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Brother Canada was recognized as a world-class leader in customer service at a gala awards ceremony held in Toronto last evening. The business machine and home appliance company earned multiple distinctions from the SQM Group, which benchmarks over 450 leading call centres across North America every year. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil Rogers, President and CEO of video game publisher Square Enix Europe and Stéphane D’Astous, General Manager of development studio Eidos-Montréal will be making a very special announcement at Club 1234 on November 21^st. Square Enix is about to up the ante in Montreal’s video game industry with an expansion to the Eidos studio. Read the rest of this entry »

Providing a platform for tech companies to collide and confer netted great results from Waterloo Region’s 8^th Annual Entrepreneur Week, held November 7th through11th. The event spawned follow-up deals, allowed start-ups to shine and enabled hundreds of entrepreneurs – from small, medium and large companies alike — to gather inspiration from tech gurus who have been there, done that. More than 1,500 people attended Entrepreneur Week events. Read the rest of this entry »

iStockphoto and Business Wire have announced a promotion that will encourage newsmakers to maximize the impact of their announcements through imagery. The promotion provides Business Wire customers with a 20% discount on their first purchase of 50 or more iStock credits, which can be redeemed for images that will ensure news releases receive the attention they deserve. Read the rest of this entry »

Communitech has marked another year of progress with its Annual General Meeting, welcoming industry luminaries to its Board of Directors and honouring the 2011 Tech Impact Award winner, VeloCity. Read the rest of this entry »

Distribution360 has announced the sale of three hit preschool series to Hop! Channel in Israel, which is dedicated to preschoolers and their parents. Included in the deal is the hit Blue Zoo-produced animated preschool series Olive the Ostrich, which has been receiving stellar ratings on Nick Jr. in the U.K. since its launch in September; and the marblemedia-produced live action series This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung, which have aired in over 90 countries, including the U.S. on Disney Junior. These three properties are set to launch on Hop! Channel in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite announces another important social partnership, and is named as a selected partner for the Google+ Pages trial. With Google+ Pages integration, marketing managers and socially strategic organizations are offered new ways of managing connections with customers within the HootSuite dashboard for lead generation, HR recruiting, brand awareness and social campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »

Disk encryption innovator WinMagic^® has been named as a data security supplier for the United States Army Golden Master (AGM) program. WinMagic’s SecureDoc full-disk encryption (FDE) software will protect all data at rest for the United States Army and its customers purchasing a Mac for use on LandWarNET, the U.S. Army’s portion of the global information grid (GIG) which consists of all globally-interconnected, end-to-end Army information capabilities supporting war fighters, policy makers, and support personnel. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media is pleased to announce that it has signed seven new licensing deals for the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed live-action music series Yo Gabba Gabba. Coming early in 2012 will be new toys, accessories, collectibles, clothing, footwear and trading cards. Read the rest of this entry »

On November 17^th, Dean Prevost, President of Allstream, will speak to members of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (BTMM) and  esteemed members of the surrounding business community about IP Networking;  a method of B2B communication that continues to gain momentum in the marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »