Paul Nicholls

[Ottawa, CANADA] E-Cruiter.com has made an agreement with netPCS Networks that will allow its clients to use Web consoles, telephones, and wireless devices to connect live with candidates interested in their job postings. E-Cruiter.com is an application service provider offering Internet recruiting solutions to corporations. This is the first time that corporations will have access […]

[Montreal, CANADA] Inter.net Canada, a new Internet Service Provider, has announced the fusion and gradual integration of iSTAR, Internet Interlog, TotalNet, and Mlink into its corporate banner. Inter.net is an Internet Service Company providing local content shared through a global network of online communities. It provides consumers and small businesses with easy Internet access, e-mail, […]

[Ottawa, CANADA] Mitel Semiconductor, a division of Mitel Corporation, has rolled out its DS313, a single chip distributed switch for Layer two, three, and four packet LAN forwarding and filtering. The device, which includes 12 Fast Ethernet ports and one gigabit port, operates at full wire-speed and includes a full suite of advanced features such […]

[Toronto, CANADA] SoftQuad Software has made a strategic technology partnership with ec-Content, an e-catalog content solution provider for B2B e-marketplaces, including a network of 40,000 suppliers and subscription customers. The partnership will combine SoftQuad MarketAgility, a supply side e-catalog solution, with ec-Content’s ability to create enhanced catalog content, allowing suppliers to deliver customer-specific catalogs to […]

[Toronto, CANADA] Cyberplex has announced a strategic partnership with Psion Inc., a provider of mobile network products, specifically marketing handheld computing products for the consumer, enterprise, and industrial markets. The partnership grew out of Cyberplex’s work with Psion on their Web site. Psion engaged Cyberplex to redevelop its e-commerce sales channel with a focus on […]

[Montreal, CANADA] The SAQ and Mediagrif Interactive Technologies have announced a joint investment of $10 million to create a B2B e- commerce marketplace. The SAQ is a crown corporation whose mandate is to sell alcoholic beverages. Its retail network has 343 outlets and 204 agencies, plus 9,000 complementary points of sales such as grocery chains […]

[Toronto, CANADA] MSN Hotmail, the globally accessible free Web-based electronic mail service, is now available wirelessly for the first time in Canada on Mobile Browser, a Bell Mobility service that enables users to log onto the Internet from a Digital PCS phone or RIM Blackberry device. Effective this month, Bell Mobility customers can now access […]

[Toronto, CANADA] Kanetix.com has added new comparison features to its Web site, making it the first resource in Canada where visitors can compare automobile insurance companies on more factors than just the price of the policy. Launched in October 1999, kanetix.com is Canada’s first and only full-service, online insurance marketplace. Users can quickly access insurance […]

[Toronto, CANADA] Look Communications and Business Depot have struck a strategic partnership which will see Look’s Internet product distributed at The Business Depot-operated stores across Canada. “As Canada’s largest provider of office supplies, services and solutions for the small business and home office customer, Business Depot is an ideal partner for Look,” said David Parkes, […]

[Edmonton, CANADA] AltaVista Canada today took the wraps off a redesigned French-language version of its search engine at www.altavistacanadien.com. While AltaVista Canada has offered a fully bilingual Canadian site since 1998, the re-launch of AltaVista Canadien represents an enhanced French-language version of the highly successful search engine. “Francophones can look to AltaVista Canada for more […]

[Ottawa, CANADA] Today marks the beginning of the long-anticipated pre-transfer registration period for .ca domain holders. All current .ca domain name holders are required to pre-register their .ca domain name with CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) to be included in the new .ca registry, which will become active on or about November 1, 2000. CIRA […]

[Waterloo, CANADA] Open Text Corporation has received a prestigious award acknowledging it as a “Tech100” company. Compiled by Arthur Andersen for Canadian Business magazine, the Tech100 is a ranking of the top public technology companies in Canada, based on growth rate from 1998 to 1999 revenues. Having achieved Cdn $137 million in revenue, Open Text […]