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BizTech: Emergency backup for VoIP important |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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HALIFAX - Note to all VoIPers – if you're going to call 9-1-1, you might want to use another form of communication. For readers not in the know (and that's many people, as the technology is new and mainly found in large urban centres) VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, and it's a type of telephone service using an Internet connection to send and receive calls.
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MSVU puts hold on IT admissions |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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At a time when high-tech employers in the province want workers, Mount Saint Vincent University has stopped accepting applications for its information technology program due to a lack of students
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RIM launching $150 million VC fund for mobile apps |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, May 12, 2008
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TORONTO, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Research In Motion (RIM) (TSX: RIM; NASDAQ: RIMM), RBC (RY: TSX; RY: NYSE) and Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL; NASDAQ: TRIN), today announced plans to launch the BlackBerry(R) Partners Fund, a US$150 million venture capital fund, to invest in mobile applications and services for the BlackBerry(R) platform and other mobile platforms. The Fund is to be co-managed by JLA Ventures
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AFL Telecommunications and SolutionInc Limited Sign Reseller Agreement |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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Halifax, Nova Scotia and Duncan, South Carolina – May 7, 2008: SolutionInc Limited (TSX-VEN:STL), a global leader in Internet management solutions, and AFL Telecommunications, a leading telecommunications product and services supplier, announced today the signing of a reseller agreement whereby AFL will sell and support SolutionInc’s products. The agreement will focus within the North American hospitality market and will include AFL’s clients within the exploding Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) segment.
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Mailworkz Announces Free Email-Marketing-4-Life Offering® |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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Mailworkz, a leading on-demand e-marketing solutions company, is launching a new outreach campaign to showcase the usability, attractive templates, effectiveness, and other enhanced features of its Zebratracks email marketing service.
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It takes a logical mind |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, April 28, 2008
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Software designers work hard and must stay on top of developments in their profession, but employment prospects and creative satisfaction are excellent
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RIM exceeds expectations |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, April 03, 2008
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TORONTO (CP) — Research In Motion outdid analyst expectations for the fourth quarter as profits at the BlackBerry maker rose to US$412.5 million and revenues came in slightly ahead of estimates.
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Cyberplex Ranks Third on the 2007 Branham 300 Listing |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, March 31, 2008
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TORONTO, March 31 /CNW/ - Cyberplex Inc. has been named one of the top three Movers and Shakers on the 2007 Branham 300, an independent annual ranking of the 300 largest information technology (IT) companies in Canada.
The Movers and Shakers list represents the companies that, through remarkable performance, showed the most significant increases in their rankings compared to the previous year's list. As a result of its year over year growth rate of 236%, Cyberplex rocketed up 61 places on the Branham ranking making it one of the top three Movers and Shakers of the year.
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Abridean for sale again?? |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, March 24, 2008
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nCipher plc, specialists in protecting critical enterprise data, reported a 15% increase in revenue to £24.2m and a return to profitability in the year to end December 2007....In conjunction with the new Product Delivery Group, the review concluded that the products and development being undertaken by subsidiary Abridean are no longer strategic to the nCipher’s future and will not be brought to market. As a result Abridean has been put into a care and maintenance mode until potential buyers are identified.
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Professional Development Summit 2008 - "In Pursuit of Best Practices" |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, March 24, 2008
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The Canadian Information Processing Society - Bluenose Chapter, the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Atlantic Canada and the Halifax Chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis are pleased to announce Professional Development Summit 2008 - "In Pursuit of Best Practices". This day-long professional development event will offer members the opportunity to learn the latest best practices in their profession while gaining professional development credits.
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NSBI expands payroll rebates for smaller businesses |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, March 21, 2008
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IN NOVA SCOTIA, the land of the small business, in many cases entrepreneurs creating or retaining fewer than 50 employees were cut out of a government funding arrangement, which Nova Scotia Business Inc. uses to successfully entice companies to move to this province.
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Officials say Teletech definitely staying in Amherst |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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AMHERST - If there any changes coming to one of Amherst’s larger employers, it’s news to the area’s MLA. Since Colorado-based Teletech Holdings announced last month its decision to scale back its Halifax operations, there have been fears in this community that the company’s Amherst office may be impacted. Cumberland North MLA Ernie Fage and Amherst Mayor Jerry Hallee recently met with company officials in Amherst and Fage said he’s confident Teletech isn’t going anywhere.
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OnlineMusicNetwork.ca ready to grow |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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Halifax-based music networking website OnlineMusicNetwork.ca (OMN) is relaunching soon. In addition to the profiling features it already offers, it will be unveiling an on-demand video component produced in conjunction with UNTV.ca.
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375 jobs expected with IT firm expansion |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, March 06, 2008
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One of Nova Scotia's largest information technology firms is adding 375 jobs at its Halifax office, with the province providing generous subsidies for the expansion.
Keane Canada Inc. announced Thursday it will be creating the software applications jobs within the next five years, thanks to an investment from the province worth up to $6 million.
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200 new jobs expected at Sydney call centre |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
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The province is helping a call-centre company ring in up to 200 new jobs in Sydney.
Nova Scotia Business Inc., the province's business development agency, announced Monday it will provide the ICT Group with a five-year payroll rebate of up to $1.4 million.
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SolutionInc Limited Announces Most Successful Quarter |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, March 03, 2008
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Halifax, Nova Scotia - February 28, 2008: SolutionInc Technologies Limited (TSX-VEN:STL), a leader in Internet management, provisioning and billing, released today its unaudited consolidated interim results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007 ("Q3 2008").
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Hedge fund firm promises 325 new tech jobs |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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The province’s effort to make Halifax an important centre for information technology and financial services companies got a significant boost Tuesday.
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Halifax call centre to lay off 485 |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Teletech Holdings is laying off all 485 of its call centre staff in Halifax.
K.C. Higgins, a spokeswoman for the Colorado company, said the changing business needs of an unidentified Teletech client that decided to move work out of the company’s site in Bayers Lake Business Park prompted the layoffs
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SMUtube.ca wins award |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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SMUtube.ca, a video-based recruitment website developed for Saint Mary’s University, was awarded a gold medal by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education at the 2008 Communications Awards held recently in Boston.
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EastLink launches Web Hosting Services |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Halifax, Nova Scotia - Businesses that are looking for a reliable, economical and easy way to get their website up and running can now do so with EastLink Web Hosting.
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Songwriters seek $1.5 billion a year tax on Canadians |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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The Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) this week continued a lobbying effort that seeks to have the federal government impose a tax on Canadians that could raise over $1.5 billion dollars a year.
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Defunct firm sues province |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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A bankrupt Dartmouth broadband company is suing the province for allegedly using its business model to provide high-speed wireless services throughout Nova Scotia.
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ACOA funding could mean 200 jobs |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
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Central Nova MP Peter MacKay announced Friday a $1 million contribution to a Toronto-based IT business which is hoping to cultivate a medical transcription industry in Atlantic Canada. Vikram Khurana, founder and CEO of Prudential Consulting Inc., said his company is already training individuals to work in the field, in partnership with community colleges in the region, including the Nova Scotia Community College.
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IT programs can't attract applicants |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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When Azza Abouzied gets her master's degree in computer science this year, she'll be the envy of many recent university graduates. Not only is she essentially guaranteed a job in her field, but chances are, it's her prospective employers who will be sweating the interview.
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Nicom IT Solutions Wins American Port Contract |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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Nicom IT Solutions won a major contract to rebuild the port logistics system for the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay, an organization based in Philadelphia. Capitalizing on successful projects of a similar nature for the Port of Halifax and the Port of Saint John, Nicom was able to beat out other contenders from all over North America.
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Company shoots, scores |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, January 14, 2008
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Hockey training system on development fast-track as finalists in InNOVAcorp technology competition
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Abridean Appoints VP of Service Provisioning Solutions |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, January 14, 2008
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HALIFAX, Jan. 9 /CNW/ - Halifax based provisioning and security solution developer abridean, Inc. (www.abridean.com), today announced it has expanded its service provisioning development and support teams and appointed Peter Bidgood as the VP of Service Provisioning Solutions. In the last 12 months Abridean's Provisor automated user account provisioning platform has been updated to support Microsoft Exchange 2007, SharePoint Services 3.0 and RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1. With the continued growth in its overall client base, abridean is positioning to meet the extra demand.
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SportsDirect layoffs surprise staff |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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One of the 60 people laid off from a online sports-information company late last week says there was no indication that SportsDirect Inc. was planning to axe about half its staff.
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What’s for dinner tonight? |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Once found whipping up meals in some of Halifax’s finer restaurants, chef Paul Routhier is now using his culinary skills at a less likely spot — a software company.
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Loonie takes toll on sports data firm |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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Paul Lavers says he’s not a betting man, but he thinks the growth in online advertising bodes well for his business’s future.
"Online advertising grew by 30 per cent in 2007 and (is projected to grow) by 30 per cent in 2008," said the president and CEO of SportsDirect Inc., a Halifax firm that compiles and distributes online sports statistics, odds and news.
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Sports Direct Inc. Layoffs |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, January 07, 2008
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We have no official word on this yet but a number of sources have mentioned this over the last couple days...
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High-speed Internet for all by 2009 |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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The news is simply electrifying and it offers greater opportunities for business in Kings County and elsewhere in Nova Scotia. The government’s recent announcement of a $74.4 million infrastructure program to cover the province with long-awaited high-speed Internet access is welcome news to Environment and Labour Minister Mark Parent.
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High-speed returns to Queens County |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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High speed internet is returning to North Queens and other rural areas of Nova Scotia in the near future with the help of provincial and federal government funding. On Dec. 5 the province announced contracts with Internet service providers, EastLink and Seaside Communications in Sydney. Cost shared between the provincial and federal governments, the $74.5-million “broadband initiative” will make Nova Scotia the most connected place in North America by the end of 2009, according to the provincial government.
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Valley groups learn about fibre optic network |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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KENTVILLE — More than 85 representatives of various Annapolis Valley businesses, community organizations and government agencies met recently to learn about the potential of the Valley Community Fibre Network, coming to the region soon.
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Province Awards Contracts for Internet Providers |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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The province has signed contracts with Internet service providers, taking Nova Scotia one step closer to becoming the most connected jurisdiction in all of North America by the end of 2009.
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Aliant injects over $5 million in Nova Scotia's broadband network |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia – Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading information and communications technology provider, today announced an injection of $5 million in Nova Scotia’s broadband network and Aliant Hotspots. This announcement includes Aliant’s planned expansion of High Speed to customers in 24 communities across the province in early 2008. Aliant High Speed will be available to 86.4 per cent of Nova Scotia customers by the end of 2008. Overall investment in Nova Scotia’s broadband network since 2005 surpasses $30 million.
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Nicom IT Solutions Joins Prestigious Microsoft Club |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Friday, November 30, 2007
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Just months after achieving Gold Partner status with Microsoft, Nicom IT Solutions has been inducted in Microsoft’s Partner Excellence program, a unique organization of only 60 companies in Canada.
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Tax credit will help digital media firms |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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The provincial government has introduced a tax credit that will help companies in Nova Scotia develop interactive products like video games and websites.
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InNOVAcorp Announces Finalists in I-3 Competition |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 22, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 22, 2007 - The I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition is heating up as InNOVAcorp today announced the finalists from across Nova Scotia selected to move on to the final round of the competition.
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HB Studios expanding |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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HB Studios, the Lunenburg entertainment company with international credits for slick electronic sports games, has slam-dunked itself into a satellite location in south-end Halifax.
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High speed Internet on the way |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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By the end of November, contracts will be signed and the provinces promise to give the opportunity for 100% high-speed Internet to all of Nova Scotia will be on its way.
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Cape Breton-based Techlink lands major VLT contract |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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Cape Breton-based Techlink Entertainment has landed a major contract within the provincial gaming world. The Nova Scotia Gaming Corp. announced Monday that Techlink has been awarded the contract for an Informed Player Choice System for video lottery terminals.
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Cyberplex Revenue Increases 280 Percent |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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TORONTO, Nov. 13 /CNW/ - Cyberplex Inc. (TSX:CX) a leading technology firm focused on providing web advertising solutions and on-line customer acquisition strategies, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
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INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS TO EXAMINE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ATLANTIC CANADA |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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International, national and regional stakeholders and practitioners in science, technology and innovation will gather in Halifax, Nova Scotia, later this week to examine practical ways in which regions such as Atlantic Canada can build capacity and make significant contributions to national prosperity
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ACOA funds tech upgrade |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Monday, November 19, 2007
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NEW GLASGOW — A local company that specializes in creating opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities has been given a technological boost by the federal government.
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Face the business facts |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 08, 2007
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If you have a new business and you want to attract venture capital, you have to embrace new media, a California technologist and futurist told business leaders Wednesday.
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Website would help natives find work |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, November 08, 2007
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A new aboriginal website could soon be up and running if John Paul has his way.
The website would link aboriginals to job openings in the Atlantic region and profile skills of those searching for careers, said Mr. Paul, executive director of the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs Secretariat Inc.
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Mentor companies linked to Cornwallis head |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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At least three of the companies that benefited from Nova Scotia's provincial nominee program are connected to the president of Cornwallis Financial Corp., the company that administered the program from 2003 to 2006. A list of mentorship companies released by the Office of Immigration Monday includes Abridean Inc., eCRM Networks and Kornova Investments, all companies that have been associated with Stephen Lockyer.
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Nova Scotia Tourism Website Showcases Province |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia—Learn about the Bay of Fundy tides, drive Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail and play seaside golf in the highlands—all of these spectacular experiences are just a mouse-click away thanks to the wide range of video vignettes featured on novascotia.com. For those planning Nova Scotia vacations, the videos are a perfect way to virtually experience the province’s many offerings, well before leaving home.
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SolutionInc Limited Appoints Bob Cyr as Global Operations Manager |
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By ITNovaScotia Admin on
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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Halifax, Nova Scotia – October 24, 2007: SolutionInc Technologies Limited (TSX-VEN:STL), a leader in Internet management, provisioning and billing, announced today that it has appointed Mr. Bob Cyr to its senior management team. Mr. Cyr joins SolutionInc as Global Operations Manager.
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