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June 26, 2014

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Help CIPS Support Professionalism and Ethics in I.T.
CIPS
In the wake of HeartBleed and the numerous recent privacy breaches that have created growing concerns, the need for professionalism and ethics in IT has never been higher. We live in a highly connected world where technology has become the central nervous system of our modern society. Technology has changed our world for the better, but technology also has fantastic potential for misuse as far too regularly witnessed. Technology professionals and future business leaders must therefore actively contribute and commit to ethical conduct regarding the data, systems, and IP they influence.

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Featured I.T. Jobs
CIPS
System Developer, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Manager, ITSS Network, Calgary, Alberta

Business Systems Architect, Ottawa, Ontario

Senior Application Developer, Victoria, British Columbia

Assistant Deputy Minister/Chief Information Officer (ADM/CIO), Enterprise Financial Services & Systems, Toronto, Ontario

Supervisor, Master Data, Cigar Lake, Saskatchewan

Manager IT Client Services, Kamloops, British Columbia

Instructor — Post Diploma Information Technology, Prince George, British Columbia

Senior Business & Systems Analyst (SAP Plant Maintenance Specialist), Toronto, Ontario

Director, Business Solutions Services, Toronto, Ontario

See more Job Postings and Upload your Resume at: http://jobs.cips.ca

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Interview: Andrew Ng, chairman and co-founder of Coursera
IT World Canada
There is an impending digital tsunami — or D-Quake — that can drive enterprises to destruction if they don't continually update their business model canvas for competitive advantage. They should be dynamically adopting innovations led or influenced by Andrew Ng and other top leaders.

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CIPS Webcast: Richard Baker — 'Advanced Information Security Defense Techniques and Approaches'
CIPS

We live in a world consumed and bombarded with constant news of Advance Persistent Threats, modern malware and insider threats. Our presentation focuses on the variety of techniques, approaches and solutions administrators and security analysts can use to keep their networks and systems secure. We contrast traditional security approaches to modern techniques developed to combat the ever evolving security threats.

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How IT professionals can get the most out of Twitter
ZDNet
You can get a lot out of Twitter because you are talking to a trusted and trusting audience. With Twitter you are easily able to gain authority and respect; and you can find others who you respect. Through that, Twitter becomes an immensely powerful engine for learning, because everything that you see on there is in some way relevant to you personally or professionally.

Featured Whitepaper: Increasing Profitability with Analytics in Midsize Companies
CIPS via IT World Canada
Complete with several mini-case studies, this Nucleus Research Note dispels the misperceptions surrounding Analytics, revealing how small and midsize companies have cost-effectively implemented and deployed Analytics solutions and gained benefits.

How ethics applies to change management
CIPS
Consider what you would do if you were the IT analyst assigned to decide the technology for the next update to your system. CIPS Code of ethics applies every time you make a design decision or recommendation.

Featured Whitepaper: 10 Answers Regarding Mobile App Testing
CIPS
App testing? Improve quality and speed to market. Download this white paper to hear from leading experts about the factors impacting mobile app testing and quality management. Based on the discussions from a previously-aired webcast, this white paper probes the next big frontier in improving testing efficiency and quality and the Agile methodology — providing "proven techniques for use when you just have to get that App to market."

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CIPS INTERVIEWS: Yasas Abeywickrama Global Top Young Business, IT Professional, Entrepreneur and Author
CIPS

Yasas V. Abeywickrama was recognized in 2003 by CIMA (U.K.) as an up and coming business leader for the future. In 2009 he was named the Young Professional of the Year by Professions Australia. In 2011, Yasas was recognized with a TOYP award (Ten Outstanding Young Persons). Yasas has enjoyed a distinguished career thus far, working in the U.K., U.S.A., Sri Lanka and Australia in project management, business analysis, consulting and training, and later emerged as an entrepreneur. He has also been trained in the U.S.A., Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

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Amazon wants to set the smartphone market on Fire
IT World Canada
Well, we knew that it was coming: Amazon has now increased its very own Android-powered device lineup by one, count 'em, one new smartphone, and it's called the Fire phone. Like the company's Kindle Fire tablet, the newly-announced Fire phone is built on a modified version of Android; this new phone runs Fire OS 3.5.0, which is customized specifically for the handset. Almost certainly, the customization is as much for the software as it is to power up the new phone's hardware wingding.

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