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Human Resources committee Let me give a response to that one, then I'll ask Morgan and David to comment on it. I think, from an information gathering point of view, the sectoral studies were good. They were timely, and they addressed certain issues. As we look forward, whether these sectoral groups are t
April 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Human Resources committee I think there is a clear funding issue in starting these kinds of studies. There are several groups. One of them, David Ticoll, is here. There are some other groups out there. ICTC is also looking at some of these studies. All of these groups do meaningful work in terms of either
April 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Human Resources committee We would actually welcome providing that kind of input to the government on how this should be done. When we talk to our members, this is one issue that comes up constantly. The other one that always comes up is that we always tend to manage by exception. There are some compani
April 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Human Resources committee The only comment I would make is that the skill set need is very fluid. I think that's the biggest thing you need to come to grips with as you start looking at some sort of recommendation. The technology need is evolving very rapidly. If you're looking backwards in terms of what
April 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Human Resources committee Maybe I'll start with the first question you asked, and it's an important one: why is there so much unemployment out there? We're saying there's a skills shortage. In the ICT sector the jobs tend to go where the skills are. If the available skill pull is not what you need, your j
April 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Human Resources committee Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I'm very pleased to be here. Thank you for inviting ITAC to this forum. It's a very important discussion that we're having regarding skills and talent. As you know, ITAC represents the Canadian technology and ICT industry. Our me
April 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee Thank you again for having me here.
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee I think that varies. Often they are fixed-cost, but that does vary by project.
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee Having the public sector running this complex IT organization over this long has yielded a very significant pool of talent that resides as government employees. That talent pool is probably not readily available to a lot of small and medium companies if you look around today, so
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee I think on this one I'll respond that it's probably more a myth, to some degree, than it is real. When you have a smaller system, you are more vulnerable, in large part because most of the time you are on an older version of software. If you have a hundred different e-mails, I ca
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee Thank you. There are a few things. I think I mentioned them as I went through my comments and the questions and answers, so I'll start from the top.
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee The issue is that the major risk at the beginning, obviously, is not having proper planning put in place. There's a very significant amount of risk that is run if you don't have a plan. The other risk along the way is in terms of how you measure the project and how you measure th
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee ITAC is all private sector. Our total membership is somewhere near 400 companies. It's fully funded by the industry.
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee Anybody who touches IT would be our members. From a carrier point of view, it would be large carriers to small and new carriers. From a technology supplier point of view, it could be from IBM to small software companies. They're all over the place.
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta
Government Operations committee Globally, I think the IT market is still showing reasonable growth year over year. If you were to talk to most of the multinationals operating in Canada, they would probably say that the Canadian market outperformed in terms of year-over-year growth for their financials compared
February 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Karna Gupta