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BizPal can cut red tape |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
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TALK TO most any small business owner in Nova Scotia about what it was like to first open their business and you’ll likely be treated to a story that begins and ends with the words "red tape."
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SolutionInc Announces Significant Financial Improvements |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, July 29, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia – July 27, 2007: SolutionInc Technologies Limited (TSX-VEN:STL), a leader in Internet management, provisioning and billing, announced today the release of its audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2007 (Fiscal 2007), including re-statement of its previously issued unaudited financial statements for periods ended June 30, 2006 (Q1 2007); September 30, 2006 (Q2 2007); and December 31, 2006 (Q3 2007).
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IT sector strategist offers advice |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Broadband links to the information highway is the key to Cape Breton entrepreneurs competing in a global economy, a strategic marketing and management consultant said Tuesday. Branham Group president and CEO, J. Wayne Gudbranson of Ottawa, offers consulting services to technology companies that develop the products and deliver the services. The company has a unique relationship with the province and Nova Scotia Business Inc. “I like the vision of Nova Scotia; they have a strategic imperative that could easily allow them to emerge a close fifth among provinces in the information communication technology sector. It’s helping local businesses grow and at the same time attracting big brands here. “The two of them together allows you start to build an ICT cluster and then you can start marketing that to achieve worldwide global exposure.”
Gudbranson told the 30 people who attended the session the export market offers real opportunity. While everyone is looking to Alberta and any oil-r ...
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Bell Aliant Customers will benefit from CRTC Landmark Decision on Forbearance |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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St. John’s, NF – Today is a historic day for the Canadian Telecom industry and for Bell Aliant’s residential customers. In a landmark decision by the CRTC, local telephone service has been deregulated – or “forborne” – in 72 areas in Bell Aliant’s territory. Bell Aliant’s local telephone markets are among the first in Canada to be deregulated.
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Diaphonics Selected as an AO100 award winner |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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Halifax, NS, Canada – July 17, 2007 – Diaphonics, a leading provider of IT security solutions based on biometric voice verification, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO 100 Top Private Companies for 2007. The fifth-annual elite AO100 list was compiled by the AlwaysOn editorial panel. In order to be eligible for the AO100 list, companies had to be peer-nominated, with AlwaysOn receiving more than 1,000 nominations from venture investors, investment bankers and other industry experts.
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Broadband Access Update |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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With a successful broadband pilot project nearing completion, the province is ready to take the next step to make Nova Scotia the most connected area in all of North America.
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Fundy group slams broadband decision |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, July 13, 2007
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The Fundy Shore is being ill-served by the province’s plan to bring high-speed Internet service to remote rural communities, says the Fundy Communities Development Association.
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Prepare for the fee byte |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, July 13, 2007
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Board seeks public input on recycling plan that would add $5 to $45 to cost of electronics
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Tourism operators get website help |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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Hundreds of tourism operators in Nova Scotia can get a technology consultation through a regional tourism initiative.
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Aliant High-Speed Internet customers now have free access to Aliant Hotspots throughout Atlantic Canada |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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Moncton, New Brunswick – Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading information and communications technology provider, today announced the availability of free access at Aliant Hotspots in Atlantic Canada for all new and current Aliant High-Speed Internet customers. Aliant Hotspots offer customers the convenience of Internet connectivity while away from home or work using their Wi-Fi enabled wireless device such as a laptop or PDA.
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Creating a buzz |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, July 08, 2007
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TAKE SOME descriptive marketing phrases like upstart and agile, and young and creative.
Toss them into a bin and shake them all around and the resulting smorgasbord might come close to describing the successful experiment in creative collaboration called Queen Street Studios in downtown Dartmouth.
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Antigonish firm proposes phone-in medical care |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, July 07, 2007
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A new medical technology company founded in Antigonish hopes to be running a telemedicine pilot project with some of the province’s health authorities by the end of the year.
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Aliant Mobility to pull calls from Bell workers |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Saturday, July 07, 2007
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Aliant Mobility has hung up on Bell Aliant customer service workers in the Atlantic region.
About 330 Bell Aliant employees who take customer calls for Aliant Mobility in this region won’t be doing so after April 2008, a Bell Aliant spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
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Official Launch of Select Nova Scotia |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, July 05, 2007
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Selecting Nova Scotia first is the theme of an exciting, new marketing campaign aimed at promoting locally grown and produced food.
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big investments |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
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Nova Scotia Business Inc. has invested more than $16 million in bio-tech and high-tech companies:
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ON-LINE BOOKING CAPABILITY WILL BRING TOURISM OPERATORS INTO A MORE COMPETITIVE POSITION |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
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Canada’s New Government, through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), along with the four provincial government departments responsible for tourism and the four provincial tourism industry associations today announced the newest round of Tourism Technology.com (TT.com). This pan-Atlantic project helps Atlantic Canada tourism operators attract more visitors to the region by strengthening their technology capabilities.
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Researchers out to jam network security breaches |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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A Dalhousie University research team is exploring ways to prevent the kind of major database theft that hit the parent company of Winners and HomeSense stores last year.
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Queens Region wants TDC broadband investment |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Seventy-five customers of TDC Broadband Inc. lost their high speed internet service in May when the company declared bankruptcy. During a recent Region of Queens Committee of the Whole meeting, a new receiver was named. Mayor John Leefe said the Region of Queens has filed an interest with the receiver, Haley and Associates Inc., so if there are assets to be sold, the Region may be able to recoup some of the investment they made in TDC Broadband Inc. With some support from the province of Nova Scotia, Mayor Leefe said the region really underscored the importance of providing broadband service to rural areas.
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GenieKnows how to find it |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, June 25, 2007
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ALL THE technical wizardry in the world doesn’t mean a thing if you don’t have vision and a flexible business plan, says Barbara Manning, president and CEO of IT Interactive Services Inc. in Halifax.
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BizTech: Broadband service providers invited to get in the zone |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, June 22, 2007
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With a successful broadband pilot project nearing completion, the province is ready to take the next step to make Nova Scotia the most connected area in all of North America. The province issued a request for proposals on June 21, inviting qualified service providers to bring broadband Internet service to all unserved areas of Nova Scotia.
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Electronic recycling coming our way |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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ISSUES SURROUNDING the environment are front and centre in society. It is virtually impossible to go a day without hearing about global warming, climate change, or learning about more efficient ways to use energy and resources.
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T4G Developer Wins Prestigious MSDN Code Award |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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The entire team at T4G Limited, a leading full-service, project-based technology services company, wishes to congratulate colleague Michael Amanfi in capturing the 2007 MSDN Code Award, Individual Developer.
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T4G Acquires Canadian Operations of U.S.-based Aculix |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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T4G Limited, a leading full-service, project-based technology services company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Canadian operations of Aculix Inc., a U.S.-based leader in the Business Intelligence technology market. The acquisition further expands T4G's ability to deliver significant Business Intelligence solutions across North America.
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Medusa and EHS Introduce Electronic Patient Care Reporting to Nova Scotia |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 15 /CNW/ -- Medusa Medical Technologies Inc. (Medusa) announced today that its flagship electronic patient care reporting software, the Siren ePCR(TM) Suite, is currently being implemented in a pilot
program for ground ambulances operated by Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia (EHS). Upon completion of the pilot program, the Siren ePCR Suite will be in all 150 of EHS' ground ambulances, as well as in both LifeFlight air
ambulances, and more than 800 paramedics will have been trained by EHS to use the system.
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Eskasoni celebrates opening of first call centre |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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This First Nation community celebrated the opening of its first call centre Wednesday. Catalog Teleservices, the inbound call centre for American catalogue companies Newport News and Spiegel, now employs 20 Eskasoni band members at a former fisheries building in the community. The first call at the centre was taken April 23. The company operates a larger call centre in New Waterford and also employs remote agents who work out of their homes. In all, it employs about 600 people in Cape Breton.
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Valley Community Fibre Network to be up by fall |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, June 18, 2007
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Businesses, institutions, public sector, and residents will soon enjoy the benefits of a ‘dark’ fibre-optic network from Halifax to Middleton. The 250 GB/second Valley Community Fibre Network will be up and running by September, say those involved in the project. The VCFN 2007 annual general meeting took place at Acadia University on Wednesday afternoon.
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Minacs to add 350 employees to Port Hawkesbury operation |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, June 18, 2007
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Minacs, an international business-process outsourcing company, plans to create up to 350 jobs in Port Hawkesbury. The province, through Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), has authorized a payroll rebate for Minacs to a maximum of $2,684,500 over the next five years. Premier Rodney MacDonald made the announcement on Friday at an event in Port Hawkesbury.
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Nicom IT Solutions is Gold Certified |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Nicom IT Solutions has hit Gold. The Halifax IT professional services firm has recently been awarded Microsoft's highest certification level, which means they have exceeded standards for training, proof of competency, and customer satisfaction.
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Top Email Marketing Company Achieves 150 Per Cent Sales Growth |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 11, 2007 – Halifax-based email marketing company Mailworkz today announced its achievement of 150 per cent sales growth in May. The company increased its total customer base by an average of 23 per cent per month from January 2007 to May 2007, resulting in the sharp increase in sales.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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