Northern's Strategic Partnership With Beringer Fuels Future Growth Plans
Toronto, ON – November 12, 2024 – Beringer Capital, a private equity firm specializing in the digital transformation, information and technology…
Accessibility Can’t Just be Lip Service; Words Must Have Weight
They’re nice words -- but you may hear an echo if you say them because too often they ring hollow in our society. Today is the International Day of…
User Journeys are Taking Off: “Plane” Thoughts on Personalization’s Future
For most people, spontaneity isn’t a big motivator to purchase something. Sure, there are impulse buys here and there (there’s a reason why gum and…
We Shouldn’t Need to be Told Accessibility is Just Good Business
Focusing on accessibility isn’t something we should need to be told to do -- after all, it’s just good business. I guess you could look at the recent…
A Day to Give Thanks and Reflect
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to stop, catch your breath, and take stock of where you are, where you've come from, and where you're going. We have…
Northern Commerce 2017 Year in Review
2017 was Northern’s biggest year yet, with new and exciting clients coming on board, more projects and websites launched, and recognition from some of…
Are You Creating Unintentional Barriers to Accessible Employment?
I’m currently on the train, en route to Toronto to participate in a meeting of the Employers’ Partnership Table -- a group of various businesses and…
Social Media Puts Professors in the Hotseat
From the SMART Board to the eClicker, technology is transforming the way students learn at all levels of the educational system. I must admit that it…
Intranet Benefits? How About a 25 Per Cent Productivity Boost and Engaged Employees?
It would seem intuitive that the more people talk, the more information gets shared, and the more involved your employees would feel, right? A well…
Overcoming the digital bottleneck
As companies move to offering web based services, they run the risk of suffering from a digital bottleneck. A bottleneck occurs when there is a…