As part of IT World Canada’s partnership with the Canadian Cybersecurity Network, we are featuring a replay of a recent panel discussion featuring cybersecurity professionals discussing the issues that we face in gaining and retaining talent. We highly recommend that you watch the entire discussion, which you can find on YouTube at this link. Here […]
Nearly 70 per cent of Canadian hybrid workers go to the office two to three times a week, a new Capterra report that surveyed 1,021 part- and full-time employees working at least some days from the office has found. The increased prevalence of hybrid work comes as companies like IBM, Amazon, Disney, Google, and even […]
As 2023 comes to an end, it’s only natural to think about the year ahead. Forrester has just unveiled its 2024 predictions for enterprise software, software development and technology infrastructure; here is a breakdown of what the company believes will transpire: Enterprise Software Forrester defines enterprise software as “the set of packaged applications that are […]
The world has faced an enormous transformation in the way we work and operate our businesses. The pandemic forced us to explore alternative ways of working, and in the years since, we have seen a major shift from the formerly standard practice of working in-office to a hybrid approach combining remote work and in-person working: […]
HP’s first global study that tracks people’s relationships with their work found that nearly 40 per cent of Canadians are unhappy with their hybrid work processes and do not feel like they have the right tools and equipment to be successful. The research, conducted between June 9 and July 10, 2023 in 12 countries, including […]
As cyber threats increase in frequency and complexity, many organizations are struggling with challenges of recruitment and retention. The creation of a diverse, resilient workforce is no longer a luxury but a stark necessity. This video explores some strategies which are having success with many organizations. The video features Rushmi Hasham, the director of cybersecurity […]
We’ve all got one. One of those friends that you don’t see a lot, but when you do, you feel like you pick up right where you started. And they always have something fascinating to talk about. Something really interesting that they are working on. They are opinionated and bright. So its not that you sit […]
Are your hybrid meetings boring? Do the remote participants sometimes feel disconnected or ignored? We accepted these limitations during the pandemic because we all expected to return to the office with its in-person environment. However, post-pandemic, it’s clear that very few staff are coming back full-time, and those hybrid meetings will continue as a frequent […]
Starting next year, Canadians working for the federal public service will have to spend at least two or three days per week in the office, Treasury Board president Mona Fortier announced Thursday. Fortier said that the new “hybrid work model,” will ensure employees return to the office for between 40 and 60 per cent of […]
The massive talent shortage that impacted the industry during the first half of 2022 may be smaller following layoffs, however workers have a whole new set of demands as employees, experts say. Over the past few months, technology companies from Amazon to Shopify have been letting go a significant number of their employees. According to […]
A chief information officer (CIO) can lead their organization as it changes to succeed in the revised post-COVID world of work. The most significant shift has been the widespread and routine acceptance of videoconferencing, when previously it was seen as an undesirable, last-resort alternative. Here are some post-COVID work trends with productivity and morale-boosting responses […]
The global pandemic has impacted and challenged labor markets worldwide. In March and April 2020, over 3 million Canadians lost their jobs. However, over 2.5 million jobs were added before the second wave began in December. According to the Bank of Canada report on Canadian job postings in digital sectors during COVID-19, economic activity was […]
Professionals based in Toronto are facing a “disengagement crisis”, according to findings by UK-based recruitment agency, Robert Walters. Three thousand working professionals (taken from Robert Walters’ candidate database) living/working in Toronto were surveyed in early October. Forty-five per cent are feeling disengaged from work and find the workplace ‘unrecognizable’. “What is apparent here is the […]
“There’s a lot of platitudes that you hear in this area, but this discussion has blown me away,” said Fawn Annan, chief executive officer and chief marketing officer at IT World Canada, who moderated an evening sponsored by Amazon and Technation on the future of work and the role that inclusion plays. The event was […]
A new Microsoft Work Trend report revealed that shifts to hybrid work and increased workload are leading to productivity paranoia. Eighty-seven per cent of employees reported they are productive at work, while 85 per cent of leaders said the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that people are being productive. […]
A new report from Capterra has found that more than a third of Canadian employees are being monitored with software at work. The survey of 752 employees in Canada revealed that while most companies were using such tools since before the pandemic, many employees still continue to show lack of awareness of workplace surveillance practices. […]
It’s not insignificant that the most recent federal budget in Canada included funding specifically for cybersecurity measures. As the world moves rapidly into the digital realm — a process that was greatly abetted by the COVID-19 pandemic that pushed many businesses to an online, remote-work model — cybersecurity will only continue to grow in importance. […]
In today’s digital economy, web services, cloud storage, streaming services, and game servers must be operational and reliable 24/7 for users. DevOps makes it a responsibility of IT professionals like software developers to support their software in on-call rotations. Instawork states: “The complexity of a platform increases over time, causing on-call duties to become more […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced it has opened a new Canadian head office in Mississauga, ON, Canada, designed as a collaboration and culture hub with a particular emphasis on new graduates. In April 2022, HPE occupied its new Canadian headquarters at 1875 Buckhorn Gate, Mississauga, Ontario, relocating from its previous home 1.9 km away […]
On May 3, Microsoft welcomed the press and Toronto Mayor John Tory in the opening ceremony of its new Canadian headquarters located in the CIBC SQUARE building. Spanning 132,000 square feet, the new headquarters offers an expansive view of the Toronto downtown core and Lake Ontario. Following a “Team Based Space design,” the hybrid office […]
Canada Life and virtual healthcare and wellness platform firm Dialogue Health Technologies have jointly announced that Dialogue’s internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) program will be made available to all Canada Life Consult+ users across Canada. According to Statistics Canada, almost one-quarter of respondents (22.6 per cent) with unmet or partially met needs prefer to manage […]
This week Google announced updates to Google Workspace to make the switch from remote work to hybrid work simpler for users. In a blog post dated September 8, Google described a number of updates, including changes to Google Chat and Google Meet, expansions to its collaboration hardware portfolio, and third-party integrations. The tech giant has […]
Most companies in 2021 are wondering what the post-Covid work landscape will look like. A McKinsey survey of 100 executives tells us the future is hybrid, estimating that 90 per cent of employees will work remotely for at least part of the time. How this will be achieved, and what impact it will have on […]
Our eyes become fatigued when we spend too much time in front of our computer without configuring our work environment accordingly. I recently focused on this problem, pun intended, when I suffered extensive computer withdrawal while recovering from an eye operation. Here’s how you can protect your eyes in our world that is dominated by […]
