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OpenText sustainability report cites challenges IT departments face

A new report commissioned by OpenText, released yesterday, indicates that IT departments are playing a major role in achieving corporate sustainability objectives, but concludes a lack of innovative tools and expertise are primary roadblocks to allowing them to meet their goals. The 2023 State of IT Sustainability Report, conducted by Dimensional Research, found that while […]

Hiring to continue in Canada despite challenges: Robert Half study

Over 50 per cent of Canadian technology managers plan to hire in the first half of 2024 despite persisting challenges to find skilled talent, a new study by hiring platform Robert Half reveals. Respondents included executives, senior managers and workers from small (20-249 employees), medium (250-499 employees) and large (500+ employees) businesses in private, publicly […]

Abuse of valid accounts by threat actors hits a high, says IBM

For years, cybersecurity experts have been warning organizations of the importance of identity and access management processes — including password management and protection against compromise of multifactor authentication — to secure IT assets. A new report from IBM, released Wednesday, suggests failure to do that is increasingly costing firms badly. Abusing valid accounts was in […]

Opposition MPs hammer head of PHAC over ArriveCAN app

Opposition MPs hammered the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Tuesday for its role in not tightly overseeing the $59 million spent on the ArriveCAN app, but failed to get answers to repeated demands asking who made decisions. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Canada Border Services Agency […]