IT procurement: What Canadian vendors want Posted on August 6, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur 06 Aug 2009, ComputerWorld Canada The federal GENS project may change the traditional “vendor of record” approach. ITAC, CABiNET, CATA and PPI weigh in on the battle between large-scale contracts and SMEs.
GENS project sparks IT procurement debate Posted on August 5, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur 05 Aug 2009, ComputerWorld Canada A Canadian government plan to consolidate telecommunications services as part of its Shared Services initiative involves proposed changes to the way vendors would bid for public sector business. ITAC and others react.
CATA proposes test beds in government Posted on July 1, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur 01 Jul 2009, ComputerWorld Canada The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance is calling out to municipal, provincial and federal governments for the creation of technology test beds that would provide opportunities current procurement processes don’t. The end game is accelerating enterprise creation in Canada, says John Reid.