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Ceridian Corporation, a provider of business management software has announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dayforce Corporation. The acquisition underscores Ceridian’s commitment to cloud technology and builds on Ceridian’s February 2011 investment in Dayforce’s award-winning HCM platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Communications has announced the launch of another industry first, Rogers One Number^TM, a service that allows Canadians to extend their Rogers wireless number to their computer. Available for free exclusively to Rogers wireless customers. Rogers One Number lets you text and talk from your computer and video chat with other Rogers One Number users on your computer, all using your wireless number. Read the rest of this entry »

“There’s an app for that” may apply to more than four in ten Canadian businesses before the year is over, a new survey by Robert Half Technology shows. Thirty-one per cent of CIOs polled recently said their companies already offer a mobile application, while another 12 per cent said they plan to offer one in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine has launched the latest version of Fairshare Traffic Management, a turn-key product for mobile congestion management and analytics that maximizes users’ quality of experience and extends the life of network infrastructure investment. Sandvine’s Fairshare Traffic Management 4.0 introduces a new dynamic control system which measures the achieved network quality and acts to maximize it. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc. and Malaysia-based IPTV technology solution provider Select-TV have announced a new partnership that will introduce TransGaming’s GameTree™ TV into the hospitality market internationally. This partnership extends the GameTree TV reach and consumer audience by delivering high quality on-demand interactive entertainment to hotels, cruise liners, and hospitals in Asia and the Middle-East. In addition, GameTree TV will now reach consumer homes in Malaysia, Singapore, and India. Through this partnership, GameTree TV is expected to deploy within these markets by late Spring 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw has announced the launch of its upgraded network – Shaw EXO™. The network provides customers with the best in entertainment and technology offerings and brings a wealth of possibilities for the future. With great new services like stunning 1080p High-Definition quality on the Shaw Gateway, On Demand television content from Global, CTV and Citytv, and SHAW EXO WiFi coming soon, the enhanced network delivers the latest in technology to customers. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based Kairos Transmedia, a new media content creation company focused on youth, has acquired all the capital stock of Richmond Hill company The Directors Cut Canada as well as The Directors Cut USA. The Directors Cut (TDC) teaches kids digital literacy through its in-classroom work-shops, after school programs and week-long summer day camps. Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday February 9^th Torstar Digital employees will gather after work to begin the ambitious task of building a new business in just 54 hours as part of Startup Weekend. The event is not part of their regular work, but a voluntary activity that provides all employees with the opportunity to make their mark in the organization by pitching an idea for a new venture they want Torstar Digital to pursue. They will form into teams based on their favourite ideas and spend the next two days turning these ideas into real ventures. All the teams will make final presentations and one will win. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosted business solutions provider SherWeb has announced that its founders, Peter and Matthew Cassar, have been named ACTION TI’s Personality of December 2011. This honorable mention, announced in the latest issue of their publication, underlines SherWeb’s important contributions to technology development and its astounding business success. Read the rest of this entry »

The first major fund-raising campaign by Canada’s leading communications foundation has surpassed its goal.  The Communications + Public Relations Foundation will use proceeds to conduct original research to establish the profile of today’s public relations practitioners and determine the skills and aptitude that Canadian employers will be expecting from public relations professionals in the future. Read the rest of this entry »