The Digital Revolution is happening! The Small Business Digitization Initiative (SBDI) was officially launched on April 6th in Ottawa. A hundred youth from across Ontario are helping Small and Medium-size Businesses (SMBs) thrive. This exemplary collaboration between businesses, academia, young talent, and government is positioning Ontario as a world leader in the Digital Economy. SBDI […]
The first cohort of the Small Business Digitization Initiative kicked off in Ottawa. Young Digitization Leaders with diverse backgrounds are honing their skills in class and in their work placement. A terrific first cohort Our first cohort is committed to make a difference in the Ottawa region. Some students come with previous business experience, while […]
Happy New Year! If 2016 has been a year of many surprises, 2017 is the time for intelligence and bold actions. Technology is getting smarter, and so must we. Looking back for a moment As always, the passing to January is a time to meditate on what we’ve accomplished, and on what happened around us. […]
Savoir-faire Linux is proud to Sponsor LinuxCon North America. We could not miss this edition happening in our playground, as the conference is coming for the first time in Toronto! Is it the ‘Drake effect’, bringing the buzz to The 6ix, or the combination of our very entrepreneurial tech community and pro-innovation government… In any […]
Traditional banks and newcomers in FinTech are ready to innovate together. Improving the customer experience and reducing friction were the two main themes discussed on June 9 at the Canadian Retail Banking Conference in Toronto. I’ve been invited by RFi Group to talk about innovation, and particularly about how Savoir-faire Linux helps traditional banks transform. In […]
WIRED said that ‘Open Source went nuclear‘ in 2015. Join the xiRADIO lunch-time podcast on May 18, to explore the forces disrupting the software industry. Today, more than 3 out of 4 companies run on open source software, a pace that keeps increasing (it doubled since 2010). Why so much interest? There exist a wide […]
I’m writing this note in response to Dwight Fischer’s post on ERP trends for Education. Dwight is CIO at Dalhousie University, and IT leader among his Canadian peers. There have been conversations, also largely led by ERP vendors such as Ellucian and Oracle, about the cloudification of ERP systems (or so-called Student Information Systems). Software […]
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While the IT sector is propelling industry transformation, business owners are still struggling to capture the benefits of digitizing their business. What are the IT trends that really matter?