One number may best describe the lack of resources in N.L.'s health-care system before everything went wrong in the 2021 cyberattack: three. That's how many IT security staff there were for the entire system, according to a post-attack report by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
IBM Think goes virtual – again
This year’s version of IBM Think, like most other conferences, was virtual for the second year running. This time it was broken into three segments, with general content shown everywhere and regional-specific content dropped in for each of the Americas, APAC and Japan, and EMEA and India editions.
For the second year running, it was powered by IBM’s own Watson Media, an AI-driven streaming solution. That’s somehow appropriate since the overarching themes were AI and hybrid cloud. The event also included networking opportunities, a virtual lounge where customers could interact with subject matter experts, and an expo. Here are some of the highlights.
By Danielle Groen
May 5, 2021 During the pandemic, Mobia helped roll out high-speed broadband networks across Canada to keep more people connected. (Courtesy of Mobia)
When the pandemic hit, millions of Canadians marooned at home suddenly found themselves entirely reliant on Internet services to work, study, socialize and do almost everything that didn’t always prove to be up to the task. The further you went into rural, remote, northern and underserved areas, the worse the digital infrastructure got. This isn’t a new problem. “We knew before COVID that networks in Canada don’t always operate very well,” says Rob Lane, CEO of Mobia, a systems integrator based in Dartmouth, N.S. “There is no better time to build broadband networks across the country.”