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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

A sudden loss of internet service by provider Rogers Communications that disconnected millions of Canadians and shut down 9-1-1 service, POS payments, and more for over a day holds three main lessons for CIOs worldwide

Hydro-Québec’s radical but careful digital transformation could be a model for utilities everywhere

AI, analytics, and cybersecurity are at the heart of the continual transformation of Canada’s largest electric utility, says Hydro Québec’s vice-president of Information and Communications Technologies.

The Blockchain battlefront: Technology, business, and regulation

How this battle plays out has big implications for the future of innovation.

Global software spending to grow despite headwinds: Forrester

Fueled by uptake of cloud and enterprise applications, global software spending is expected to grow at more than two times the rate of spending in other segments of IT.

Steps CIOs should take to protect customer data in Nigeria’s open banking systems

New open banking regulations are made up of policies and procedures to keep customer data secure. And even though this gives CIOs the impetus to upgrade their technologies and practices to handle increasing amounts of customer data, challenges remain

Cloud infrastructure sales rise as Microsoft closes in on AWS

Google Cloud, AWS and Azure collectively account for 63% of global cloud infrastructure expenditure, according to a new report from Canalys.

How Aster DM Healthcare used federated learning to better secure AI analysis of sensitive data

The Indian hospital system’s Secure Federated Learning Platform promises to democratise access to health data, paving the way for the development of AI-enabled healthcare technology.

How a CIO’s approach to cloud, AI and ML is transforming Nigeria’s Dangote Industries

Prasanna Burri, group CIO for Nigerian multinational industrial conglomerate Dangote Industries, explains how the company’s IT arm evolved to adopt a 95% cloud strategy over the business, and how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learnin

How to get on a board of directors: 10 tips for CIOs

IT leaders seeking board opportunities need to network, raise their profile, nurture their relationships, and pursue their passion to land the right board roles where they can have an impact.

SAP Q2 results a mixed bag