Bridging the IoT divide
January 18, 2016 by Mary Allen

In IoT, integration across all technologies has remained elusive.
The Solution
Cisco Canada recently founded a Research Chair at Carleton University, in order to drive innovation in Canada’s sensor research.
Carleton connecting IoT
“My job is to deploy different types of sensors for different applications and connect them together in a data management platform that will integrate the data, analyze it, and provide this data to whomever needs it, where they need it.” Mohamed Ibnkahla, professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. Read More about Cisco digitization plan

Mabel’s Labels explores Office 365
January 3, 2016 by Denise Deveau

This maker of waterproof labels looks back and shares with us some of the keys to successful cloud implementation.
Two months after Exchange migration
“After that we rolled out a new piece of software once a month because we didn’t want to overwhelm staff with too much at once.” Kimberley McKay, IT director, Mabel’s Labels
Improving process, reducing costs
By transitioning to Office 365, the company not only saved 66% in licensing costs, they are also saving time and now have the tools to integrate with their ecommerce platform. Read more

Serving the common good: intelligence sharing in an era of automation
December 30, 2015 by Mary Allen

A winning collaboration
The Cyber Threat Alliance, which began as a collaboration between Intel, Symantec, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, has launched with the promise to improve security solutions through information sharing.
Security as an enabler
According to Vincent Weafer, SVP, McAfee Labs, Intel Security, the company’s objective is to develop “more integrated systems” in order to automate every security action.
Trust is the key
One of the biggest obstacles to developing security strategies has been the fact that businesses are not willing share their information. Learn how this security enterprise tackles this challenge

IB’s Healthcare Symposium 2015 explores cultural transformation
December 24, 2015 by Mary Allen

The discussion starter was 'collaboration'.
Analytics adoption
This year’s Information Builder healthcare event offered a view into some of the most relevant BI implementations, similarities in change management needs and mobile analytics innovation – but most importantly, how the human factor must be a critical part of strategy.
The keynote: user adoption
Dan Grady, IB corporate sales, highlighted the importance of people research, advising implementers to first “know your target audience: what they do, what information they need, what incents them, and how they make decisions.” Read more