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Blog | September 9, 2021

Delivering High-End Military Training to European NATO Forces

An interview with Rex Barnes, our UK-based Director of Operations who is responsible for NATO training projects across Europe

Blog | August 27, 2021

Can We Build a More Collaborative Healthcare Experience?

Healthcare in Canada has long been a deeply disjointed experience. It’s built for silos, centred around location, type of care and billing method–not the patient or community. For years, healthcare leaders have been working on strategies to implement patient-centred, collaborative healthcare models. Developing a more integrated approach has also meant tackling a massive change management effort and a complete rethink of the processes and technology systems to support it.

Blog | July 19, 2021

Microsoft Canada Recognizes Dapasoft, a Calian Company, As Winner of the 2021 Healthcare Impact Award

Dapasoft wins a Microsoft Canada IMPACT Award for the third consecutive year.

Blog | July 5, 2021

World Health Organization (WHO) Using Calian ResponseReady™ Software to Deliver Remote Training Across the Globe

Blog | May 20, 2021

CDR Ranks Calian 28th in Top 100 Defence Companies

Once again, Calian makes Canadian Defence Review’s (CDR) list of the Top 100 Canadian Defence Companies, ranking 28th. Calian first made an appearance in the annual list in 2015. Since then, CDR consistently ranked Calian in the top half of the annual account of Canadian defence companies.

Blog | March 1, 2021

Celebrating the Women of Calian – International Women’s Day 2021

International Women’s Day is March 8, a time to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness, and empower women around the world. Meet some of the women from Calian who continue to play an extraordinary role in advancing workplace equality.

Blog | February 22, 2021

Enhance Your Security Posture

Calian offers cyber security services and solutions to mid- to enterprise-size organizations at all levels of government, defence, and private sector. Our strategy of combining organic development with mergers and acquisitions benefits our customers. We deliver the innovative solutions you need to improve and maintain your security posture.

Blog | February 22, 2021

Modernize Your Healthcare Infrastructure and Manage Cyber Risk

Those of you in the healthcare industry who are responsible for IT had a lot to contend with in 2020. COVID-19 accelerated demand for virtual services. Migration to the cloud remained a goal. And the 2020 data breach of the US federal government reminded that security is paramount.

Blog | February 22, 2021

Helping Government Achieve Cloud Migration Goals—Securely

Calian helps government organizations of all sizes and across all levels securely migrate to the cloud. 

Blog | January 26, 2021

How do you perform an AAR that doesn't collect dust on a shelf?

An after-action review (AAR) is a tool that supports organizational continual learning and improvement. Like any tool, it is only as good as its application, so a careful evaluation process and comprehensive data collection and analysis is critical. The AAR has been refined over years of application and is considered a best practice. So why do so many AARs fail to meet the needs of the organization?

Blog | November 26, 2020

This is all about your employee’s stolen identity

Everything in the modern age is digital—and of course you all know that. However, most people rarely contemplate what data is circulating around out there in the ether. Take one step further down the rabbit hole and apply that to personal data and, again, many still don’t internalize the importance or magnitude of what they create, share, and what is ultimately stolen for nefarious purposes.

Blog | November 24, 2020

Virtual, Traditional, or Hybrid EOC What do you need to achieve?

An emergency operation centre (EOC) should enable people to respond to and plan the recovery from an emergency as effectively as possible. This is true of a brick and mortar EOC, a virtual EOC, and of a hybrid model. While there are many solutions, it is critical to begin with the right question. The question should be, “What do we need to achieve?”