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Zevrix Solutions has released BatchOutput XLS 2.1.3, a compatibility update to its popular output automation solution for Microsoft Excel on Mac OS X. The software provides advanced solutions for demanding enterprise and office publishing environments through automation of printing and professional PDF output. With BatchOutput XLS, users only need to select Excel files and adjust output settings, and the software will do the rest automatically. For example, users can export dozens of Excel files to PDF with just a click of a button, or leave BatchOutput to print hundreds of files overnight and pick up the completed job next morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Information Management (EIM) developer OpenText™ will be kicking off its annual OpenText Enterprise World 2013 conference, November 17-21, 2013, in Orlando, Florida where thought leaders from around the world will converge to discuss the future of EIM. OpenText CEO, Mark J. Barrenechea, will deliver the opening keynote address where he will unveil the company’s much anticipated Project Red Oxygen – the first choreographed release of software in the company’s history that will enable CIOs to transform every line of business by better equipping them to compete in the new information economy. Read the rest of this entry »

Working to help foster Canadian innovation and entrepreneurship, Microsoft Canada has announced formal relationships with three of the country’s leading startup hubs: Launch Academy in Vancouver, Montreal’s Notman House and MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. The relationship is part of Microsoft Ventures, a global initiative to help entrepreneurs build great companies. Working with startups at every stage of maturity, the initiative provides the tools, resources, and expertise startups need to help succeed. Read the rest of this entry »

Join the Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH chapter as Spark CG proudly presents an evening session on “Elysium” by the Image Engine team. The presentation, which takes place on Wednesday, October 23rd at the Vancouver International Film Centre, will be followed by a technical preview by Side Effects Software. Beginning at 7:00pm, the presentation will focus on a key droid sequence and highlight how multiple departments came together to create one of the film’s most dynamic scenes. Read the rest of this entry »

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk got a hands-on demonstration today of a haul-truck simulator during a visit to the College of the Rockies. The college bought four stationary haul-truck simulators and one mobile simulator through funding totalling more than $2.8 million. Funding sources included $580,000 from the Province, $560,000 from the Columbia Basin Trust, and more than $1.7 million through Western Economic Diversification. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa software developer Analytics Edge has released a new connector for its Microsoft Excel add-in that provides direct access to MailChimp campaign and mailing list data. Reinforcing the company’s mantra that computers should do the work for you, the connector lets you automate the transfer of data between MailChimp’s servers and Excel workbooks on your computer. Read the rest of this entry »

Anti-spyware company Lavasoft has released Ad-Aware 11, a comprehensive redesign of its award-winning anti-malware software. Ad-Aware 11 gives consumers peace of mind while using their computers at work or at play by protecting their private data and securing their computer against all forms of online threats including viruses, spyware and adware. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Information Management (EIM) developer OpenText has been positioned as a leader across all Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technologies in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Content Management, Q3 2013¹ by leading analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc. This report follows another recent report by industry analyst firm, Radicati, which named OpenText a “Top Player” in its Enterprise Content Management – Market Quadrant 2013² report. OpenText believes that these reports consistently position the company as an influential and innovative provider of solutions within the ECM space. Read the rest of this entry »

TunnelBear, a Toronto company building apps to make online privacy and an open Internet accessible to everyone, is squaring off with data brokers, advertisers and social media companies that track everything consumers do online. While it’s as simple as an on/off button to the user, in the background the new TunnelBear app is protecting user privacy by hiding both the users’ IP address and zapping many of the ads, scripts, cookies, social buttons and beacons that these companies are using to track consumers online. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa-based embedded user interface (UI) solutions developer Crank Software has been selected by Nintendo to provide the WebKit technology that powers the Nintendo Web Framework. With Crank Software’s WebKit, web developers, in addition to traditional developers, can now use the Nintendo Web Framework to develop their newest games and applications on the Wii U system with the best technologies possible – including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. In a recent analyst briefing, Nintendo stated that there has been tremendous interest in the new Nintendo Web Framework development environment. Read the rest of this entry »