Paul Nicholls

[Moncton, CANADA] Whitehill Technologies, has inked a partnership agreement with Wilson Technology, a Pennsylvania-based provider of custom systems design and program management for the legal market. Whitehill is a provider of Internet infrastructure software. The deal gives users of Elite Information Systems, a supplier of practice and financial management systems for professional service firms, with […]

[Ottawa, CANADA] E-Cruiter.com (NASDAQ: ECRU) has rolled out E-Cruiter 3.0, a comprehensive solution that provides corporate clients with their own Web-powered recruiting portal for faster, more efficient, and cost-effective hiring. “Strategic recruiting requires an efficient, streamlined process to find the right candidates and assess their skills,” said Christopher Boone, eRecruiting analyst for IDC. “eRecruiting services […]

[Ottawa, CANADA] DCIenable, through its ISP-ASP division in Montreal, will offer advanced e-commerce security solutions and related services based on Nortel’s “Shasta 5000” technology. DCIenable was the first company in Canada to actively service clients through Nortel’s Shasta 5000 Broadband Service Node (BSN) technology. The Nortel Shasta 5000 BSN is the first Broadband Service Node […]

[Brampton, CANADA] Certicom (NASDAQ: CERT, TSE: CIC) has announced a multi-level strategic licensing agreement with Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT, TSE: NT.TO). As part of the agreement with Certicom, Nortel licensed Certicom’s Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) to provide a virtual private network (VPN) solution that extends to the growing base of handheld device users. By integrating […]

[Ottawa, CANADA] Mitercom has contracted Prospectus Group to develop a Web-Activated Telecom Services Portal for managing the needs of large corporate accounts for telecommunications companies across North America. The Web portion of the portal will be based upon Prospectus’ nTelligence technology that will allow real-time activation of Mitercom’s own Speech Enabled Voice Response Services. Telecom […]

[Ottawa, CANADA] Using some new innovative features that Elections Canada has incorporated into its new Web site, users will be able to analyze the results of the Monday federal general election as soon as the last polling stations close. Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums. “We […]

[Calgary, CANADA] In a strategic partnership, 4SmallBusiness.com has selected Big Picture as the e-commerce solution provider for its registered members. 4SmallBusiness.com members will now be able to conduct real-time transactions more quickly and easily using Big Picture’s flagship product, eMerchant pro — recently rated by Home Office Computing as a “best of breed” EC solution […]

[Burnaby, CANADA] Future Shop, Canadas consumer electronics retailing powerhouse, is predicting a growth of 20x over last year to its’ EC business this holiday season, as a result of some new initiatives. Future Shop (TSE:FSS) is Canada’s largest retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronic products, with 88 superstores, five Computer City stores, and its online […]

[Edmonton, CANADA] AltaVista Canada has launched a Canada Election 2000 site accessible from its portal. Developed in partnership with Vancouver-based Kakkazan Innovations, the site offers complete indexing by candidate and by riding, allowing voters to conveniently research all of the candidates in their riding or across the country from a single site. In addition, the […]

[Montreal, CANADA] Nasdaq Canada opened its doors for business this morning, with ten securities firms initially participating in the trading of all Nasdaq-listed securities directly from Montreal. The new exchange will enhance Canadian investors’ access to U.S. securities and issuers with the ability to raise capital more efficiently. Currently, there are 146 Canadian companies listed […]

[Quebec, CANADA] Copernic.com has launched Copernic Summarizer – a software utility that summarizes texts or Web pages and manages information. It generates summary reports pinpointing the main ideas found in the source. The reports comprise a set of keywords as well as the summary of key content. The length of the summaries and number of […]

[Vancouver, CANADA] Describing itself as the Internet’s first true do-it-yourself public relations company, PRMadeEasy.com has begun selling PR tools and advice for a fraction of the cost of a consultant’s hourly rate. PRMadeEasy.com is the first major department of Reputations.com, which is also newly-launched. “The PR industry won’t be happy we’ve taken away the mystery […]