Year: 2022

Supply chain disruption: why it’s happening and how to tackle the problem

At Project Production Institute’s ninth annual symposium, Todd R. Zabelle, founder and president of Strategic Project Solutions Inc, and Hunter Newby, owner of Newby Ventures, broke down ways that data centres can tackle supply chain disruptions, and what exactly is causing these issues.  Both Zabelle and Newby outlined the main issue: Supply chain disruption impacts […]

Year in review: biggest tech stories of 2022, 2023 predictions

Wonderful listeners, congratulations. With your help, we have all survived a downer of a 2022. “FTX and its collapse is just the icing on the shitty cake that has been crypto this year.” It has been a weird couple of years generally, but—at least on this podcast—we’ve gotten better at rolling with the punches. So […]

Cyber Security Today, Dec. 23, 2022 – A new attack vector against Exchange and more unprotected data found on AWS S3 buckets

A new attack vector against Exchange and more unprotected data found on AWS S3 buckets. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, December 23rd, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. The Play ransomware gang has apparently found a new vulnerability to exploit on Microsoft Exchange servers. According to researchers at CrowdStrike, […]

Hashtag Trending Dec 23 – Cyber criminals impersonating brands using search engine ads; Tesla offers $7500 discount; Robocall company faces $300 million penalty

FBI warns users of cyber criminals impersonating brands using search engine ads, Tesla offers $7500 discount on some cars and a Robocall firm faces a $300 million penalty.   That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Friday, December 23rd, and I am your host, Samira Balsara. The FBI […]

R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify abandons The Well

The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using the form at the bottom of this page to ensure you don’t miss out on the most important retail tech news every week! Layoffs persist at Canadian tech companies amid bleak outlook for 2023 […]

Ontario commits $19 million to the province’s regional tech hubs to bolster EV manufacturing

The Government of Ontario is committing $19 million CAD to the province’s regional tech development sites (RTDS) to bolster the development and manufacturing of zero-emission, electric vehicles (EVS). RTDS enable physical sites across Ontario that bring together academic institutions, regional innovation centres, incubators, accelerators, as well as regional and industry sources to support companies in […]

Digital real estate is gaining popularity as brands look to enter the metaverse

The rise of metaverse technologies has created an increasing interest in virtual real estate, a report by research firm Technavio revealed. The metaverse real estate market is projected to grow by US$5.37 billion from 2021 to 2026, a compound annual growth rate of 61.74 per cent, with just over 40 per cent of the market’s […]

Spending on the basics, not just technology is vital for cloud security: Report

CISOs have known for years that money alone doesn’t buy security in on-premises environments. The lesson is the same in the cloud, according to a new report. Produced by IDC and sponsored by Bell Canada, the analyst’s brief released this month is based on a survey of the cloud adoption of 300 medium and large […]

Breaking News: Toronto children’s hospital confirms it was hit by ransomware

The impact of the ransomware attack that hit Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children may last for weeks. In an online statement today the hospital said it anticipates that it will be a matter of weeks before all systems are functioning as normal. There is no evidence to date that personal information or personal health information […]