Wired Woman

Hey All,

I have recently come across the website of an organization called Wired Woman. The organization is all about fostering a community that encourages women to explore opportunities and build successful careers that allow them to actively participate in the growing technology sector. Wired Woman achieve their mission by establishing a strong network of national volunteers who design, develop, and deliver monthly programs to members and the community at-large. These programs are supported by a national volunteer board and the corporate sponsors and partners.

Their vision is to become known as the pre-eminent, non-profit Canadian society and advocate group for women seeking education, networking and mentoring opportunities in the broadly defined technology sector. With chapters in Toronto and Vancouver, they are already capitalizing on the existing ICT clusters there, and are focusing on collaborating with them. Including more women in the ICT sector is an excellent way to plant new ideas and viewpoints into the system, leading to increased creativity and innovation.   check them out at www.wiredwoman.com

Till Next Time….

GS

Mississauga ICT Cluster

Hey everyone.

Today, I will be concentrating my blog posting on the Mississauga ICT Cluster, in particular, the potential growth of the sector. The following stats were taken from the city of Missisauga’s complete study on their ICT Cluster. http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/ICT_Study_complete.pdf 

“Employment in the ICT sector is estimated to reach 41,000 employees by the end of 2008

Mississauga’s ICT sector’s real GDP is forecasted to grow from $4.87 billion (2004),to $6.07 billion by year end 2008, an average growth rate of more than 6% annually”

Now, how can the ICT sector achieve this projected growth and more? Firstly, we need to see more integration with all the businesses, schools, and organizations in the area. It is clear that the strong and expanding Mississauga ICT sector allows for sharing of resources and ongoing opportunities for convergence and collaboration. This cluster will continue to be a major catalyst for growth, powering advances in all sectors and synergies for further innovation. As we have learned, ICT is going to be the cluster that will fuel convergence and integration with other clusters. This has already been seen in the Markham ICT sector, where the focus is shifting from high tech to a collaborative Life Sciences cluster. Mississauga can protect their position in this highly advancing world wide sector by focusing on converging with other similar clusters in the city. This would ensure their continued spot atop the greatest and most innovative ICT clusters in the world. 

Till Next Time….

GS