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Ricoh Canada Inc. has announced the launch of RCloud Services, a platform for a suite of cloud-based services being offered by Ricoh Canada.  The first of these services is Ricoh’s Enterprise Content Management solution, which provides customers with a powerful “Software as a Service” model to address their content management needs. The company is focusing on small to mid-sized organizations, but the solution is robust enough to easily satisfy the demands of enterprise deployments at the departmental level – and in almost any industry. RCloud Services: ECM, powered by Laserfiche, provides organizations with rapid access to the benefits of a comprehensive ECM, but without the large capital investment. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute® Software Corporation, the industry standard for persistent endpoint security and management solutions for computers, laptops and ultra-portable devices announced today it has entered into a strategic global partnership with Samsung Electronics. Under the terms of this partnership, Samsung will embed patented Absolute persistence technology into the firmware of Samsung GALAXY mobile devices as a feature of Samsung KNOX, which will be launched later this year.  Read the rest of this entry »

Cineflix Media Inc., an international creator, producer and distributor of television entertainment, is pleased to announce that Andrew Akman has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer of Cineflix Media. Akman is responsible for overseeing the company’s corporate operations, information technology, and post-production. He is also responsible for setting up and overseeing the operations of partnerships and acquisitions. Andrew is based in Cineflix’s Toronto office and reports directly to Co-CEOs Katherine Buck and Glen Salzman. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, hosted a roundtable consultation in Edmonton today with high tech innovators, researchers and municipal Open Data leaders on the relaunch of the Government of Canada’s Open Data Portal. The Edmonton roundtable is the second in a series of cross-country consultations with the Open Data community and focuses on the features and content they would like to see on the new Open Data Portal set to launch later this year. The roundtables are hosted by the Government of Canada and moderated by well-known Open Government expert, David Eaves. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc., a leader in developing and delivering platform-defining social video game experiences to consumers around the world, has announced a distribution agreement with Roku® to launch GameTree™ TV on the Roku streaming platform. The launch is planned for summer 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Save BC Film has released the first of its PSA videos. These videos feature some of Vancouver’s finest talent, including Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1), Pascale Hutton (Arctic Air on CBC), Garry Chalk (Fringe), Alvin Sanders, Terence H. Winkless (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Tyler Labine (Reaper), Victoria Bidewell (Comforting Skin the movie), Keith Dallas, Manooj Sood (Little Mosque on the Prairie). The video, which was produced as a volunteer effort, is designed to raise public awareness about the state of BC’s film and television industry and to educate people about tax incentives and how they benefit the province’s economy. The thirty second PSAs shown below will be distributed to local broadcast stations for airing on television. Read the rest of this entry »

Sierra Wireless, Inc. has announced the completion of the sale of substantially all assets and operations related to its AirCard® business to American company NETGEAR®, Inc. for $138 million in cash plus approximately $5.9 million in assumed liabilities. The transaction was first announced on January 28, 2013. Sierra Wireless’s retained business includes its AirPrime™ embedded wireless modules, AirLink® intelligent gateways, and AirVantage™ M2M cloud product lines. Read the rest of this entry »

Worldwide, women operate more than a quarter of all private businesses and start companies at nearly twice the rate of men. But despite early robust growth, they aren’t reaching their potential, says Ernst & Young. The firm is looking to change that. Ernst & Young has announced the 2013 program’s expansion to include Canadian entrepreneurs, making it the North American Entrepreneurial Winning Women program. Read the rest of this entry »

Webnames.ca, a Vancouver-based provider of online services to Canadian businesses, is happy to announce the launch of the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), Trademark validation process for Trademark holders. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is a database of trademarks that will be established by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in order to enhance the protection of intellectual property on the Internet. The main role of TMCH is to serve as a central repository for the information related to the rights of trademark owners to be stored, authenticated and distributed. Read the rest of this entry »

Creative marketing and advertising firm MediaStems has announced the launch of its creative consulting services for corporations, nonprofit organizations and individuals. With its new service, the company is offering clients a comprehensive review of their projects, services or products, following through with strong recommendations for improvements. MediaStems is a global leader in marketing, with the ability to combine art and science to create easy-to-implement solutions for both small and large organizations. Read the rest of this entry »