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Youth Will Stay and Grow in New Nova Scotia |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 30, 2006
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Nova Scotians can look forward to broadband Internet service throughout the province by 2010, as well as other steps to make Nova Scotia a leader in information technology, Premier Rodney MacDonald said in his first State of the Province address.
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Tories mum on cost of Internet vow |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 30, 2006
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All parts of Nova Scotia will have access to high-speed Internet access by 2010, Premier Rodney MacDonald said Wednesday.
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IT opportunities abound |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, November 17, 2006
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Atlantic firms benefit from sector’s strong talent pool, executives say
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Put technology needs on the back burner, pay the price |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, November 17, 2006
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NOVA SCOTIA businesses must become more competitive, more productive, and more innovative to survive in today’s business world. Global competition is no longer reserved for Nova Scotia’s larger, internationally focused companies.
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N.S. giving $1.48m in rebates to firm in call centre takeover |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, November 17, 2006
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Internet giant CSC Corporate Domains Canada has acquired part of Register.com’s call centre business in Yarmouth County and is getting its own provincial tax incentive worth up to $1.48 million to set up shop near Yarmouth.
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Firm completes P.E.I. web link |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 16, 2006
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Internetworking Atlantic Inc. of Halifax announced Wednesday that it has completed construction of a fibre optic telecom system connecting research sites in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
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Aliant launches #TAXI |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 16, 2006
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Innovative, convenient wireless service now available in Atlantic Canada
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Liverpool’s new call centre to employ 200 |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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The new call centre company is here and employee training is in full swing. An official announcement was made November 6 that On-Line Support Inc. will employ approximately 200 people by the end of February.
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Restructuring training company Nexient Learning reports $4.1m loss |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 09, 2006
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SYDNEY (CP) — Restructuring corporate training firm Nexient Learning Inc., formerly known as CrossOff Inc., reported Wednesday a wider third-quarter loss of $4.1 million and said it has restated first-quarter earnings reducing net income by $793,000 to record a loss of $769,295.
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Cease-trade order extended for Research in Motion |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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TORONTO — An Ontario Securities Commission panel extended a management cease-trade order for insiders of Research In Motion Ltd. on Tuesday and ordered the company to return before the regulator if its financial filings aren’t current by Dec. 18.
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Software like a library for your laptop |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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Chad Henderson lugs about 80 textbooks to class every day. But since they’re stored in his laptop, the first-year Dalhousie University dentistry student isn’t too weighed down.
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NSBI reports record year |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
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Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI)continued to draw upon these concepts in 2005-06. The province's business development agency released its fourth annual report today, Oct. 31.
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RIM bosses ordered to halt trading |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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TORONTO — The Ontario Securities Commission has ordered officers and insiders of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., including co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, to stop trading in the company’s stock after it missed financial reporting deadlines.
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More jobs coming on stream in Cape Breton |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, October 27, 2006
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A major employer in Glace Bay is getting bigger. Stream recently celebrated its fifth anniversary in Glace Bay with an open house and announcements, including the hiring of 500 to 600 more people.
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SolutionInc Limited and TeleBarbados Announce Multi-Year Strategic Partnership |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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Halifax, NS and Barbados, WI; October 24, 2006 – SolutionInc Limited announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Internet service provider TeleBarbados Inc. to provide gateway Internet software for provisioning high speed Internet service in hotels and commercial properties throughout Barbados and St. Lucia.
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Information technology gets up to speed in Nova Scotia |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, October 19, 2006
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Nova Scotia’s thriving, but underexposed, IT sector got a huge moral boost last month when the Information Technology Association of Canada held its annual board meeting in Halifax. It was the first time the group of high profile national leaders in the sector had ventured outside of Ontario for one of its meetings.
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Florida company buys Halifax web business |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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Website Pros, Inc. of Florida, which provides Internet marketing and other web-related services to small- and medium-sized businesses, has acquired most of the assets of Halifax’s Renovation Experts.com, an online marketplace for contractors and homeowners.
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Golden Gate Capital to buy Sierra Systems |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Sierra Systems Group Inc. (TSX:SSG) has signed a deal to be bought by a U.S. private-equity firm for $93.2 million in cash, the information-technology company said Monday.
Editor's Note: Sierra Systems retains a Halifax office.
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RIM delays Q2 results |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, October 15, 2006
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Research In Motion Ltd. warned Friday that it will miss the Oct. 17 filing of its second-quarter financial results with regulators because of an accounting investigation over stock options.
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The benefits of work |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, October 14, 2006
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Use of a ski chalet. Gym memberships. These are some of the extras offered by the Maritime’s top employers
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IWK launches bilingual website |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, October 13, 2006
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Extensive information in both official languages about the Maritimes’ only children’s hospital is now just a mouse click away.
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RIM gets Bedford go-ahead |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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Regional council paved the way Tuesday night for an Ontario company to build a $230-million technical support centre that will employ 1,200 people.
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Community meetings held on Internet |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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TRURO — Meetings of the Coastal Communities Network have gone digital, with a video-conferencing session at community colleges around Nova Scotia.
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Free Internet service crucial for many |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, October 09, 2006
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Aa part of the federal Conservative government’s $1 billion in cuts to many important social programs, Nova Scotians will no longer have access to free Internet service at Community Access Program sites across the province after March 31.
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NSGC Announces Pilot Test of Internet Gambling Blocking Software |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, October 09, 2006
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It is estimated there are more than 2,300 casino-style Internet gambling sites in operation, many of which are
unregulated and illegal. Today, the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation (NSGC) announced the pilot test of BetStopper, groundbreaking software that will help block gambling sites such as these from children under the age of 19.
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Penguins sold to RIM exec |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, October 06, 2006
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have been purchased by Jim Balsillie, the co-chief executive officer of Canada's Research in Motion Ltd., the company that makes the wireless messaging device BlackBerry.
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Gaga over Google |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, October 05, 2006
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Researcher from world’s most popular search engine in town
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Halifax firm links InNOVAcorp sites on fibre-optic network |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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InNOVAcorp's three business incubation facilities in Halifax-Dartmouth are now linked through a high-capacity fibre-optic telecommunications network spanning the Halifax Harbour. InNOVAcorp clients, made up of early stage
companies, will soon benefit from advanced data and voice services typically only accessible by larger companies.
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Call centre shuffles workers |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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EDS Canada is moving some of its call centre functions — and 160 jobs — from Port Hawkesbury to Sydney.
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RIM to review stock-option grants |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, September 29, 2006
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TORONTO (CP) — Research In Motion Ltd. surprised the market late Thursday by announcing it has initiated a review of stock-option grants as far back as 1997 but the news failed to dampen investors’ enthusiasm for RIM stock.
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Helical to acquire interest in CableTec Business Network Solutions Ltd. |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, September 28, 2006
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HALIFAX, NS, Sept. 28 /CNW/ - The Helical Corporation Inc. ("Helical"), (TSX Venture-HSI) announced today that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with CableTec Business Network Solutions Ltd. ("CableTec Business Network
Solutions") of Dartmouth, NS. to subscribe for 4,000,000 shares in CableTec Business Network Solutions representing 80% of the outstanding common shares of CableTec Business Network Solutions.
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"Atlantic Canada is not close to reaching its full potential" |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
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Although this article doesn't focus specifically on IT, it seems to express some of the concerns raised by many in the local IT sector on how our government "supports" business development in the region. Perhaps it is time that this issue be raised to a higher level and actually reviewed.
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Helical Announces Changes in Officers and Directors |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, September 21, 2006
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HALIFAX, NS, Sept. 20 /CNW/ - The Helical Corporation Inc. ("Helical"), a corporation whose trades of common shares are quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange, (TSX Venture-HSI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
William (Bill) Fleming as President and Chief Executive Officer of Helical.
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Cyberplex Announces Elimination of its $13.5 Million Lease Obligation |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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TORONTO, Sept. 20 /CNW/ - Cyberplex Inc. (TSX:CX) ("Cyberplex" or the "Company") today announced that it has successfully negotiated a termination agreement for its current leased facilities in Toronto resulting in a reduction to its long-term commitments by approximately $13.5 million.
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nCipher profits halve despite sales boost |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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LONDON (SHARECAST) - Encryption specialist nCipher gave an upbeat assessment of its prospects despite profit halving in the first half of the year.
Editor's Note: nCipher owns local Halifax based Abridean
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Workers’ Internet use can be a problem |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, September 17, 2006
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MOST SMALL businesses have relatively few employees, but almost all have computers and Internet access. So the question remains, do you need to have an Internet access policy, or IAP?
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