IDC has announced 30 winners for its 2024 CIO Awards Canada, in partnership with Foundry’s CIO. The awards select the best innovations in the IT technology sector by Canadian companies annually. In an interaction with The Tech Factor, Allice Shandler, Events Director, IDC Canada, shared more details.
International Data Corporation (IDC) Canada has announced the 2024 CIO Awards Canada winners. The awards select the most innovative Canadian IT technology projects and teams on an annual basis. The current year is the third iteration of the program overall and IDC co-produces it jointly with Foundry’s CIO.
The CIO Awards Canada searches for businesses and teams that have utilized IT technology creatively to provide value to their businesses. In particular, this could include building competitive moats, stream-lining operations, promoting growth, or strengthening customer ties. Shandler told The Tech Factor that in order to qualify, Canadian teams or businesses must exhibit project excellence in two key areas. Firstly, a degree of technology innovation in the usage of IT technology or new methods of doing business internally or externally. Secondly, a strong measurable and quantifiable influence of the project on the financial outcomes of the company.
Shandler added that the program continues to gain popularity and is becoming a standard of excellence for Canadian IT teams.
2024 CIO Awards Canada chooses 30 enterprise winners
The first CIO Awards Canada was held in 2022, and was presented virtually to celebrate 17 winning companies. In 2023, IDC had a virtual conference and also an in-person gala celebrating 20 winning companies. For 2024, Shandler highlighted that they had chosen 30 winning companies. In September, an in-person celebration in Toronto will bring together the winners with industry executives. Lee Rennick, Executive Director, CIO Communities at CIO Online, is expected to host the event.
A group of reviewers comprised of IDC Analysts, Executives and CIO Editors chose the winners, said Shandler. To be sure, there is no category-wise breakdown and IDC scored all the projects submitted on innovation and business value. At present, IDC isn’t sharing the project details of the winners for confidentiality reasons, and is only revealing their names. The company projects receive the awards as a whole rather than individuals. Therefore, project teams collectively have this honour, as a symbol of enterprise excellence.
Finally, the 30 winners of 2024 CIO Awards Canada are: AtkinsRéalis, Aviso, Baycrest, CAA Club Group of Companies, Canadian Tire Corporation, City of Burlington, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), Desjardins, ENMAX Corporation, Equitable Bank, Graham Construction, GS1 CANADA, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, ICES, IMCO, Lexis Nexis, Nature Fresh Farms, Nissan Canada Incorporation, PwC Canada, Sun Life Financial Inc., QDoc, Royal Bank of Canada/ Technology and Operations – Global Functions Technology, TELUS, Teranet Inc., The Corporation of the City of Markham, Toronto Region Board of Trade, Travel Alberta, University Information Technology at York University, Valnet, Inc. and VersaBank.
IT technology winners an indication of local tech talent
With more than 1,300 analysts globally, International Data Corporation (IDC) is a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. It focuses on the markets for consumer technology, telecommunications, and information technology.
At the same time, the goal of CIO is to draw in a large number of business technology executives and enterprise CIOs who are knowledgeable about business strategy, innovation, and leadership. Key insights on career growth, including certifications, recruiting procedures, and skill development, are offered to readers of CIO, a publication produced by Foundry (previously IDG Communications, Inc.).
“We’re excited to celebrate CIO Awards Canada 2024, which honours Canadian IT organizations for projects driving digital business growth through technology innovation and demonstrating business value. We wish to congratulate this year’s winners as their projects were very inspiring and a true testament to the highly skilled and innovative workforce here in Canada.”
Lars Goransson, Managing Director, Canada, IDC
