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CyberPatriot V will culminate next week with the National Finals Competition on March 14-16 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. After three impressive preliminary rounds for which over 1,200 teams registered, just 28 teams remain, including 2 teams from Manitoba. The teams will compete for top honours in the All Service and Open Division categories. Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley will be the Keynote Speaker at the National Finals Competition Awards Banquet on Saturday evening. Awards will be presented by Maj. Gen. Suzanne M. Vautrinot , Commander, 24th Air Force, and Kathy Warden , Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Information Systems. Read the rest of this entry »

Ram Raju, President and CEO of Kivuto Solutions Inc., an Ottawa-based complex digital distribution service provider, has received the IMPACT Award from the International Talent Acquisition Centre (In-TAC), another Ottawa-based organization that connects internationally-trained IT professionals with local employers. Raju received the award for his continuing support of In-TAC’s efforts through Kivuto’s proactive hiring practices. In 2012 alone, Kivuto hired 16 graduates of In-TAC’s employment programs. Read the rest of this entry »

ACIS Consulting, a Toronto-based provider of search technology services, has launched a new Membership Product Promotion Platform (M3P) as part of the Cloud Search Portal service offering. M3P is a specialized cloud based service offering tailored to meet the needs of associations that are looking for an easy-to-manage and less costly “Source Guide” solution for promoting the brands, products and services of their membership base. In addition to providing a needed service for the association membership, M3P can also be a new revenue stream generator for some associations. Read the rest of this entry »

FileHold document management software was designed to be easily translated into any language, and the company has announced that its Spanish Language Pack is now available as a standard feature. Until now, FileHold business partners did the translations and supported various languages all over the world. Languages translated include; Arabic, French, Chinese, Polish, Indonesian, and Spanish. This release of the Spanish Language pack is fully supported and marketed by FileHold and comes as a standard no charge feature. Read the rest of this entry »

JustSystems, an international developer of XML editor solutions with a Vancouver location, has announced today the release of XMetaL Author Enterprise 8.0, the company’s award-winning XML editor for structured authoring. Combined with the power of DITA 1.2, XMetaL Author Enterprise 8.0 xml editor expands content reuse potential for authors and ensures that the process of content creation contributes to the timely market release of products. In version 8.0, XMetaL Author Enterprise features an enhanced user interface with menus, toolbars, dialog boxes, styling, and editing behaviors that hide DITA complexity and ensure rapid adoption of this important standard. XMetaL also offers a robust and easy-to implement multi-channel publishing solution for DITA. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise electronic signature solutions developer Silanis has announced the release of version 5.0 of its award-winning e-signature solution e-Sign Enterprise™. Release 5.0 delivers ease of use and fast and efficient integration, top requirements in an enterprise e-signature solution for organizations of all sizes. Processing greater than 100,000 consumer and business transactions daily, including the highest volume implementations, e-Sign Enterprise is the solution used by JP Morgan Chase, RBC Royal Bank, US Bank, 21st Century and the US General Services Administration and the entire US Army. Read the rest of this entry »

The freelance talent pool has grown stronger, a new survey suggests. Nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) of advertising and marketing executives interviewed by The Creative Group said the calibre of independent creative professionals has increased in the last five years; among those, 22 per cent said it has increased significantly. Respondents cited “access to specialised skills or knowledge” as the greatest benefit of using freelancers. These findings and additional information, including tips for working with freelancers and questions to consider before pursuing a consulting career, are accessible in a new infographic from The Creative Group, a specialised staffing service for interactive, design and marketing professionals.  Read the rest of this entry »

The immersive game industry stands on the cusp of dramatic change following two years of specialized research conducted by Interactive Games Ontario 3D (iGO3D), an alliance of Ontario universities and leading game companies launched in early 2011. With total funding valued at C$635,000, iGO3D’s findings include everything from developing a better understanding of stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) gaming to pioneering new techniques in S-3D visual game design. Read the rest of this entry »

An overwhelming response to the annual Women in Games Scholarship offered by Vancouver Film School (VFS) has led to the unprecedented announcement of four recipients. Janel Jolly of Canada, Nicha Jaijadesuk of Thailand, Jaymee Mak of Australia, and Anna Prein of Russia have all been awarded a full-tuition scholarship to the one-year Game Design program. This scholarship, the first of its kind in the world, covers the full tuition for an aspiring female game designer in VFS’s acclaimed Game Design program. Read the rest of this entry »

The Arts Innovation Fund is a partnership between BC Film + Media and the BC Arts Council. The program is intended to encourage arts and culture organizations to collaborate with digital media creators to engage audiences in new and innovative ways.  Funding is in the form of a non-recoupable advance of up to $25,000.  This year’s successful applicants are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »