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Enterprise Information Management (EIM) developer OpenText™ has announced a significant expansion of the OpenText ECM Suite for SAP® Solutions in support of SAP’s latest technologies, including the SAP HANA platform, and cloud and mobility solutions. The OpenText ECM Suite for SAP Solutions is expected to extend the value of SAP Business Suite software as an end-to-end solution, addressing strategy to execution and helping enable business transformation. Leveraging the power of SAP HANA, the OpenText ECM Suite for SAP Solutions is designed to enable SAP customers to use common enterprise architecture to organize and control all of their digital information. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital advertising platform and solutions provider Videology has released its 1^st quarter findings on the video advertising market in Canada based on an analysis of 51 million impressions delivered via its platform from January to March 2013. Among the findings, Videology found that Canada continues to outpace other markets in terms of cross-device video advertising. The share of digital video ad impressions placed on mobile and connected TV in the 1^st quarter amounted to 37%, with the remainder placed online. Comparatively, 26% of impressions were placed on mobile and connected TV the previous quarter—an 11% increase quarter-over-quarter. In the US and the UK, 8% and 7% of ads were placed on mobile and connected TV, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

GWAVA has announced that Jared Allen, GWAVA VP Product Management, Craig Ano, Senior Manager, Technical Solutions, BlackBerry and John Storozuk, Senior Product Manager, BlackBerry Security, will be presenting a session on creating an enterprise mobile management solution for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 on mobile auditing, archiving and forensics. This session will be presented at the BlackBerry Live event taking place in Orlando this May 14th through16th. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation endpoint security and management solution providers for computers, laptops and ultra-portable devices has announced the launch of Computrace® Mobile Theft Management (MTM), the first – and only – iOS loss management and theft recovery service on the market for the enterprise. Computrace MTM allows organizations to safeguard the iPad and iPad mini devices in their deployment. Based upon the same investigative techniques used by the Absolute Investigations and Recovery Services team for Absolute Computrace theft recoveries, customers now have the infrastructure and support to prevent and respond to iOS loss and theft. Read the rest of this entry »

Conquer Mobile, a Vancouver-based developer of secure enterprise workforce apps, joined Sanotron’s recent Hacking Health event and swept up awards with eBeeper, a breakthrough mobile app for Emergency Departments. The Sanotron Hacking Health event in Vancouver attracted over 200 people and assembled over 30 projects, to innovate health technology and complete for prizes. Judges included emergency physicians from BC and Alberta, managers from Fraser Health IT, and Vancouver General IT, and the Vancouver Coastal Health director.  eBeeper won three awards: Read the rest of this entry »

The finalists for Innovator Idol were announced today by the Research Innovation Commercialization Centre (RIC Centre). The start-up companies will pitch their new business ideas to an expert business panel on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at the annual Innovator Idol competition. At stake is a prize package worth over $30,000 to help propel business forward for the lucky winner. This year’s title sponsor of “Innovator Idol” is intellectual property law firm Bereskin & Parr LLP. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Sports™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) have announced an extension of their existing licensing agreement until December 31, 2022. Under the terms of the agreement, EA Sports maintains exclusive rights to release FIFA-branded action and management videogames. In addition, EA Sports also holds exclusive rights to release the official FIFA World Cup™ videogame, as well as retaining its status as a Presenting Partner of the FIFA Interactive World Cup. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, persistent endpoint security and management solutions provider for computers, laptops, ultra-portable devices today announced Absolute Computrace® was named the Best Forensic Tool by SC Magazine for the second year in a row. Organizations are well aware of the importance of data security with many businesses implementing governance, risk management, and compliance procedures to safeguard this information from unauthorized access and potential breaches. In support of these efforts, it’s become an absolute requirement that they have the tools in place to properly protect this sensitive information. Read the rest of this entry »

MaRS Discovery District is pleased to announce the appointment of Salim Teja as Managing Director of its ICE sector programs, where he will provide strategic direction and leadership for the ICE practice, where over 60 seasoned volunteer advisors guide and mentor more than 370 early-stage ventures. Teja will also be responsible for the MaRS Commons, a 5,500-square-foot co-working space for entrepreneurs in the ICE sector, which will expand in the coming months. Read the rest of this entry »

Doug Buchanan, Managing Director of Granite Partners III L.P. has announced today that the firm has made a major investment in SIM Digital, a world-class rental facility specializing in digital production equipment and workflow services for the television and film industries. This investment has enabled SIM to acquire PS Production Services, one of Canada’s largest professional motion picture and television production equipment rental houses. Through offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax they supply production equipment that includes camera, lighting, grip, data management, dollies, package trucks, remote heads and cranes to the Canadian entertainment industry. Read the rest of this entry »