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Join crossmedia superstars, bloggers, branding experts and media-makers from around the world at Merging Media 2013‘s Biz Hub. The Biz Hub is not only a place to network with fellow conference attendees and take a break from the main conference program, it promises to be a bustling hub of cross-media action. Take advantage of this unique opportunity by registering now for this year’s International B2B Meeting Program to schedule face to face meetings with future biz partners and the best transmedia minds from around the globe. 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 »

The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance) is pleased to announce that Symantec has become its newest corporate member. Founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists, Symantec has evolved to become one of the world’s largest software companies with more than 18,500 employees in more than 50 countries. Symantec provides security, storage and systems management solutions to help their customers – from consumers and small businesses to the largest global organizations – secure and manage their information-driven world against more risks at more points, more completely. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today featured Canada’s leading-edge and innovative transmedia series, games, software and mobile applications produced specifically for children and youth.  Canadian projects were presented as part of a showcase organized by the CMF and Telefilm Canada to highlight Canadian content and talent at MIPCOM 2013. The CMF’s President and CEO, Valerie Creighton, presented a special screening of seven outstanding and diverse projects representative of Canada’s creative screen-based industry geared towards the youth market. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian startup Synbiota Inc., has launched its revolutionary web based collaborative biotech development platform, bringing increased security, transparency, and efficiency to life science research. Built on cutting edge web technologies and embracing open source, Synbiota hopes to radically accelerate life science research by providing both open science, and secure research tools. Read the rest of this entry »

QuickMobile, a Vancouver-based developer of mobile apps for meetings, conferences and exhibitions, today announced the availability of a new configurable gamification module for its industry-leading MobileEvent event app platform. The module makes it fast, easy and affordable to add gamification benefits to any single event app for any-size meeting or organization. With QuickMobile, event planners and organizers have greater flexibility when using in-app games to achieve meeting goals and objectives, from increasing attendance and networking to promoting education and participation. In addition to the new game module, QuickMobile also develops fully customized games from the ground up to further enhance attendee engagement and improve the event experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Broad-Connect Telecom, an Ontario-based provider of managed data, voice, security and hosted IT services, has announced the launch of its VoIP Video Conferencing solution for multi-location business customers. The video and voice solution augments Broad-Connect Telecom’s current SIP Trunking and Hosted PBX solution offerings allowing companies of all sizes to purchase an affordable Video Conferencing platform and introduce new companies to Broad-Connect Telecom’s access services. Read the rest of this entry »

TELUS is launching TELUS WISE (Wise Internet and Smartphone Education), a unique program available to Canadians for free, offering seminars and online resources that will help keep all members of Canadian families safer online. Whether it’s protecting children from cyberbullying and sexual exploitation or keeping elderly safe from financial fraud and identity theft, developing more online-savvy is critical to a family’s overall safety when using the Internet on computers, tablets and smartphones alike. 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 »

KPMG had its pencils sharpened as the new season of CBC’s Dragons’ Den kicked off last evening. As official advisers to the Dragons, KPMG provides assessments on prospective companies after a Dragon agrees to invest. KPMG provides the Dragons with the in-depth analysis necessary to uncover and understand what a company brings to the table before the deal is sealed. Read the rest of this entry »