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Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, investors have tried to separate the Next Big Thing from the Next Big Nothing. It’s no different when trying to assess today’s technology-intensive enterprises: vapourware hangs over the sector like coal...
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We are very pleased to be Deloitte’s publishing partner this year. The Fast 50 ranks the country’s 50 fastest-growing technology companies based on percentage revenue growth over five years. The list is watched closely by Canada’s business leaders,...
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An article in our June/July issue asked why more companies don’t support telecommuting, considering its many advantages. A new study from Cisco puts numbers to that question. First, the big number: Cisco’s Teleworker Survey concluded increased...
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It never rains but it pours, according to people who craft old sayings, and it turns out they were correct. On top of the poor economy, 2009 is also set to be the worst year on record for malware.
McAfee Avert Labs catalogued more than 1.2...
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Workers in Europe are suffering unacceptable levels of “Web stress” because of poorly performing Web applications, according to the 2009 Web Stress Index from CA. This results in frustration, lowered morale and lost productivity. Web applications,...
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The CEOs of Canada’s emerging software companies continue to believe in their businesses and do not plan wholesale changes, despite the current economic situation, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual Report on Emerging Canadian Software...
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The global market for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags is growing five per cent this year to US$5.56 billion, according to IDTechEx, despite ongoing weakness in the global economy. RFID tags are devices that are attached to objects and...
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For newspapers it has been death by a thousand cuts: American readership has been falling by more than 700,000 a year since 2000, according to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), and revenue was already down when the recession came along and...
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What we often forget, as we withdraw money from a bank machine, miles away from our home branch, is that the electronic transformation in remote banking took at least two decades to complete. “That included many late nights, with challenges and...
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He tweets, literally, about bird sightings, and blogs about online public service and social justice initiatives. At a recent keynote speech for the Mortgage Brokers Association of Canada in Vancouver, he spoke in a soft, subdued tone, unbefitting...
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If you had the chance to chat about 3D technology with Hollywood bigwigs Jeffrey Katzenberg, James Cameron or Stephen Spielberg, you’d hear that the new generation 3D technology is going to be as significant to the cinematic experience as was...
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It starts with an entrepreneur’s bright idea, or a product from an early-stage company. “We get involved with early-stage companies in a variety of ways,” explains David Pamenter, National Leader, Technology Industry Group with...
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In Greek mythology, Artemis played several important roles, including goddess of the hunt and goddess of fertility and childbirth. According to one story, her role as a guardian of young children and women in childbirth started the day she was born,...
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This February, as the world gathers in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, a team of 400-plus Bell employees will already be hard at work as the Vancouver Organizing Committee’s (VANOC) communications department. Bell, a...
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The Canadian outsourcing market averages about $5 to $6 billion annually, with an estimated minimum of $57 billion in outsourcing contracts signed since 1998. The Canadian outsourcing market grew significantly following the 2001 recession as Canadian...
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It’s official—the busiest retail season of the year is upon us. Canadian businesses need to start revving up their marketing tactics to take advantage of the onslaught of hungry shoppers.
Rockin’ around the holiday...
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