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Medusa Medical draws an angel |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, August 28, 2006
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Firms attracting venture capital in bid to computerize health care.
Aug 29 - Additional story link added
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Minacs to cut up to 200 jobs |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, August 24, 2006
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Just months after hiring 300 people for its Halifax call centre, Minacs Worldwide is laying off workers.
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Queens forgives Lightbridge rent |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, August 17, 2006
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LIVERPOOL — The Region of Queens has signed off on a deal to wipe out eight months of rent owed by the Lightbridge Inc. call centre in return for all the furniture and equipment in the municipally owned building out of which it operated.
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Cheticamp rings one up |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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Cape Breton community gets $2-million call centre, up to 115 new jobs
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Students create website to fund education |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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A quartet of Dalhousie University students — three in commerce and one in science — has begun their own website, www.paymydegree.com, to try to convince businesses and ordinary folks to pay for their education.
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Sierra Systems Group Q3 profit $1.3M, down from $2.7M a year ago |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
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Sierra Systems Group Inc. (TSX:SSG) said Thursday that its third-quarter profit was cut in half compared to a year ago, hurt by the cancellation of a contract in the U.S., severance costs and contract implementation delays.
Editor's Note: Sierra maintains a Halifax office
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N.S. to offer new geomatics diploma |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, July 29, 2006
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MIDDLETON — Ten students from across Canada are expected to enrol in a new advanced diploma program in geomatics programming at the Nova Scotia Community College.
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CGI-AMS WINS OVER $50 MILLION IN CREDIT CONTRACTS GLOBALLY |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, July 28, 2006
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CGI-AMS Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), has continued to build its credit business with the signing of multiple contracts for Credit services globally year to date totaling over $50 Million (with an average duration of 3 years). Clients include, PNC Consumer Services, Wachovia Corporation and other major financial institutions.
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Cape Breton buys new wireless technology |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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A Sydney company has purchased the exclusive Canadian rights to European wireless technology that it says will provide faster and better Internet, telephone and cable television service at a lower cost.
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CGI ANNOUNCES ADJUSTMENTS TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Montreal, Quebec, July 26, 2006 - CGI Group Inc. (CGI) announced today its decision to make some adjustments to the responsibilities of its senior management, effective immediately.
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CGI SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES ITS PERFORMANCE IN Q3 |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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CGI Group Inc. (CGI) reported third quarter net earnings from continuing operations before restructuring costs today of $46.4 million or 14 cents per share on revenue of $866.5 million. This compares with $34.8 million or 10 cents per share in the previous quarter. In the quarter's results were pre-tax restructuring costs related to specific items of $15.0 million. Including these costs, CGI net earnings were $35.9 million, or 11 cents per share compared with
14.1 million or 4 cents per share in the previous quarter.
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Givex and ABMIS Announce Successful Gift Card Integration |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
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Givex, a card management company specializing in customer acquisition and retention programs, and ABM Integrated Solutions, announce the successful integration of gift card transaction processing into the MARKET2 POS (point-of-sale) application.
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Entrepreneurs reach finals |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
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TWENTY-SEVEN entrepreneurs who have demonstrated leadership, drive and innovation have been selected as Atlantic region finalists in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 awards.
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Economic Growth Picking Up Steam In Nova Scotia |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, July 17, 2006
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Nova Scotia's economy is gathering steam in 2006, according to the Provincial Outlook report issued today by the BMO Financial Group Economics Department. Growth of 2.0 per cent is expected this year, compared to last year's 1.1 per cent.
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Satellite Internet goes country |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, July 14, 2006
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The latest in modern technology is making its way into Atlantic Canada. Cumberland Satellite Services of Springhill is now set up to install Satellite Internet services to rural customers.
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Nexient Learning Inc. Named Dual Finalist for the 2006 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, July 08, 2006
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Nexient Learning Inc. (TSX: NXN) formerly CrossOff Incorporated and parent company of Polar Bear Corporate Education Solutions / CDI Education, Canada’s largest provider of skills development, today announced it has been nominated for Microsoft Corp.’s Partner of the Year Award for Technology Innovation and Sales & Marketing in the Learning Solutions Award category.
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Aliant Plan of Arrangement Completed |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, July 08, 2006
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Aliant Inc. (TSX: AIT) announced today that the Plan of Arrangement creating the new Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (Bell Aliant) has been completed. The transaction has received all shareholder, board, court and regulatory approvals, and all other closing conditions have been satisfied or waived.
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Aliant obtains Certificate of Arrangement in respect of the Plan of Arrangement |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, July 07, 2006
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Aliant Inc. (TSX: AIT) announced today that it has filed articles of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act and has received a certificate of arrangement with an effective date of July 5, 2006 in respect of the previously announced Plan of Arrangement for the creation of the new Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (Bell Aliant). The transaction is expected to be completed on July 7, 2006. The closing of the Plan of Arrangement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of closing conditions.
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Quest to make restatements after review |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
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Database management software maker Quest Software Inc. said Wednesday it will restate annual and interim financial statements for 2000 through 2005 and for the quarter ending March 31 as the result of initial findings of a special committee review of stock option grants.
Editor's Note: Quest maintains a Halifax office
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Consolidation could kill Canadian call centre jobs, analysts say |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
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Canadian call centre jobs, especially those in the Atlantic provinces, could be in jeopardy of being shifted overseas if burgeoning Asian and Middle Eastern outsourcing firms continue to ride a wave of global consolidation, industry experts say.
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RIM comes in ahead of expectations on healthy BlackBerry sales |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, June 30, 2006
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Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry handheld device, performed better than analysts had predicted in the first quarter this year, as the number of subscribers, revenue and profit all shot straight up from the previous quarter.
Editors Note: RIM maintains a Halifax office
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DemoWolf releases 42 new Voice tutorials for FTP, DNS and Email |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 29, 2006
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DemoWolf, provider of flash tutorials for the web hosting industry, today announced the release of 42 new VOICE tutorials for FTP, Updating DNS, and Configuring Email. There are 18, 14 and 10 tutorials in each of the three new series respectively.
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Have password, can move |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, June 24, 2006
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WHEN AIR LINE check-in agents arrive for their morning shift at Halifax International Airport, they may be positioned at any one of a number of counters. Where previously they were tied to one station by the location of individual airlines’ phone and computers systems, a recent decision by the airport authority to install of a voice-over-Internet protocol, or VoIP, system, means the agents can work at any of the counters.
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Graduating by way of computer what next? |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, June 24, 2006
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Nova Scotia’s smallest post-secondary institution will use some mighty communications technology to graduate 35 students Saturday at five campuses in this province and one on Prince Edward Island.
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Layoff rumours at EDS denied |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, June 24, 2006
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Rumours continue to swirl that a Port Hawkesbury call centre will lay off 400 people. But EDS of Texas says no changes are in the offing.
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Active third quarter for IT hirings: study |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, June 23, 2006
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Chief information officers (CIOs) expect an uptick in information technology (IT) hiring in the third quarter of 2006, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. Almost 15% of executives polled plan to add IT staff in the next three months, and 3% anticipate cutbacks. The net 12% hiring increase is up two percentage points from the previous quarter’s forecast.
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Microcredit Summit seeks a little bit of help |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, June 23, 2006
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Loans of just a few dollars can make the difference between abject poverty and entrepreneurship for poor people in developing countries. It’s called microcredit, and Sam Daley-Harris, founder and head of the Washington non-profit Results Educational Fund, is passionate about it. He gave over 400 Halifax businesspeople a taste of the issue at a luncheon on June 16 in the hopes that they’ll sponsor or volunteer for the Global Microcredit Summit.
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C.B. cops eating up BlackBerrys |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 22, 2006
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Cape Breton Regional Police have developed an addiction to the wireless handheld devices commonly called CrackBerrys.
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Eagle Certified Professional Contractor Program Sets Industry Standard for Code of Conduct... |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 22, 2006
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This is an older press release but we just became aware of this in a recent newsletter.
Ottawa, ON, March 15, 2006 - Eagle is pleased to announce the release of the first IT Contractor Certification Program in the Canadian IT Staffing Industry. The Eagle Certified Professional IT Contractor Program recognizes and rewards excellence in the IT contractor profession.
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CrossOff Incorporated Changes Name to Nexient Learning Inc. |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 22, 2006
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CrossOff Incorporated, the parent-company of Polar Bear Corporate Education Solutions, CDI Education and Acerra Learning, is pleased to announce that the Company has changed its name from CrossOff Incorporated to Nexient Learning Inc. The Company will continue to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the new trading symbol “NXN” effective at the market open on June 22, 2006. The Company has also launched a new website at www.nexientlearning.com.
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Cyberplex announces proposed private placement |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 22, 2006
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Cyberplex Inc. (TSX: CX) (the "Company" or
"Cyberplex"), a North American technology consulting firm, announces that it
will be undertaking a proposed private placement to raise up to $3,250,000.
Editor's Note: Cyberplex maintains a Halifax office.
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Portable Internet from Rogers Yahoo! |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 22, 2006
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Rogers Cable Communications Inc. today announced the availability of Portable Internet from Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet, giving customers wireless access to the Internet that they can take with them to 20 cities across Canada.
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Billboards going digital |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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DIME Inc.’s high-tech signs featuring Internet technology used by Aliant
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Aliant launches Mobile Suite - a new wireless email and messaging service |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading information and communications technology provider, today announced a new wireless email and messaging service called Mobile Suite. Mobile Suite offers small and medium-sized business customers, and others, wireless email and messaging on devices using Palm and Pocket PC operating systems - providing customers additional choice, functionality and value.
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Small business savvy to modern marketing |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, June 18, 2006
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A RECENT survey by professor Peter Mombourquette at Mount Saint Vincent University is causing experts to reconsider the adoption rate of marketing technologies among small- and medium-sized businesses in Atlantic Canada.
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Launch of New Corporate Entity - Premier Assistive Canada |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, June 17, 2006
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Premier Assistive Technology, Inc. goes international with the grand opening of Premier Assistive Canada, located in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This is not simply a branch office, but a true Canadian-based corporation, and is located on the island of Cape Breton.
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Strait area hit with rumours of cuts at EDS |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, June 16, 2006
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In a town already on edge due to uncertainty surrounding Stora Enso, rumours of pending job cuts at Port Hawkesbury’s other major employer are heightening anxiety about the region’s economic future. Reports are circulating in the community that as many as 400 jobs may be lost at EDS Port Hawkesbury, with the loss of an airline contract at the call centre
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