Industry committee  That is as defined by the Privacy Act.

Industry committee  It should be as soon as reasonable consent is met.

Industry committee  Very quickly, it's about turning useless bits and bytes into new economic value, either through a new product or, frankly, through managing the enterprise in a way that gives a return on investment in one month's time of over 1,000%.

Industry committee  Fundamentally, I think your question is what is the role of government in encouraging a strong digital economy in Canada? That is the quintessential question for government. I tried to outline a few key points in my opening remarks, but I will bring it down to one point. In term

Industry committee  Thank you. I think everything Mr. Weigelt said is correct. The key points there are the experiential, hands-on and more applied problem-focused approaches to learning, if you will, and working around and developing a solution in response to a problem. One only has to have a ch

Industry committee  Similarly, just as John spoke to the value of the cloud and the consolidation of various operations and so on, I want to speak briefly about the theme I launched, which is the better use of information. Government is awash in information. It has to be used correctly, appropriatel

Industry committee  Thank you for that good question. It is one that I think other jurisdictions have asked. I think the answer to your question is yes, and from a public policy perspective there seems to be a recognition that there is, for lack of a better way of putting it, a market failure of sor

Industry committee  Well, first and foremost, as far as our company is concerned, half of our research that is spent is dedicated to the general area of software and these very questions. Secondly, I think there probably are some differences at the table, but for the most part, I think there's an

Industry committee  I think so. I think there are a few key points. The first is that IBM, with the Economist Intelligence Unit, has undertaken studies since 2000 that rank countries internationally on the state of e-readiness. The last study was completed in 2010 and a major finding is that all 70

Industry committee  The answer to your first question about a low tax environment is that, of course, it does help. But I think John would agree that the comparative advantage of R and D is really defined by the above-the-line costs, the costs of acquiring, developing, and retaining very highly skil

Industry committee  I have had a chance to read it, probably about as much as everybody else has. It's a fairly lengthy report. My observation at this point is that it's a really good start. I think it recognizes that much more needs to be done to stimulate business investment and innovation. I thin

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. On behalf of my colleagues at IBM Canada, we are pleased to have the opportunity to provide input on your consideration of the e-commerce marketplace in Canada. With a view to being brief, there are really three key points tha