Canadian IT Manager

Professionalizing the Profession

Graham Jones (Surrey, BC - IT Professional and President of VANTUG ) The Opportunity to Spread the Word Last week Stephen Ibaraki (blogger extraordinaire – congrats on being named one of the top 10 in Canada ) and I attended the "Global" Read More...

The Value of Networking Through CIPS

Adam Cole (Toronto, Director of Specialty Technology Solutions for McKesson Canada) Recently I talked about the value of networking. Personally I do a lot of professional networking through CIPS (the association of the Canadian IT professional). For CIPS Read More...

Roger Hart, Associate Partner with Deloitte - shares his views on the IT Skills Shortage

The IT Skills Shortage is an area that demands immediate solutions. Today I talk with Roger Hart, I.S.P., P.Eng., about ways this can be addressed. Thank you, Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P. DISCUSSION SI : Roger Hart is an Associate Partner with Deloitte Read More...

Gordon Ross: CIPS' Value; Business Risks with Security Threats "business can be held responsible for losses"

This is the next interview in the continuing series of Computing Canada’s (CC) Blogged Down (BD) which is featured here "first" in the Canadian IT Managers (CIM) forum. We began this blog series on September 15 th , 2006. I continue my talk with Gordon Read More...

Who is CIPS?

I wear many hats/roles including in areas that are non-IT related. Invariably people ask me what I do. I identify as belonging to CIPS having been a member for many years. So how does this relate to you as an IT worker or manager? Well 44% of our members Read More...

Federal GATS, the I.S.P., a Predicated Skills Shortage

I saw this news items affecting the profession and I wanted to share it with you. It's a significant recognition of where the industry and profession is heading: GATS: Under the General Agreement on Trade and Services, the Canadian Federal government Read More...

Best Practices for Regulatory Compliance: SOX (Sarbanes Oxley), Bill C-198 (Canadian SOX), Security, Privacy

I read Graham's post on Sarbanes-Oxley and its implications to business. It's alarming that many businesses are not spending the necessary time or resources on this issue. And it's to their detriment! You are seeing a lot of news on this topic. As another Read More...

BMO Symposium on IT Best Practices

I feel Dan Eng has a compelling story to share… Enjoy! Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P. CIPS National Vice-President _________________________ In June, I had the pleasure of representing the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) at the annual Read More...