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Blogs by ITAC Board members, ITAC staff, and valued partners and members.
Trade Delegates Meet India’s Style of Business Head On
By Randall Mang From Exportwise Mumbai – India may be one of the world’s warmest cultures, but when it comes to talking business, overflowing hospitality can quickly give way to sharp questions. That was one of the lessons learned on …
mHealth: It’s all about the ‘P,’ not the ‘M.’
By Eric Gombrich ITAC Health Membership & Program Development Committee One of the hottest topics in healthcare for the past several years has been ‘mHealth,’ or ‘mobile technology in healthcare.’ Given the proliferation of ‘mobile devices’ in our daily lives, …
The Internet of (Health) Things: The Vendor Can’t Do It Alone
By Brendan Seaton, President, ITAC Health As we approach the end of the calendar year and annual look-ahead pieces begin to appear in the media, it seems an appropriate time to reflect on the latest IT trend sweeping the globe: …
We MUST Celebrate Our ICT Successes
When Warren Roy took to the stage at the recent ITAC Ingenious Awards the audience was bewitched. Industry veterans and start-up CEO’s alike were transfixed by the profoundly gracious way the youthful founder and CEO of Global Relay detailed his …
Three Simple Steps To Build a Patent Strategy
By Andrew Currier, P.Eng., BSEE, LLB Canadians demonstrate excellence at many things. There are the obvious clichés like maple syrup, hockey, politeness and modesty. However, our excellence at politeness hides some of our other impressive strengths, like innovation and technology. …
New Takeover Recommendations Give Business More Room to Manoeuvre
Facing a hostile takeover is not an uncommon experience for Canadian technology executives. In fact, ITAC has argues that the attractiveness of Canadian firms as acquisition targets combined with Canada’s regulatory regime regarding takeovers has contributed to the high number …
Doing Business with Dubai
As part of its International Business Development Program for Canadian ICT companies, ITAC will be leading a mission of 10 companies to Dubai to attend the GITEX Conference in Dubai in October. In preparation for this, ITAC along with partners …
Ingenious Awards Showcase The Best Of What We Do
By Karna Gupta, President & CEO, ITAC Once again, ITAC is celebrating the very best in the innovative use of information and communications technology (ICT) through our Ingenious Awards program. The third edition of the program is well underway, and …
2014 Ingenious Awards Nominations Are Open
Nominations for the 2014 Ingenious Awards are now being accepted. Entering its third year, the program honours excellence in the innovative use of information and communications technology (ICT) to achieve greater productivity efficiency or other enterprise goals. Awards are given …
Digital Canada 150 underscores ICT’s role in nation building
By Karna Gupta, President & CEO, ITAC The much-anticipated release of a Canadian digital economy strategy—released by Industry Minister James Moore as ‘Digital Canada 150’ at an event on April 4—brings together many of the issues that ITAC has advocated …