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High technology supplier of security systems and software Viscount Systems Inc. has announced that it will launch a new version of its application, Freedom, that works with Microsoft Windows Azure to offer customers enhanced security, as well as innovative user interface features and reliability improvements. As a new member of the Microsoft Partner Network Viscount is now authorized to use the Powered by Windows Azure logo on its Freedom cloud software application and list Freedom in the Windows Azure marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »

D-Link has demonstrated its renewed commitment to the sales and service channel through the latest enhancements made to the Value in Partnership program, aimed at its resellers across Canada, available Feb. 7. Under the new name Value in Partnership+, D-Link offers a partner program that is unrivalled in the industry, creating additional revenue streams for its partners and allowing them to grow into new markets. Read the rest of this entry »

Extreme Startups, Canada’s premier startup accelerator program, is launching today with $7 million in committed funding for the world’s most promising new technology companies and ideas. Some of Canada’s leading venture capital investors have teamed up to provide funds and resources for Extreme Startups, a rebranded and expanded version of the Extreme University accelerator program founded by early-stage venture capital investor Extreme Venture Partners. Read the rest of this entry »

March Networks^®, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, has announced that Woolworths Limited – an Australian company with extensive retail interests throughout Australia and New Zealand – is deploying new Visual Intelligence software across thousands of existing March Networks video recording systems in a phased upgrade program. The software delivers enhanced live monitoring and searching capabilities that make it even easier for the retailer to centrally manage surveillance video used for security and loss prevention in more than 1,300 remote locations. Read the rest of this entry »

Linux desktop virtualization developer Userful Corporation has released the next generation of its Userful MultiSeat™ solution which turns one Linux computer into multiple high performance independent computer stations using the HP t200 thin client. At $99 including the keyboard and mouse, the HP t200 is the world’s lowest cost thin client device. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s weak innovation performance is partly a result of Canadian business leaders’ sometimes inaccurate beliefs about the innovation environment, according to a Conference Board of Canada report based on results from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Survey 2011-12. Read the rest of this entry »

Belden Inc., an American-based provider of signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has announced that it currently intends to allow its offer to acquire Canadian company RuggedCom Inc. for C$22.00 per share to expire on February 9, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Astral Media Inc. has announced that its Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Claude Gagnon, has advised the Company of his decision to leave the organization today, January 31, 2012 with the intent to retire, after a distinguished career of over 20 years at Astral. Read the rest of this entry »

Payfirma has announced the availability of the next version of its mobile payment app. The updated app brings a host of new features that make accepting credit cards on iPhones and iPads faster and easier than ever before. The app also boasts a sleeker design that doubles the speed to make transactions. Read the rest of this entry »

BMO Financial Group donated $500,000 to Science World’s Bridging the Science Gap capital campaign at a ceremony yesterday during the BMO Power of Blue Day. The donation will go towards the naming of the new “Our World: BMO Sustainability Gallery”, which explores how everyday choices concerning electricity, water consumption and waste can affect the world and impact the future. Read the rest of this entry »