Paul Nicholls

[Vancouver, CANADA] Burntsand (TSE: BRT) has closed the previously announced acquisition of all of the outstanding securities of San- Jose based Altro Solutions. Burntsand has completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding securities of Altro for approximately Cdn $14,800,000 (US $21,904,000) in cash, 3,397,245 common Burntsand shares, and options to acquire up to a […]

[Markham, CANADA] Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT) has added the industry’s first certification for Optical Internet professionals to its Certification Program. Intended to help accelerate worldwide deployment of the Optical Internet, the new track is designed to certify information technologists and networking professionals in both enterprise and service provider environments. Optical Internet certification testing will be […]

[Montreal, CANADA] Teleglobe, an established provider of global Internet services, has completed its transaction with BCE (TSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. BCE acquired all of the outstanding shares of Teleglobe. The deal marks the repositioning of Teleglobe as a major provider of global data and Internet services and coincides with the recent restructuring of […]

[Mississauga, CANADA] Great Plains (NASDAQ:GPSI) is shipping its Siebel Front Office 6.0, a comprehensive, Web-enabled and integrated customer relationship management (CRM) solution for midmarket customers. The new release features significant customer-driven e-business enhancements based on Siebel eBusiness, MidMarket Edition. It includes new e-business applications such as eCustomer and eCampaigns, as well as enhancements to existing […]

[Toronto, CANADA] Rogers@Home and Excite@Home may be passing on a legacy of substandard customer service to Shaw@Home, according to a recent article in InternetNews.com’s ISP-Planet by Associate editor Patricia Fusco (Uh-Oh! Canada, October 31, 2000). Last week it appeared that appropriate action was taken to resolve some intermittent e-mail problems and spotty service outages occurring […]

[Toronto, CANADA] Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT) today confirmed its guidance for 2000 and 2001, and specifically commented on its expectations for the fourth quarter of 2000 and the first quarter of 2001. “We continue to expect that our percentage growth in revenue and earnings per share from operations in 2000 over 1999 will be in […]

[Toronto, CANADA] Canadian businesses of all sizes are expected to benefit from today’s launch of JobsOnline.ca, the only major career Web site in Canada that is available at no cost to both job seekers and employers. “Online recruiting can be a costly undertaking, especially for small to mid-sized companies. As a result, many employers choose […]

[Ottawa, CANADA] CIRA today announced that, together with the University of British Columbia, an agreement has been reached to defer the operational transfer of the .ca Registry until December 1, 2000. The extension will allow existing .ca domain name holders more time to re-register their domain names with CIRA. “CIRA is concerned that, despite the […]

[Toronto, CANADA] RSL COM Canada has rolled out a high-speed DSL Internet service designed for small and medium sized businesses in Ontario and Quebec. With speeds of up to six Megabits per second, the new service operates up to 150 times faster than a conventional dial-up connection. According to RSL, businesses have a growing need […]

[Toronto, CANADA] By 2004, business-to-business e-commerce will generate productivity gains equivalent to one or two percent of sales; and six percent by 2010. But the market will only support one to three major e-marketplaces within any given industry segment, according to a new report from The Boston Consulting Group. The B2B Opportunity: Creating Advantage Through […]

[Calgary, CANADA] Bookfortravel.com, a travel management company, has adopted TravellersMall.com’s Web-based e-commerce reservation and order processing platform called RezWizard. The product will assist Bookfortravel.com in the selling of its inventory of property and vacation packages directly from its Web site and through other Internet channels. The technology allows industry suppliers to process real-time online transactions […]

[Toronto, CANADA] An e-business transaction (EBT) ‘hub’ powered by Internet technology will be the first of its kind in North America to provide centralized electronic data management and transaction services to local distribution companies and energy retailers when Ontario’s new competitive electricity market opens next year. Launched yesterday in Toronto, EBT Express is a Cdn […]