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Cometdocs like Dropbox with file conversion

It’s rare to find a PC user in the business world that hasn’t suffered the pain of weird document formats. Either because your work computer won’t give you admin rights to install the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 13th, 2013 Brian Jackson
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HP Chromebook coming to Canada

Canadians are used to our friendly neighbours to the south getting their hands on tech toys well before they migrate north, and Google's Chromebook is no exception. Though Americans could use the Samsung-built

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 8th, 2013 Brian Jackson
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FreshBooks wins iPhone award, hires VC investor

Toronto-based Web accounting software firm FreshBooks nabbed an award for its iPhone app this week.The Interaction Design Association (IXDA) award was pinned to the app released in August 2012. The app was designed

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 25th, 2013 Brian Jackson
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Beware rogue clouds, warns Symantec

Organizations are quickly turning to the cloud because of the speed, agility and flexibility the new IT infrastructure can bring their businesses, but in their rush they're experiencing escalating issues and costs related

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 16th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
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OptiTune helps SMBs manage desktops, laptops and servers

A new product release from Bravura Software of Redmond, Was. aims to help IT staff more easily manage their company's desktops, laptops and servers.The product, called OptiTune, features a web-based management console and

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 15th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
Canadian entrepreneurs get free cloud resources from CANARIE

Canadian entrepreneurs get free cloud resources from CANARIE

Canadian businesses are now able to access free cloud-computing resources, thanks to a program designed to reduce product development costs for entrepreneurs looking to develop and test new products before bringing them to

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 8th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
Customer suggestion led to Verelo’s last-minute acquisition

Customer suggestion led to Verelo’s last-minute acquisition

After announcing it would scrub its Web site monitoring business at the end of last year, Toronto-based Verelo Inc. has been acquired by Manchester, N.H.-based Dyn.Dyn, which also offers Web infrastructure services in

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 3rd, 2013 Brian Jackson
Microsoft Office coming to iPad despite alternatives

Microsoft Office coming to iPad despite alternatives

When Microsoft Corp. brings Office to Apple’s mobile devices, will you switch to it from the productivity suite you’re already using? Blogger Eric Eckel is looking forward to Microsoft Office being released on

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 2nd, 2013 Brian Jackson
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Big data startup gets big seed funding

A big data startup in Kanata, Ont. outside of Ottawa has secured a big seed financing round. According to a report from Canadian Private Equity, Openera Inc. has raised $250,000 in seed financing

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 10th, 2012 Jeff Jedras
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Run your SMB’s finances from your iPhone

Subscribers to QuickBooks Online, Intuit's cloud-based bookkeeping software for small businesses, will now have an app for that as well. Related Story | Wanted: Intuit's next killer finance appIntuit said this week that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 7th, 2012 Jeff Jedras
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2013: The year Jeff Bezos gets a toupee

What surprises does 2013 hold for the tech industry? Will Research In Motion come back to prominence with the BlackBerry 10 platform? Will Apple release yet another iPhone to an enthusiastic worldwide reception?

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 7th, 2012 Shane Schick
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EasyDNS aims to solve denial of service attack failures

Toronto-based Web hosting firm EasyDNS Technologies Inc. said yesterday it has solved the problem of Web sites suffering downtime as a result of domain name server (DNS) failure.With a new product called Proactive

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 5th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Two of Canada’s ‘most innovative’ startups partner for e-commerce win

Two of Canada’s ‘most innovative’ startups partner for e-commerce win

Men's clothing e-tailer Frank & Oak may have been chosen as the “People's Choice” award winner in the digital media category at this year's Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), but they didn't do it

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 3rd, 2012 Brian Jackson
Dell cloud tools connect users to remote data

Dell cloud tools connect users to remote data

Technology vendor Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has announced two additions to its Dell Wyse PocketCloud app portfolio designed to help connect people with their professional and personal data wherever they are, be it

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 27th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
Businesses embracing cloud software: IDC

Businesses embracing cloud software: IDC

Cloud-based software offerings overcame recent high profile data breaches to grow 27 per cent in the Canadian market, according to an IDC Canada study.Revenues from cloud software, or software as a service (SaaS),

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 21st, 2012 Brian Jackson