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1. CIOs Gather to Discuss Innovation and Creativity
Written by Dave Carey

(New & Notable)

Toronto – December 13, 2018 – When the first CIOs set sail on their executive journeys in the mid-1990s, most of them quickly discovered that innovation and creativity were not wanted on the voyage. That’s ...

Created on 17 December 2018

2. Toronto IT Execs Put IoT Under the Microscope
Written by Dave Carey

(New & Notable)

There’s a lot of talk about the Internet of Things (IoT) these days, but how are companies preparing for it, what are the IoT issues that concern them, and where are they when it comes to putting IoT data ...

Created on 26 September 2016

3. IT Execs Tame the Elements at Inaugural Hitachi Golf Classic
Written by Dave Carey

(New & Notable)

... an unqualified success. And IT executives take note, the hosts are looking to expand the roster of participants for next year’s Classic. Dave Carey is an award-winning writer, editor and a founding ...

Created on 13 June 2016

4. The Future Revealed – How CIOs Became Extinct
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

While browsing a junk shop in a dodgy part of St. John’s recently, I happened across a curious object, a fist-sized orb covered in a tracery of peculiar hieroglyphics. I bought it, took it home, and was ...

Created on 16 October 2015

5. Cloud Integration & the CIO
Written by Dave Carey

(Technology)

While Cloud continues to gain momentum in most organizations, it still brings with it a number of challenges, one of the biggest being integration with on-premises applications. We’ve heard plenty of comments ...

Created on 24 August 2015

6. Approaches to Shadow IT Governance
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

Shadow IT used to be one of those things that CIOs tried to eradicate or at least keep in check, like some pernicious garden weed. Yes, that still happens, but now shadow IT has reached the point of acceptance ...

Created on 29 June 2015

7. Help for CIOs in Coming Out of the IT Shadows
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

With the advent of Cloud computing, shadow IT has become an ever more painful thorn in the side of the IT organization. And the problem isn’t going away; it’s getting worse. According to a recent survey ...

Created on 02 May 2015

8. CIOs as marketers? Why it’s now more critical than ever
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

While doing research for The IT Media Group’s Strategic Insights Report, Marketing IT to the Business: Successful CIOs Share Best Practices, I spoke to many IT executives about their approach to gaining ...

Created on 13 March 2015

9. Five Security Insights from our CIO Breakfast Series
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

Over the past 14 months, The IT Media Group has hosted a series of roundtables and Strategic Insights sessions focussed on IT security. These sessions produced a wealth of information and ideas, provided ...

Created on 17 February 2015

10. Three Resolutions for the Pragmatic CIO
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

It’s still early enough in the new year to make some resolutions, if you haven’t already done so. Your personal resolutions are your own business, so I’m not going to encourage you to go on a butt-reduction ...

Created on 30 January 2015

11. Key Conversations for IT Executives
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

2014 was a great year for The IT Media Group – our best ever – and that means it was also a banner year for Canadian IT executives when it came to sharing best practices, expanding personal networks and ...

Created on 02 January 2015

12. The Greatest CIO Interview of All Time
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

        He fixed a catastrophic mainframe failure with the pointy end of a rat-tail comb. He refereed an arm-wrestling contest between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. He was a moustache double ...

Created on 06 November 2014

13. More tales from customer service hell
Written by Dave Carey

(Operations)

If you are a CIO, there’s a good chance you’re already familiar with Bob Evans, SVP Communications for Oracle Corp. If you don’t know him, you may want to put him on your radar. He’s one of the best bloggers ...

Created on 13 August 2014

14. Why BYOD has CIOs pining for a security blanket
Written by Dave Carey

(Technology)

When The IT Media Group hosts its CIO Master Series roundtables, participants are often struck by how similar their challenges and approaches are with respect to the issue being discussed. At our recent ...

Created on 03 June 2014

15. CIOs stand on shifting corporate sands
Written by Dave Carey

(Operations)

It’s growing increasingly apparent that the times they are a’changing for IT executives, perhaps more so now than ever in the history of enterprise IT. That home truth came through loud and clear at ...

Created on 13 April 2014

16. Great wearable devices you didn’t see at CES
Written by Dave Carey

(Technology)

Sometimes we tech writers get advanced peeks at digital gadgets that the general public – and yes, even CIOs – won’t have a chance to get their mitts on for months or even years. That was never more evident ...

Created on 23 January 2014

17. Important CIO conversations for 2014
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

As changes to enterprise IT tend to be more evolutionary than revolutionary, we don’t expect 2014 to be radically different than last year for CIOs. But there are some areas that we believe will garner ...

Created on 30 December 2013

18. A Year to Celebrate
Written by Dave Carey

(Connections Blog)

Looking back, it has been a tremendous year for The IT Media Group – our most successful ever. We know that we couldn’t have done it without you, and we thank you for your amazing support! Here are 10 ...

Created on 24 December 2013

19. CIOs – Don’t Lose Sight of Your Web Site
Written by Dave Carey

(Operations)

Like most people these days, I visit more Web sites in the space of a week than I would care to count. When it comes to the sites of mid- to large-sized organizations, I find about one in ten is really ...

Created on 05 December 2013

20. Message to management: stop snubbing your CIO
Written by Dave Carey

(Leadership)

I’ve come to know a great many CIOs over the 20-odd years that I’ve been writing content for the IT executive community in Canada. And quite often when I’m on a company’s web site I’ll check the management ...

Created on 14 November 2013