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Nova Scotia Company Sets Up 60% of the Ambulances in England With Its Software |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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HALIFAX, Canada, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Medusa Medical Technologies Inc. (Medusa) enters into an agreement with Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) to outfit 2,600, or 60 per cent, of the ambulances in England with the Siren ePCR(TM) Suite, Medusa's electronic patient care reporting (ePCR) and data-management software. Medusa will support CSC's work with the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) on the NHS' Connecting for Health program to improve healthcare service for patients. CSC is currently implementing this program for the NHS across the North, the Midlands and the East of England.
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Oxford’s Bragg Communications to buy Persona |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, May 04, 2007
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Bragg Communications Inc. and Persona Communications Corp. announced on Friday that a purchase and sale agreement has been signed which will result in Bragg Communications acquiring Persona.
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Please, give that optimist a medal |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, May 03, 2007
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I WOKE UP yesterday morning in Halifax to find that the sun was shining. The sky was neither louring nor black nor falling.
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Tourism Marketing Focuses Online |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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Nova Scotia is taking its online tourism marketing to a new level with innovative new tools such as Google Earth Nova Scotia to reach the 70 per cent of tourists who use the Internet for travel planning.
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SolutionInc Appoints Gary Dodge as Chief Financial Officer |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, April 22, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia - April 19, 2007: SolutionInc Limited Technologies (TSX-VEN:STL), a leader in Internet management, provisioning and billing, announced today that it has appointed Mr. Gary Dodge, CA, as Chief Financial Officer.
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SecureTRANSIT Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, April 22, 2007
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — SecureTRANSIT Inc., announced today that it has achieved the status of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, reaching the highest level in two separate competencies as a result of its success in working with Microsoft and delivering Microsoft-compatible solutions to airline customers: ISV/Software Solutions and Microsoft Business Solutions.
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Client information at your fingertips |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, April 19, 2007
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THERE ARE things all businesses need to do, regardless of their industry. For instance, they need to identify and make contact with clients, manage contacts and track sales.
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SportsDirect lays off 28 employees |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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SportsDirect Inc. of Halifax announced a layoff of 28 people Monday, reducing its Bayers Lake operation to 122 staffers.
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Province bullish on broadband target |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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The provincial Office of Economic Development is moving aggressively toward fulfilling Premier Rodney MacDonald’s commitment to have 100% broadband Internet coverage in Nova Scotia by 2009.
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New Keane CEO to Receive $8.8M |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, April 14, 2007
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BOSTON (AP) - An executive who became CEO at Keane Inc. in late January just nine days before the information technology firm announced it would be bought out stands to receive at least $8.76 million in compensation for less than four months' work once the deal closes, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing Friday.
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BlackBerry maker’s Q4 profit tops $187m |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, April 12, 2007
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TORONTO — Research In Motion Ltd. had a US$187.9-million profit in its latest quarter as revenue increased 66 per cent from a year earlier, the maker of the BlackBerry reported in preliminary results Wednesday.
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E-health next wave of patient care |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, March 29, 2007
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IT’S NO surprise that health-related issues are on the minds of most Canadians, from politicians and lobbyists to concerned citizens from coast to coast. What may be a surprise to you is that there are information and communications technology companies in Nova Scotia that focus on health-related issues, particularly e-health.
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Entrepreneurial couple open Internet café in Annapolis Royal |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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A group of Tim Horton’s regulars changed venues last week, trading in their double-doubles for a cup of organic, fair trade coffee at Annapolis Royal’s first Internet café. It’s a promising sign for owners Danny and Krista McClair, who felt it was important that the new storefront keep its doors open after dark.
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Budget Bulletin: Connected Communities |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, March 25, 2007
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Nova Scotia will become a world leader in information technology. The province's goal is to make Nova Scotia the most connected jurisdiction in North America.
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Province promotes IT sector |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, March 15, 2007
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Nova Scotia isn’t indulging in hyperbole by advertising the province’s "booming" information technology sector across Canada, says Angela Campbell, brand adviser with Communications Nova Scotia.
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Pleasant Bay hoping for broadband Internet access |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, March 12, 2007
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Broadband Internet access is being viewed as the gateway to personal and economic growth for the residents of Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton Island. The high-speed portal to the information super highway would be a vast improvement over dial-up technology the community is currently enduring, said a local activist for the Internet upgrade.
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Stanfield’s legacy |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, March 11, 2007
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The outgoing head of Nova Scotia Business Inc. shares his successes, regrets
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RIM granted report extension |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, March 08, 2007
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TORONTO — An Ontario Securities Commission panel gave Research In Motion Ltd. executives a bit of relief as they handed the BlackBerry maker another deadline extension for its quarterly reports, as the company races to correct accounting errors for employee stock options issued several years ago.
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StFX Goes Wireless |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, March 08, 2007
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Aliant supporting innovative wireless Internet project
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RIM chairman steps down over US$250-million in accounting errors |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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TORONTO — Jim Balsillie, one of the high-profile executives behind the hugely successful BlackBerry portable devices, is resigning as chairman of Research In Motion Ltd. but will remain co-CEO, absorbing some of the blame for accounting errors worth US$250 million.
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Chamber hopes to attract new call centre |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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PORT HAWKESBURY — The Strait Area Chamber of Commerce is compiling a list of qualified call centre workers as part of an effort to attract a new tenant to fill the departing Electronic Data Systems operation.
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Telefilm gets gamey with interactive competition |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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When it launched 40 years ago, the Canadian Film Development Corporation was all about motion pictures. Today, the digital universe presents an entirely new space, and despite the platforms suggested by the agency's "Telefilm" moniker, it has also taken on interactivity, as evidenced by initiatives such as the Great Canadian Video Game Competition
Editor's Note: Mentions HB Studios of Lunenburg
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Lighting up the first few broadband customers |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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All the hard work residents of Tidnish and Port Howe have put in to having high speed Internet connected through their communities has finally paid off. The first pole of the province’s broadband initiative is erected, and it won’t be long before residents of the pilot project are surfing wirelessly at high speeds.
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Pilot project aims to boost workers’ computer skills |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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MILLBROOK — Nicole Fiddes was thoroughly excited at the possibility of getting a good job. The 30-year-old mother of three was convinced she had aced an interview with a local call centre. She knew she was intelligent, capable and highly motivated.
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Online courses have been offered since 1992 |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, February 25, 2007
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Distance education isn’t a new thing in Nova Scotia, but it appears the province plans to expand it to more public schools and make it easier for more students to access.
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Another call centre for Halifax |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, February 22, 2007
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Another call centre is coming to Halifax - this one setting up shop in Bayers Road Shopping Centre, with an anticipated start date of June. Admiral Group plc, a car-insurance company based in Cardiff, Wales, plans to hire 200 people by year's end. It will recruit its first 50 employees in April.
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N.S. IT firm connects U.S. voters |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, February 22, 2007
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A small Nova Scotia company is credited with helping millions of ex-patriot Americans vote in the U.S. mid-term elections last November.
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Centre seeking tenant to replace EDS |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, February 12, 2007
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Efforts are underway to find a new tenant to occupy a call centre building in Port Hawkesbury when EDS Canada pulls out this spring.
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Techlink Entertainment Forecasting Significant Growth |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, February 10, 2007
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Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada – 8 February 2007 – Techlink Entertainment (Techlink), a Nova Scotia based developer and manufacturer of proprietary responsible gaming technologies, today announced plans for rapid commercialization of its unique card based informed player choice system.
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E-marketing company launches new website |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 7, 2007 – Halifax-based Mailworkz, an innovative e-marketing solutions company, announced today the launch of its new, dynamic website, www.mailworkz.com. The company created the site to reflect and support its fully integrated suite of products and services to help customers identify and fulfill their e-marketing needs.
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SolutionInc and Fast Data Technology Partner |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, February 02, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia and Boulder, Colorado, February 2, 2007: SolutionInc Technologies Limited (TSX-VEN: STL), a leader in Internet management, provisioning and billing, and Fast Data Technology have joined forces to add web content control as a new offering to SolutionInc's portfolio of services.
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EastLink Selects Sigma Systems to Deploy Service Management Solutions |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, February 02, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia - Sigma Systems, www.sigma-systems.com, a premier provider and leader in the design, development and deployment of OSS service management solutions, has been selected by EastLink, Canada's fifth largest cable provider, to license Sigma's Service Management Platform (SMP) for the delivery of residential and commercial telephone and Internet services. Sigma's service management solution will be integrated / and certified with EastLink's billing platform.
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ATLANTIC JOB GROWTH CONTINUES AT CGI WITH ADDITION OF SAP TEAM |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 31, 2007 - CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE:GIB), one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world, continues to increase the size and skills diversity of its Atlantic-based workforce with the addition of a Halifax-based SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) consulting practice. This team serves local clients in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and global companies through its Atlantic Global Delivery Center (AGDC).
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RIM action not expected to hurt company |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, January 27, 2007
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TORONTO — Research in Motion Ltd. stock is unlikely to feel much impact from a pension fund’s efforts to have the company sue its own directors, observers say.
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Local musicians use Internet to build business |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, January 26, 2007
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The Internet has become an integral part of our lives. Never before have we been so close and so connected. While you’re busy checking e-mails and googling tips on improving your poker skills, a revolution of sorts is going on: a thriving online community is changing the music industry.
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Xwave's defense and aerospace operation expanding |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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One of Canada's largest information and communications technology (ICT) services companies is growing its defence, security and aerospace operations in this province. Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) authorized a payroll rebate to xwave's defense and aerospace operation for a maximum of $4,515,000 over a five-year period to create up to 250 incremental full-time jobs.
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Acadia student runs mega web business from bedroom |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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It’s a typical student apartment: bare walls, second-hand furniture and a couple of 20-somethings on the couch half studying and half watching TV. You’d never know that upstairs another student is running one of the fastest- growing web-hosting companies on the Internet.
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Attention, shoppers |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, January 19, 2007
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Hackers break into huge retail chain’s credit card, debit data
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ACOA hands out $16.4 to Nova Scotia-based projects |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, January 18, 2007
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Peter MacKay, minister of Foreign Affairs and minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), announced on Wednesday that the federal government will invest up to $67.1 million in research and development projects in Atlantic Canada through ACOA’s Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF).
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CGI ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND FISCAL 2007 Q1 RESULTS |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Montreal, Quebec, January 16, 2007 - CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of end-to-end information technology and business process services, will host its Annual General Meeting of shareholders for fiscal 2006 and release its fiscal 2007 first quarter results on Tuesday, January 30, 2007. The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Omni Mont-Royal Hotel in Montreal at 11 a.m. (EST). For those who are unable to attend in person, the Company will webcast the meeting on its website at www.cgi.com.
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Liverpool call centre hiring 40 |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Roger’s customers may call in with complaints, but the call center itself is getting good feedback.
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