IT news impacting the local industry. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/BlogId/1/Default.aspx en-US info@itnovascotia.com admin@itnovascotia.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:14:39 GMT Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:14:39 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.2.0.29758 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 http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/454/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/454/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=454 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=454 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/453/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/453/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=453 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=453 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 and RBC Venture Partners http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/452/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/452/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=452 Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=452 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/450/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/450/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=450 Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=450 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/451/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/451/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=451 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=451 Software designers work hard and must stay on top of developments in their profession, but employment prospects and creative satisfaction are excellent http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/449/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/449/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=449 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT 1 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=449 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/448/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/448/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=448 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT 1 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=448 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/447/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/447/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=447 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=447 Service sector produces jobs as region’s manufacturors slip http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/446/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/446/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=446 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=446 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/445/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/445/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=445 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=445 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/444/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/444/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=444 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 2 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=444 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/443/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/443/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=443 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 1 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=443 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/442/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/442/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=442 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=442 Modern Media Inc., a homegrown digital marketing company, is expanding in Nova Scotia, creating up to 100 new jobs in Halifax within the next five years. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/441/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/441/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=441 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=441 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/440/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/440/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=440 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=440 Cossette Atlantic acquires Rampage Technology, a leading interactive agency specializing in website development http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/439/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/439/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=439 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 2 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=439 Keane Canada has gone out of its way to accommodate new Canadians as part of its growing workforce. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/438/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/438/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=438 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=438 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/437/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/437/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=437 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 2 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=437 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/436/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/436/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=436 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=436 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"). http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/435/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/435/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=435 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=435 Convergys mulls pulling some of its operations out of Canada http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/434/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/434/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=434 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=434 The province’s effort to make Halifax an important centre for information technology and financial services companies got a significant boost Tuesday. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/433/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/433/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=433 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=433 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/432/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/432/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=432 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=432 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. http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/431/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/431/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=431 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=431 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 http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/430/Default.aspx info@itnovascotia.com http://www.itnovascotia.com/News/tabid/55/EntryID/430/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.itnovascotia.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=430 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT 0 http://www.itnovascotia.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=430