Ooma offers Canadian SMBs another Internet-based phone alternative

Little known Ooma Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based vendor of HD-quality telephony services, is making Canadian small businesses an offer too good to refuse. The company's vice president of marketing Jim Gustke said

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 4th, 2012 Paolo Del Nibletto

Acer’s Iconia W700 tablet to hit Canada on Oct. 26

Acer has pulled back the cover on the Canadian launch of its W700 tablet, which will hit stores here on Oct. 26. It'sAcer's first ever Windows 8-native tablet, according to our sourcestory from

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 4th, 2012 Christine Wong

Battle for talent pushing Canadian IT salaries higher

There's a war for IT talent being waged in Canada today, says Lara Dado, the regional vice-president for Robert Half International. The executive outlined the new compensation figures from the latestreport on IT

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 4th, 2012 Paolo Del Nibletto

Eventbrite tests global expansion waters in Canada

Ian Jeffrey was puzzled when he received an email recently from Eventbrite. Not just via Eventbrite, as in a message posted for him to seesomewhere on the online event management and ticketing site.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 3rd, 2012 Christine Wong

Canada’s malware rate tumbles vs global average

Canada is making some big headway in the battle against malware, with new figures showing our infection rate is just half that of the global average. Out of every 1,000 computers scanned, just

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 2nd, 2012 Christine Wong

Innovation slump is biggest drag on Canada’s competitiveness: report

Who dimmed the lights on Canadian innovation? That's the question being asked by the Conference Board of Canada inits new report, which blames Canada's lower global competitivenessranking on one major culprit: a lack

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 27th, 2012 Christine Wong

Online payment startup Stripe hits Canada

Flush with VC cash, U.S. startup Stripe has brought its online payments platform to the Canadian market. What Stripe has to offer is an easy sell to Canada's busy, resourcestarved SMBs who want

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 19th, 2012 Christine Wong

70 per cent of Canadian businesses still have no BYOD policy: IDC

Over two thirds of Canadian companies still have no policy in place to deal with the bring-your-own-device phenomenon, the latest IDC Canada research shows.The disconnect is a jarring one: although 69 per cent

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 18th, 2012 Christine Wong

U.S. to allow startups access to crowdfunding ‘within 6 months’

Even though America's equity crowdfunding law is now stuck in bureaucratic red tape, one of the law's key architects says U.S. startups could be raising money through investment crowdfunding in less than six

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 13th, 2012 Christine Wong

Canada’s new startup visa to target tech entrepreneurs

Ottawa is poised to introduce a new immigration visa to speed the stream of foreign startup entrepreneurs into Canada.Immigration minister Jason Kenney's office confirmed to Reuters thatthe new visa is in the works.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 12th, 2012 Christine Wong

Sophisticated ‘Elderwood’ hackers targeting defence industry, Symantec warns

A group of highly skilled and organized attackers, likely backed by some serious computing power, have been conducting targeted attacks against North America’s defence industry supply chain for the past three years, according

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 7th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Microsoft Store opens in Toronto Nov. 16

Microsoft Corp. is set to debut its first retail store in Canada with a location at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre opening its doors Nov. 16, the software giant announced yesterday.The store will feature

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 7th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Acer releases TravelMate P243 notebook in Canada

Acer Canada announced today that its latest business-class notebook is now available in Canada.The TravelMate P243 has been on sale in the U.S. since the middle of August and is now shipping in

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 30th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Cisco gears up for 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto as official ICT partner

Cisco has officially embarked on a three-year long marathon race to provide key IT services for the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games in Toronto.The company was unveiled today as the exclusive

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 29th, 2012 Christine Wong