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Restaurant point-of-sale (POS) software company aireus, previously ISISPOS, has just released its cutting-edge 360° CRM product. As restaurants look for innovative ways to develop their business in a highly competitive market, take-out and delivery services are becoming the fastest growing segment of restaurant sales. In fact, the National Restaurant Association reports that take-out and delivery now account for more than half of all restaurant sales. aireus’ new product has responded to this trend with the release of its online ordering module. The product is fully integrated into its existing iPad POS mobile product and will give hospitality providers a user-friendly way for their customers to place orders online. Read the rest of this entry »

GWAVA has announced that Jared Allen, GWAVA VP Product Management, Craig Ano, Senior Manager, Technical Solutions, BlackBerry and John Storozuk, Senior Product Manager, BlackBerry Security, will be presenting a session on creating an enterprise mobile management solution for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 on mobile auditing, archiving and forensics. This session will be presented at the BlackBerry Live event taking place in Orlando this May 14th through16th. Read the rest of this entry »

Conquer Mobile, a Vancouver-based developer of secure enterprise workforce apps, joined Sanotron’s recent Hacking Health event and swept up awards with eBeeper, a breakthrough mobile app for Emergency Departments. The Sanotron Hacking Health event in Vancouver attracted over 200 people and assembled over 30 projects, to innovate health technology and complete for prizes. Judges included emergency physicians from BC and Alberta, managers from Fraser Health IT, and Vancouver General IT, and the Vancouver Coastal Health director.  eBeeper won three awards: Read the rest of this entry »

New Jersey developer StrikeForce Technologies, Inc., a company that specializes in the prevention of cyber theft and data breaches, and Toronto-based Solantus Inc., a company that focuses on the delivery of innovative “best in class” technologies for security, cloud and virtualization throughout Canada, have announced today that they have agreed to terms on a distribution partnership that will provide Canadian businesses with powerful new tools to prevent cybercrime. Read the rest of this entry »

QuickMobile, a Vancouver-based provider of mobile event app solutions, has closed a $3.2 million round of funding led by existing investors, BDC IT Venture Fund and Vancity. The infusion of capital will allow QuickMobile to add the resources required to meet the unprecedented demand for its new multi-event mobile app platform and continue its international expansion. This funding follows $2.6 million of equity investments received in 2011 from angel investors and Vancity, and a $3.3 million round led by BDC IT Venture Fund in 2012. In addition, the company has recently added several members to its senior leadership team, including industry veterans in marketing, services, and product management. Read the rest of this entry »

Kashoo, the makers of simple cloud accounting software for small business, recently surpassed two major milestones: 100,000 registered users and 50,000 downloads of its industry-leading iPad app. Kashoo recently released a new version of its iPad app that includes a number of great new features including attachments, easy printing via AirPrint, faster data entry, a variety of beautiful, client-ready invoice templates and more. The company also released a significant update to its web app in late April. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based Tapstream has announced the immediate availability of Smart Shortlinks for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Designed to help mobile marketers increase app downloads, the Smart Shortlinks identify a consumer’s mobile device-type, and then use that information to redirect them to a pre determined destination, ensuring consumers reach the correct app. It then tracks the number of activations and value of users who came from each link. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosted VoIP, Voice, Video, IT and Data services provider BroadConnect Telecom has unveiled new business, private, and hybrid hosting solutions delivered via cloud. This launch comes in efforts to meet customer demands for cost-efficient virtualization for application, data and storage hosting. BroadConnect’s uniquely advanced Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) presents businesses of all sizes with access to cloud solutions that are both redundant and reliable. Read the rest of this entry »

The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) evolution is growing exponentially and everyday more organizations are working on adopting this practice into their corporate computing strategy. Instacom, the most secure communication solution for businesses, recognizes and addresses the security implications of the BYOD evolution. Finally, one platform has combined instant messaging with centralized file sharing and storage across all desktop and mobile devices. With all message and file data living in the end user’s corporate IT environment bound with strong security policies and encryption, Instacom is the response to the corporate concerns around BYOD. Read the rest of this entry »

As smartphone owners become increasingly accustomed to accessing information quickly, easily and on-the-go, it’s no wonder they are packing this convenience and bringing their mobile device with them on vacations. According to a new Expedia.ca survey of smartphone owners, 88 per cent said it would be very or somewhat useful to be able to use their mobile device to stay updated on hotel and flight information when on holiday. For those travellers who want to remain ‘in-the-know’, recent updates to the Expedia app allows Canadians to do just that. Read the rest of this entry »