CIOsynergy Toronto

Ideaca started with a couple of IT industry veterans whose accomplishments included cycling to Alaska, sailing around the world and growing the largest, most successful SAP ERP practice in Canada. Our co-founders Mike and Evan eventually sold this business and were seemingly content to explore other activities. Within a short time, they realized that they could not hold back their entrepreneurial spirit and started Ideaca in 2000. We started with an initial staff of 10, operating in a small office penning ideas in a tiny boardroom filled with self-assembled Ikea furniture guided by the simple principle of “Great people doing great work!”
Although it may not have been the best time to start a technology company, we knew by doing right by our few customers at the time, Ideaca would eventually become a trusted firm renowned for excellence while maintaining an honest composure that focused on people first. There were struggles of course, recruiting people and finding customers back in the early days was not done by the click of a button, but rather through coffee meetings and occasionally taking a small ad out in the local paper. We never advertised on billboards and grew and continue to grow our business through word of mouth based on high quality of work. We were able to survive difficult times by listening to our customers, doing what was needed, not always what was asked for, while striving to make every customer a reference customer.
Along the way, we built a methodology that offers the best of our experience and knowledge in delivering projects the right way, on time and on budget. Helped our customers solve their business issues by focusing on the people and achieving benefits, not just the technology or hitting the goal-line. We made mistakes, some big mistakes but always corrected and learned from it. We came through the dot-com bust, various financial crisesand have survived, even thrived by doing the right thing, focusing and supporting our people and community, fostering a culture of growth and development, resulting in a place people want to stay. Our people help build houses, grow mustaches, serve food, climb towers and that’s what make us well rounded people and not faceless consultants.

In 1988, SAS opened its physical operation in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, SAS (Canada) employs more than 260 people across the country at its Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto offices
Our market-leading business analytics software and services help customers make fact-based decisions to improve performance, from identifying the right product to market to forecasting trends
SAS is both a software provider and a corporate citizen. The Corporate Social Responsibility Report reflects company core values and achievements through a strong commitment to a unique workplace culture, support for education and efforts to reduce environmental footprint.

Jive Software (JIVE) is a leading social business solution. Our cloud-based platform connects employees, customers and partners and is the only proven system, focused on value use cases, that, according to research performed by a top three global business consultancy, increases productivity within companies by up to 15%. By combining the power of cloud, mobile, big data and proprietary collaboration technologies, Jive is transforming the way work gets done and unleashing productivity, creativity and innovation for millions of people in the world’s largest companies. For a free trial of Jive’s next-generation social business platform, please visit Try Jive. For more information about Jive, please visit https://community.jivesoftware.com/community/newsroom.

ServiceNow is a leading provider of cloud-based services that automate enterprise IT operations. Our service includes a suite of applications built on our proprietary platform that automates workflow and provides integration between related business processes. We focus on transforming enterprise IT by automating and standardizing business processes and consolidating IT across the global enterprise. Organizations deploy our service to create a single system of record for enterprise IT, lower operational costs and enhance efficiency. Additionally, our customers use our extensible platform to build custom applications for automating activities unique to their business requirements.

We help transform IT organizations from reactive, manual and task-oriented, to pro-active, automated and service-oriented organizations. Our on-demand service enables organizations to define their IT strategy, design the systems and infrastructure that will support that strategy, and implement, manage and automate that infrastructure throughout its lifecycle, while leveraging our self-service capability. We provide a broad set of integrated functionality that is highly configurable and extensible and can be efficiently implemented and upgraded. Further, our multi-instance architecture has proven scalability for global enterprises, and advantages in security, reliability and deployment location.

We offer our service under a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model. Customers can rapidly deploy our service in a modular fashion, allowing them to solve immediate business needs and access, configure and build new applications as their requirements evolve. Our service, which is accessed through an intuitive web-based interface, can be easily configured to adapt to customer workflow and processes. Upgrades to our service are designed to be efficient and compatible with configuration changes and applied with minimal disruption to ongoing operations.

Scalable data centers in the most connected colocation facilities.
Cologix provides our reliable data center colocation platform in our premier datacenter colocation facilities located in the most connected areas in the US and Canada.
Over 550 customers rely on Cologix to protect and connect their mission-critical infrastructure in 11 strategic data center locations in Dallas, Minneapolis, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver where networks connect.
We are committed to expanding in our existing markets in order to meet the growing needs of our customers. Based on customer need, we also consistently assess strategically connected key markets.
The reliable service, flexible space, redundant power, security and environmental controls you require for are supported by experienced local teams that manage your everyday data center colocation needs.
Our colocation facilities provide an integrated colocation platform that includes the following standard features:
• Direct access to local support teams
• Stringent SLAs
• Flexible space (standard or custom racks, cabinets and cages)
• 11 global data centers in five strategic markets
• 300+ networks available for interconnection and traffic exchange
• Managed connectivity (meet-me-room environment in each market)
• Redundant power and cooling
• Security
• Monitoring
• Roof space and conduit
Please visit our individual data center location pages to find out about colocation data center space specific to the market you are interested in.

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How can we help to meet your datacenter colocation needs? Contact usnow to discuss a custom solution. Or Call 1.855.COLOGIX

Demonstrating its commitment to using IT for the benefit of society, the NTT DATA Group has undertaken multiple social infrastructure projects in the past. While continuing to support infrastructure systems that form the backbone of Japan, we will also target further progress as a true global business partner. Here, we will use our IT expertise, underpinned by our global perspectives and corporate size, to help customers innovate their business operations.

Today’s IT services market is characterized by increasing diversification and sophistication of customer and social needs. There is growing demand from customers for low-priced, short-term services in addition to services they can access when needed without having to possess IT assets. At the same time, customers are continuing to expedite their entry into global markets. With each passing day, IT technologies are advancing with overwhelming speed. With these factors in mind, the NTT DATA Group will concentrate on the following three focus areas, with the aim of delivering enhanced levels of value as a partner supporting customers’ innovation.
The first is to expand new business fields and reinforce product competitiveness.
Our customers are seeking increased access to solutions for reducing their IT costs, including cloudcomputing and Application Management Outsourcing (AMO) solutions. At the same time, they expect IT applications to address their increasingly advanced and sophisticated business needs. To serve such customers, we will strive to make our services more sophisticated and diversified, including through the use of Big Data, business analytics, and the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) of core operations. In addition, we will improve our software production technologies-exemplified by our software development automation technologies-and conduct R&D on advanced technologies in collaboration with top-level global research institutions, universities, and other entities. In these ways, we will make aggressive investments aimed at expanding our presence in new fields and reinforcing our product competitiveness with the aim of providing the most innovative services to customers.
The second initiative is to expand, enhance and reinforce our global business.
To effectively assist customers who are expediting their global business development, we need to establish our own global operations. Accordingly, we have been actively broadening our international coverage. With operations in 35 overseas countries and regions, we have become a global corporation.
Amid the fast-paced expansion of the NTT DATA Group’s size, we are promoting the “One NTT DATA” concept that transcends corporate and national boundaries. This includes forming “One Team” for specific solutions and industries, a good example of which is the SAP Global One Team. Going forward, we will further upgrade and strengthen our global business in these ways.
The third initiative is to pursue overall optimization.
This involves the standardizing, streamlining, and consolidation of our operations at a global level, while enhancing the efficiency of operations through the integration and restructuring of Group companies and organizations. We will also target further growth by allocating resources appropriately tailored to our business portfolio, to cope with the dramatically changing business environment.
By making a concerted effort in the aforementioned areas, we will seek to become a Global Top 5 player, taking advantage of our scale of operations to deliver unparalleled services to customers. We look forward to your ongoing support in our quest to serve as a true global business partner.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Toshio Iwamoto

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Financial Services Technologies Inc. (L&T Infotech FSTI) is the leading provider of transfer agency, fund administration and asset management software products, solutions and services in Canada L&T Infotech FSTI offers SaaS-based, end-to-end technology of the banking, mutual fund, insurance, and alternative investment sectors. Visit us at: www.Lntinfotech.com/financialservices

Accuvant is the only research-driven information security partner delivering alignment between IT security and business objectives, clarity to complex security challenges and confidence in complex security decisions. Accuvant delivers these solutions through three practice areas: Risk and Compliance Management, Accuvant LABS, and Solution Services. Based on our clients’ unique requirements, Accuvant assesses, architects and implements the policies, procedures and technologies that most efficiently and effectively protect valuable data assets. Since 2002, more than 4,000 organizations, including 65 of the Fortune 100 and 20 of the largest U.S. Federal Agencies, have trusted Accuvant with their security challenges. Headquartered in Denver, Accuvant has offices in 36 cities across the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit www.accuvant.com.

Appian delivers everything needed to drive better business decisions, actions and results. All the data, all the processes, all the documents and all the collaborations – in one environment, on any device, through a simple social interface. The Appian BPM Suite is available on-premise and in the cloud, with complete portability. More than 3.5 million users, from Fortune 100 companies to the mid-market and small businesses worldwide, trust Appian to power their critical business processes. For more information, visit www.appian.com.

WinMagic Inc. provides the world’s most secure, manageable and easy-to–use data security solutions. WinMagic’s SecureDoc is a comprehensive encryption and security management product that can manage data security across the enterprise. By encrypting entire disks, specific files or folders locally or on the network as well as mobile devices and removable media, SecureDoc secures data wherever it is stored, providing enterprise grade data security policy and key management across all operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS, Android and Linux.
SecureDoc is trusted by thousands of enterprises and government organizations worldwide. Our solutions help organizations to minimize business risks, meet privacy/regulatory compliance requirements, and protect valuable information assets against unauthorized access. With a full complement of professional and customer services, WinMagic supports over three million SecureDoc users in more than 80 countries.

Savvis, a CenturyLink company, is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Nearly 2,500 unique clients, including more than 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing. CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and provides data, voice and managed services to enterprise, government and wholesale customers in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers. For more information, please visit www.savvis.ca.

Conexiam is a management consulting company that delivers value through enterprise architecture (EA). We believe EA is the smart way for organizations to solve complex problems and deliver on their business strategy.
Conexiam offers two streams of services – consulting and training. On the consulting side, we deliver business solutions or enable our clients’ in-house EA team to solve complex problems on their own. Conexiam’s top-flight trainers deliver courses in EA capability, skills and domains.
Conexiam’s enterprise architecture methodology spans business domains to deliver straightforward answers to any complex problem. Conexiam can either train your architecture team to perform the following essential tasks or we can do them for you: Build clear roadmaps to achieve a target, solve complex problems and create value for an enterprise, discern the hard choices between competing business operations, applications and infrastructure requirements, enable innovation and agility, assess IT needs, and address information security issues.

At ESI we have a deep expertise in simplifying complexity across the full IY spectrum – including storage, networking, virtualization, security, and data management. That’s why our customers rely on us to solve their technology challenges.

Sierra Systems is a top tier IT and management consulting services company with more than 800 employees in 12 markets in North America. Our primary goal today is the same as the one we began with back in 1966: to improve our clients’ businesses by marrying advanced technology with clear thinking and solid expertise. We offer a full range of management consulting, systems integration and managed services tailored to the unique needs of each of the industries in which we have deep expertise – including federal, state and provincial government, health, justice, energy, and commercial.
This unwavering commitment to our clients’ needs has allowed us to build long-term, trusting and loyal relationships with an enviable list of clients. It has given us the ability to set ambitious objectives for client projects and meet them time and time again with unparalleled speed and precision. We build what we promise: business solutions that work.

PhishMe Company Description for CIOSynergy 2012 PhishMe.com provides organizations the ability to train their employees and customers about the risks of spear phishing with just a few simple clicks. With over 3.5 million individuals trained since its launch in 2008, PhishMe provides a cost effective way to mitigate this challenge. The company has proven that its trainings can reduce the threat of employees and customers falling victim to phishing attacks by up to 80 percent. PhishMe.com facilitates and automates the execution of mock phishing exercises against employees and customers, provides clear and accurate reporting on user behavior, and most importantly provides instant, targeted training. PhishMe.com works with Federal Agencies and Fortune 1000 companies across multiple vertical market sectors including financial services, healthcare, higher education and defense. For additional information, please visit: www.phishme.com.

NCI is Canada’s premier full service provider of IT security and networking solutions, dedicated to securing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of networks. NCI’s client-focused delivery and extensive experience in network assessment, design, engineering, project management, installation, implementation, support and maintenance has resulted in a 98% client retention rate. NCI provides IT Security and network solutions to a broad spectrum of clients: government agencies, education, municipalities, law enforcement agencies, healthcare, merchants, manufacturers, mining, insurance, and financial institutions. Its team of security experts hold manufacturer specific and industry wide certifications including: CISSP, CISA, GPEN, ASV, PCI-DSS, PA-DSS, CWNA, and CWNP. For more information please visit www.nci.ca.

Talend provides integration solutions that truly scale for any type of integration challenge, any volume of data, and any scope of project, no matter how simple or complex. Talend’s highly scalable data, application and business processes integration platform leverages all information assets and accelerates dramatically the time-to-value of integration. Ready for big data, Talend’s flexible architecture easily adapts to future IT platforms. A common set of easy-to-use tools implemented across all Talend products maximizes the skills of integration teams, too. Unlike vendors offering closed and disjointed solutions, Talend offers an open and flexible platform, supported by a predictable subscription model. Visit us at www.talend.com

Wandera is the world’s first and leading global provider of Mobile Data Optimization (MDO), providing businesses with savings, control and visibility of their mobile data usage. Powered by its proprietary cloud-based data compression and policy engine, Wandera works transparently for mobile devices wherever they are in the world, without changing the user experience.

iRoam has a long legacy of providing: connectivity, management, and security solutions to Enterprise, SMB and Individual mobile users. Our knowledge and experience is brought to you in combination with industry leading technologies such as iPass, Tangoe, Soti, TrendMicro, McAfee, NetMotion, SafeNet, Symantec, SecureAuth and Wandera. In conjunction, we have developed new innovative products that deliver worldwide, low-cost access to cellular services (voice, text and data) for roaming business and consumer travel with the launch of Brightroam. We have created solutions that match the mobility needs of all enterprises. Whether you have 5 employees or 5000, iRoam’s staff of technical experts can tailor a solution that’s just right for you.

Alfresco is how great businesses share, organize and protect their content. Nearly 7 million people in over 180 countries use Alfresco Enterprise, Cloud, Mobile and Community to manage over 3 billion pieces of content worldwide. Whether on the go or in the office, Alfresco empowers today’s teams to do great work. Founded in 2005, Alfresco is headquartered in London with US headquarters in Atlanta. For more information about Alfresco please visit: http://alfresco.com.

IBM Business Premier Partner, Newcomp, provides IBM Business Analytics solutions, specializing in the design and implementation of financial planning, operational reporting and analysis and executive dashboarding tools. For more information regarding Newcomp’s award-winning IBM Business Analytics Solutions visit us at www.newcom.com.

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centers & Networks and Residential. Focused on making energy sage, reliable, efficient, productive, and green, the company’s 130,000 plus employees achieved sales of about 31 billion US dollars (22.4 billion euros) in 2011, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy

AppSense is the leading global software provider of user virtualization solutions that transform organizations into productive mobile workforces securely governed by IT. AppSense works with customers to reduce IT complexity and enable enterprise consumerization with independent management of the user experience across desktops and all mobile devices. For more information visit www.appsense.com.

Axis is the market leader in network video and a driving force behind the shift from analog to digital video surveillance, which paves the way for a more secure, smarter and safer world. Offering network video solutions for professional installations, Axis’ products and solutions are based on an innovative, open technology platform.

CentriLogic is a trusted provider of international hybrid hosting, cloud computing, co-location, and data center solutions for organizations that gain advantage by outsourcing their hosting requirements, with global headquarters in Canada and data center facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Unlike other hosting companies, CentriLogic uses insights derived from a customer-first philosophy to deliver a broad range of agile and elastic solutions designed to meet evolving IT infrastructure outsourcing needs.