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Shaw Communications Inc. has announced its successful bid to provide Snamprogetti Canada Inc. with communications services for Husky’s Sunrise Energy Project construction camp. The three-year agreement will service 1,500 individual camp rooms and showcase Shaw Business’s capabilities in three key areas – phone, television and Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Paris-based network intelligence technology provider Qosmos and Montreal-based mobile data intelligence solutions provider Neuralitic Systems have announced that Neuralitic now integrates Qosmos technology as a reference platform for data extraction with its flagship product, SevenFlow. Read the rest of this entry »

Rural broadband services provider Xplornet Communications Inc. is pleased to announce that its first 4G broadband satellite has passed all tests and is now operational, serving customers across Canada.  Launched in October 2011, ViaSat-1 is the highest capacity broadband satellite ever placed in orbit over North America, and Xplornet has acquired 100% of its Canadian Ka-band capacity to use exclusively to provide 4G broadband to rural and remote Canadians. Read the rest of this entry »

A new company has hit the ground running in Cook Street Village in Victoria. Upanup Studios is a digital agency that offers high-end web strategy, programming, development and design who will take advantage of Victoria’s tech talent and the region’s appeal for talented creative professionals to live and work. The company is set to provide a range of high-end web solutions to companies and organizations in the Pacific Northwest United States and Western Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s most credible and trusted consumer packaged goods (CPG) awards program, the Best New Product Awards (BNPAs), welcomes Shaw Media as the exclusive broadcast media partner. The partnership will include various campaigns showcasing the BNPA logo as well as BNPA winners being featured on Shaw’s extensive broadcast, online and video on demand networks including: Global Television, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel and Slice. Read the rest of this entry »

ViXS Systems Inc. has announced that the XCode5106 is the media processor single chip System on Chip (SoC) powering NEC Personal Computer’s TV tuner module in the VALUESTAR W and N series All-in-One Desktop PCs.  The VALUESTAR PC integrates all the functions of today’s desktop PC into the LCD screen making this is a very compact and space- saving design.   The integration capability of the XC5106 allows all the TV functions to be integrated on a small PCIe card, helping to save space and cost. Read the rest of this entry »

BelAir Networks large-scale Wi-Fi and multi-access small cell wireless systems for mobile and fixed service providers, and the only company focused solely on service provider customers, today announced the latest enhancements to its recently announced GigXone™ small cell wireless system. System improvements speed up and simplify the deployment and management of tens of 1000s of network access points (APs) while optimizing video-based applications and services. Read the rest of this entry »

According to a survey commissioned by Minigroup, a Calgary-based developer of web-based collaboration software, small- and mid-sized company employees agree that tools such as a centralized web portal for storing and accessing documents, consolidated group task lists and the ability to edit documents jointly will increase workplace productivity. The study also found differences in employee preferences and styles in how they interact and do their work, based on gender, age and business size. Read the rest of this entry »

Meeting the evolving needs of employers and today’s professionals, particularly the emerging workforce, Monster® has announced BeKnown™, the professional networking app, launched a new app for Facebook timeline®, enhancing the value of a BeKnown profile and making it easier to share individual and company profiles with friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Equifax Canada offers a number of suggestions in time for Fraud Protection Month in March. Read the rest of this entry »