Paul Nicholls

Microsoft Canada has announced the immediate, worldwide availability of a free Internet Technologies upgrade kit for its Small Business Server (SBS) 4.0 product. SBS is intended to help small businesses address basic networking and office productivity needs by simplifying how they connect to the Internet, manage e-mail and contacts, and fax from any desktop. The […]

The Canadian Broadcasting Company is introducing CBC News Online, a comprehensive source of Canadian news on the World Wide Web. CBC News Online is the only Internet news site in Canada producing original Web content enhanced by audio and video created specifically for an Internet audience. All the journalistic experience, expertise, and depth of CBC […]

West Indians in Canada can now stay in touch with home through a newly-launched Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) West Indies’ interactiveWeb site. CIBC developed the site as a one-stop resource center providing convenient, anytime access to information on CIBC in the West Indies’ products, services, and corporate information. West Indian expatriates and Canadians […]

Mecklermedia announced its fifth annual Internet World Canada ’99, slated for February 2-5, 1999 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The event is one of Canada’s largest for e-business and Internet technology–attendance is expected to exceed 10,000 Canadian Internet industry and business professionals, with 125 leading exhibitors, including 3Com Canada, Broadvision, DoubleClick Canada, E*Trade Canada, […]

Novasys Inc. is shipping its TrainingOffice 3.1, a Web-based learning application that can effectively deliver just-in-time and just-enough training. “TrainingOffice enables learners to access an organization’s accumulated knowledge and training modules from anywhere in the world via the Internet and intranet,” said Mario Robert, Novasys president. “It is an efficient and accessible way to enable […]

According to the just-released Ernst & Young Internet Advertising Survey 1998, Internet advertising is beginning to hit its stride. The results indicate that 1998 first-half revenues totalled (C)$8 million, with revenue for the second half projected at (C)$20.7 million. Industry revenues for 1999 are forecast to increase by 82 percent, to (C)$37.7 million. “Revenues will […]

Sonoma Resource Corp., soon to be known as Biometric Security Corp., signed an agreement to acquire 45% of Biometric Identification Inc., which is developing fingerprint authorization and verification technology. Sonoma is investing $5 million (U.S.) in the venture. Arete Associates will own the remaining 55%. Meanwhile, BioId CEO Bob Kamm announced that his Sherman Oaks, […]

USA Networks Inc. plans to launch an online version of the network’s popular Home Shopping Network by spring 1999. Speaking at a meeting of Women In New Media in New York City, Alan Citron, president of USA Networks Interactive (USANI), outlined plans for the launch and said that an online discount mall also is in […]

IBM Corp. Monday announced it will bundle its eNetwork Firewall with Worldtalk Corp.’s e-mail firewall, WorldSecure Server. The IBM eNetwork Firewall’s features including S/MIME encryption and digital signature, anti-virus scanning, Internet access control, SPAM prevention and control filtering. IBM will also become a reseller of WorldSecure Server. In addition to being used in corporate America, […]

Technology Horizons Corp. said its subsidiary, CDKnet LLC, has licensed its CDK technology to Atlantic Recording Corp. The agreement provides that CDKnet will develop Atlantic’s audio and video content using its proprietary technology, links to Web sites determined by Atlantic and a link to the company’s MetrotainmentWeb site. The agreement also provides that Atlantic will […]

Infoseek, reportedly the number three Internet search engine, said in regulatory filings that it may not make any money for more than three years after it integrates with Walt Disney Co.’s Starwave Corp. Starwave runs the ABC News and the ESPN sports news Web sites. In June, Disney agreed to buy 43 percent of Sunnyvale, […]

OnDisplay recently delivered CenterStage EC, a suite of integration solutions designed to automate catalog and Web supersite content management. The company said the solutions, which support all major commerce server platforms, eliminate “the difficulties of aggregating information from various online sources and automatically keeping it up-to-date.” The new family of software products aggregates product and […]