Paul Nicholls

HTN last week signed a technology development agreement with CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants to assist HTN with the enhancement and deployment of its global network strategy. HTN also successfully completed the integration and testing of its entertainment commerce platform with BCE Emergis‘ high volume online payment authorization system. CGI is the largest independent […]

Scotiabank, its subsidiary e-Scotia.com, and Microsoft Canada Thursday introduced a one-stop shop designed to help businesses get online. The new e-commerce package, ScotiaWeb Store, offers small- and mid-sized businesses the ability to set up shop online quickly without having to host the technology or contract multiple service vendors. The collaboration intends to provide businesses with […]

Cisco Systems Canada rolled out this week a range of new Internet Protocol-based voice solutions targeted to the Canadian business market. The company introduced a second generation of Internet Protocol Phones, Call Processing, and integrated telephony functionality. Ten products were announced as part of the second generation of AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated […]

Research In Motion has received a CAN$34 million ($23 million) investment from Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC). The cash injection will be used to accelerate its research and development in such areas as wireless Internet platform technologies. TPC’s contribution is part of an overall CAN$113 million research and development project that will create or maintain more […]

eBay Monday launched a new specifically targeted Canadian site. eBay Canada features listings in Canadian dollars and has new tailored Canadian categories, such as Inuit Art and CASCAR racing memorabilia. The site is designed to encourage buying and selling between eBay users in Canada while also supporting Canadians’ desire to trade with the United States […]

webHancer Corp. launched this week its comprehensive, ASP-based portfolio of e-channel management services and telecom-class performance data collection and analysis software. The portfolio of software is designed for e-channel businesses that require optimized Internet infrastructures to drive revenues, conduct online transactions, and broadly distribute their product and service offerings through mass distribution channels. While most […]

Dell unveiled a comprehensive business strategy this week — including new products, services, and strategic alliances — that will enable it to capture a growing share of the estimated $370 billion that will be spent by 2003 as companies build out their Internet capabilities. Five key initiatives are to be implemented in Canada: Infrastructure Computing. […]

Webmotion Inc. has opened its commercial headquarters in the nation’s capital with an eye to accommodating the company’s recent and expected growth. Webmotion offers complete e-business solutions, including marketing strategies, Web site creation and deployment, hosting, and systems administration. With sales of over $1.5 million this year (more than 200 percent over the previous year) […]

AltaVista Canada unveiled a new look this week, focusing on direct and easy bilingual paths to relevant Canadian and global sites. The new cleaner, less graphic site offers quicker response, easier navigation, and provides users with one-click access to search results based on six specialty searches: Canada-only, world, news, government, agriculture, and health. In the […]

TD MarketSite, the business-to-business e-commerce arm of TD Bank Financial Group, this week advanced its strategy to offer global B2B services to companies across Canada. TD MarketSite is a B2B portal designed as a trading resource for Canadian businesses. It aims to become Canada’s first B2B trading portal with the capacity to seamlessly exchange with […]

Nortel Networks Tuesday joined other Internet infrastructure, content, and service providers to establish the Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCDF). The group will focus on recommending open architectures to deliver rich multimedia content over the emerging broadband networks and improve end user experience through improved performance and personalization. Charter members include AltaVista, AT&T (ATT), Bertelsmann, British […]

Bell Mobility and Scotiabank this week introduced wireless banking services on Net-enabled phones in Canada. With the new service, Scotiabank customers will be able to check account balances and transactions, pay bills, and transfer funds. Users can access brokerage information such as stock quotes, alerts, trade confirmations, and personal portfolios. The new service will be […]