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WinMagic Inc., an Ontario-based innovator in full disk encryption, along with the Ponemon Institute have announced the results of the first ever survey looking into the total cost of ownership of full disk encryption. Key findings in the study (The True Cost for Full Disk Encryption) revealed that when compared to the potential damage caused by data disclosure, the cost of encryption is a fraction of the value it provides to businesses around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Turnitin, a California-based originality checking and online grading service provider and Toronto’s innovative learning solutions provider Desire2Learn, announced yesterday at FUSION 2012  significant usability and functionality enhancements to the integration of GradeMark with Desire2Learn Learning Suite 10. This enhanced integration of Turnitin’s award-winning online grading tool provides Desire2Learn users with richer grade collection capabilities in GradeMark and the ability to transfer grades to Desire2Learn Learning Environment. Read the rest of this entry »

triOS College Business Technology Healthcare, an industry leader in education, has introduced bleeding edge technology programs that will produce job-ready, certified and skilled graduates that will fill the growing skills gap that Ontario technology employers are experiencing. Read the rest of this entry »

Rullingnet Corporation, the US-based home of VINCI Early Learning Systems and TVO, have announced an agreement through which TVOKids content will be available to VINCI users today, July 16, 2012. Combining Rullingnet’s expertise in offering mobile learning solutions with TVO’s creative educational content, it demonstrates both organizations’ commitment to helping children use technology as a tool to engage in every day learning for future success. Read the rest of this entry »

A couple of days behind on this but here it is: The Directors Guild of Canada congratulates the 2012 DGC Awards nominees announced today in Toronto. Selected from close to 180 submissions, the nominees in 19 categories represent a cross section of the industry’s outstanding talent working in the screen-based industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Originally posted on June 8th, reposting at the request of Lynda Brown-Ganzert as today is the last day to complete the survey, so if you haven’t yet done so, please do. The Government of BC, Vancouver Economic Development (VEC), the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC, the Canadian Media Production Association – BC Producers’ Branch, British Columbia Film + Media, Wavefront and DigiBC are undertaking a strategic review of BC’s screen-based industries to help support their collective future. Read the rest of this entry »

Traditional ideas of 9-5 office workers heading home and putting all thoughts of work aside until the following day no longer apply for many of today’s employees. According to Randstad Canada, the country’s leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services, in order to achieve work life balance, it’s important for workers to set boundaries between their work and personal lives as the line between work and home continues to blur. Read the rest of this entry »

As doubts re-emerge about the strength of the global economic recovery, and questions persist about Canada’s productivity gap, a new Global Workforce Study by global professional services company Towers Watson shows that the majority (67%) of Canadian workers are not fully engaged in their work and are frustrated by insufficient support from their organizations.  After almost a decade of pressure to do more with less, the study suggests that Canadian workers are finding themselves unable to sustain the kinds of positive associations with their employers that lead to greater productivity. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, is celebrating .CA’s pivotal role in bringing Canadians together online and building Canada’s digital brand abroad. In 1987, responsibility for the .CA domain was assigned to John Demco at the University of British Columbia by Jon Postel, operator of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The first eight .CA domain names were registered on January 12, 1988, with the very first one claimed by the University of Prince Edward Island. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday during the second day of Microsoft Corp.‘s annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), top executives from the company announced new training, tools and other programs that enable partners to deliver compelling new cloud services to their customers. Read the rest of this entry »