Deborah Jessop

[Toronto, CANADA] JAWS Technologies Inc., a provider of secure information management solutions, acquired Betach Systems Inc. and Betach Advanced Solutions Inc. to strengthen its position in the US $7.1 billion information security market. Betach Systems and Betach Solutions are privately held e-business solutions providers with expertise in security and networking, e-commerce, and knowledge management. The […]

[Toronto, CANADA] – Look Communications Inc. launched Looktvi.com, Canada’s streaming vertical portal for high speed Internet. It offers search capabilities, navigational tools and special features for streaming audio and video content. Designed by The Streamedia Digital Solutions Group, a division of Streamedia.Net, content is organized by categories such as news, sports, life, technology, and entertainment. […]

[Toronto, CANADA] RxRite.com Inc. will launch a service for the wireless creation and transmission of electronic prescriptions on the BlackBerry wireless handheld from Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM). It enables physicians to connect with RxRite’s Internet-based prescription service anywhere, anytime and allows RxRite to deliver their e-prescription service directly into the hands of physicians, without […]

[Toronto, CANADA] In the largest acquisition in Canadian telecommunications history, TELUS Corporation will offer to acquire all shares of the national digital wireless company Clearnet Communications Inc. The combination of TELUS’s and Clearnet’s wireless operations will produce the largest wireless company in Canada in terms of annual revenue, customer growth and wireless spectrum position and […]

[Toronto, CANADA] WaveRider Communications Inc., a provider of fixed wireless Internet access products, will acquire ADE Network Technology Pty Ltd., a privately-held wireless infrastructure company based in Melbourne, Australia. ADE Network Technology has five offices throughout Australia and an established customer base. It offers sales and distribution of wireless solutions and provides planning, installation and […]

[Kitchener-Waterloo, CANADA] – Cowan Insurance Group, Canada’s largest privately owned multi-line insurance brokerage group, and Open Text Corp., a provider of collaborative commerce software for e-business, have partnered to create a Web-based insurance broker application, the cowaninsure.com Insurance Centre. Because Cowan has an existing relationship with AOL Canada Inc., AOL Canada members will be the […]

[Toronto, CANADA]- Indigo.ca is letting its Toronto and Montreal-area customers choose the specific day and time they receive their delivery under to a new pilot project offered through Canada Post. In addition to daytime delivery times, the new scheduled delivery service also lets indigo.ca customers receive shipments in the evenings and on weekends at no […]

[Calgary, CANADA] – Tripeze.com Inc. is offering travel-booking on Globaltv.com and its growing network of regional sites, plus the NorstarMall.ca retail site. Tripeze.com is the exclusive sponsor of Globaltv.com’s travel channel on its regional sites in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and Winnipeg. It will fulfill a similar role for six more regional Globaltv.com sites slated […]

[Toronto, CANADA] – EZENET Corp., a business-to-business software and integrated technologies provider specializing in banking and wireless solutions, has enabled customers of Home Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Home Capital Group Inc. to access services, including investment (GIC) rates, from a wireless device. This is EZENET’s first commercial wireless integrated technology application. Home […]

[Toronto, CANADA] Nortel Networks Corp. has agreed to acquire Sonoma Systems, which delivers high-speed integrated video, data and voice communications, simultaneously over a single connection. The deal could be valued up to US $540 million in Nortel Networks common shares, a portion of which is contingent upon Sonoma Systems achieving certain business objectives. This acquisition […]

[Ottawa, CANADA]- Houston-based National Oilwell launched “Customer Connect”, an online purchasing analysis service powered by Web-based business intelligence software from Cognos. National Oilwell customers can access and analyze purchasing data with the Cognos-enabled extranet portal, and gain insights into their buying activity. More than 20 companies are initially accessing “Customer Connect” via National Oilwell’s site. […]

[Toronto, CANADA] – FloNetwork Inc., an online direct marketing and communications services provider, signed with jcrew.com, the apparel site, to deploy permission-based email to their customer base. According to Kurt Salmon Associates, 50 percent of all retail sales will be generated through non-traditional store formats by the year 2010. J. Crew will use the FloNetwork […]