Ontario alerting 360,000 their personal information taken in data breach

Howard Solomon -
Twelve months after police charged two men with compromising Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine management system, the province has identified and started notifying the 360,000 residents...

Technicity West: Innovative economies are built on four key pillars

Paul Barker -
Creating an innovative economy can only happen if four key pillars are adopted that will allow municipal growth to happen in new ways, the...

Some in Ontario broader public sector are “struggling” with cybersecurity: Panel chair

Howard Solomon -
The poor state of cybersecurity of some of Ontario’s school boards, child welfare agencies, municipalities, and hospitals worries the head of the province’s expert...

2022 HardTech conference highlights supply chain issues and need for government support in the semiconductor industry

Ashee Pamma -
Markham-based tech hub VentureLAB hosted its second annual HardTech summit, bringing together tech leaders to highlight hardware and semiconductor innovation in Canada. Phil Vokins, director,...

Proposed telecom cybersecurity law gives Canadian government too much secret power: Researcher

Howard Solomon -
Last summer, the federal government proposed changes to the Telecommunications Act that it says will force Canadian telecom providers to toughen cybersecurity. However, a researcher...

Coffee Briefing October 25, 2022 – Hootsuite partners with WHO; Sparrow receives C$1 million in funding; Visa’s Installments available at Canada’s largest retailers; and...

Ashee Pamma -
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed last week’s Coffee...

Parliamentary committee urges Ottawa to pause use of facial recognition

Howard Solomon -
The use of facial recognition technology by companies and government agencies should be strictly controlled, says a parliamentary committee. In a report this week presented...

 Diia – Ukraine implements world leading digital government in the middle of a war. What’s our excuse?

Jim Love -
Ukraine has managed to implement an astonishingly comprehensive set of digital government services, with 70 key public services available, half the adult population participating,...

Attorney General of California announces lawsuit against Amazon for anti-competitive practices

Ashee Pamma -
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the company is causing increased prices across California with anticompetitive practices,...

New Gartner survey reveals gaps in government tech purchase process

Ashee Pamma -
According to a recent survey from Gartner Inc., the public sector has the longest buying cycle for technology purchases, at 22 months on average. Gartner...
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