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The Canada 3.0 conference wrapped up last week in Toronto with the announcement of the four winners of its inaugural CDMN Moonshot awards. The winners are: » read more

The examination of the proposed Bell acquisition of Astral Communications took place last week in Montreal with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hearing from a wide range of supporters and opponents of a deal that only last year was rejected as contrary to the public interest. » read more

Selecting and implementing a cloud ERP solution is a long-term project which impacts every department in the company. It requires many different aspects of the company to come together and initiate changes to procedures and operations. As a result, there are a lot of ways that a cloud ERP project can get off track. » read more

Don Tapscott discusses radical openness; the subject of a book he co-authored with Anthony Williams and a concept currently important in many areas of business and life. The interview was conducted at the Live Pitch-Off event of the 2nd Annual Backbone Start Me Up Innovation Campaign on May 6, 2013 in Toronto. » read more

One of the statistical pioneers of Moneyball, Paul DePodesta, spotted ‘the tendency of everyone who played baseball to generalize wildly from their own experience. People always thought that their own experience was typical when it wasn’t.’ Might the same be true of B2B sales? » read more

It’s often been said that 80% or more of ERP implementations are considered failures. In fact, one of the findings of our 2013 ERP Report is that most ERP projects take longer than expected, cost more than expected, and fail to deliver expected business benefits. » read more

In the past, I have written numerous articles describing the benefits and potential uses for EMRs for the management of patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and congestive heart failure. » read more

World-class keynotes, breakout sessions and workshops and mentoring opportunities are all good reasons for startups and mid-sized companies to attend CDMN Canada 3.0 2013. And there will be a chance to connect with exciting ventures such as Side by Side, Girls in Tech and Startup Drinks. » read more

One year ago, EidoSearch co-founders Xiao-Ping (Steven) Zhang and David Kedmey took to the stage after being named the first-place winners in the inaugural Backbone innovation campaign. [Image: Winner John Myers, president of Edsby, with Steve Dietrich, Backbone's publisher.] » read more

ERP solutions can be a huge boon to your business, streamlining operations and saving thousands over the life of the system. However, companies can also fail to realize the potential of their ERP solutions, ending up with systems that are expensive while being only partially successful. » read more