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Business Intelligence (BI) solutions developer Panorama Software has announced a new release of Panorama Necto, the industry’s first BI 3.0 solution that brings the concept of social networks and recommendation systems into BI. Panorama Necto’s new release delivers the best of Corporate BI and Data Discovery by satisfying the needs of IT, analysts and business users in one unified and easy-to-use web-based application. It is a scalable and secure BI solution that also offers the flexibility and agility that Data Discovery tools have to offer. Read the rest of this entry »

CyberPatriot V will culminate next week with the National Finals Competition on March 14-16 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. After three impressive preliminary rounds for which over 1,200 teams registered, just 28 teams remain, including 2 teams from Manitoba. The teams will compete for top honours in the All Service and Open Division categories. Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley will be the Keynote Speaker at the National Finals Competition Awards Banquet on Saturday evening. Awards will be presented by Maj. Gen. Suzanne M. Vautrinot , Commander, 24th Air Force, and Kathy Warden , Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Information Systems. Read the rest of this entry »

Reader™ Store from Sony has announced the addition of Kids Corner, a dedicated shopping section that will offer illustrated and enhanced children’s content. Kids Corner, which is available in the US and Canada, supports EPUB3.0 content, a new industry standard file format, allowing customers to enjoy embedded media and interactivity within the book itself when viewed on compatible Android tablets and smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co., Inc. has announced Ron Wilson as its new president and chief operating officer of its Canada operations, effective immediately. In this role, Wilson will lead the business in Canada under the Future Shop and Best Buy brands, including online. Read the rest of this entry »

The Girard family regrets to announce the death of Omer Girard. Mr. Girard passed away last Saturday, March 2 at his home in Magog. Born on December 28, 1920, Mr. Girard was a remarkable entrepreneur in Canada’s telecommunications industry. He made a name for himself in particular in the early 1970s with his battle for open access to existing telecommunications transport infrastructure for cable businesses in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Ram Raju, President and CEO of Kivuto Solutions Inc., an Ottawa-based complex digital distribution service provider, has received the IMPACT Award from the International Talent Acquisition Centre (In-TAC), another Ottawa-based organization that connects internationally-trained IT professionals with local employers. Raju received the award for his continuing support of In-TAC’s efforts through Kivuto’s proactive hiring practices. In 2012 alone, Kivuto hired 16 graduates of In-TAC’s employment programs. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada has announced that it is supporting the production of four new French-language feature films through the Canada Feature Film Fund. The four films are Ghost(s) (Stéphane Lapointe), Les Loups (Sophie Deraspe), Le Relampeur (Martin Talbot) and Tu dors Nicole (Stéphane Lafleur). Read the rest of this entry »

ACIS Consulting, a Toronto-based provider of search technology services, has launched a new Membership Product Promotion Platform (M3P) as part of the Cloud Search Portal service offering. M3P is a specialized cloud based service offering tailored to meet the needs of associations that are looking for an easy-to-manage and less costly “Source Guide” solution for promoting the brands, products and services of their membership base. In addition to providing a needed service for the association membership, M3P can also be a new revenue stream generator for some associations. Read the rest of this entry »

Nexonia Inc. has announced that its Expense Reports and Timesheets mobile apps are now available for all BlackBerry 10 devices, including the Z10 and Q10 smartphones and the PlayBook tablet. Nexonia’s BlackBerry 10 applications were developed prior to the unveiling of the new Z10 an Q10 devices, and released into BlackBerry App World immediately after the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system. With these releases, BlackBerry becomes the third mobile platform supported by Nexonia, joining Apple iOS and Google Android. Read the rest of this entry »

FileHold document management software was designed to be easily translated into any language, and the company has announced that its Spanish Language Pack is now available as a standard feature. Until now, FileHold business partners did the translations and supported various languages all over the world. Languages translated include; Arabic, French, Chinese, Polish, Indonesian, and Spanish. This release of the Spanish Language pack is fully supported and marketed by FileHold and comes as a standard no charge feature. Read the rest of this entry »