Wind Mobile CEO resigns to lead new venture capital firm

Anthony Lacavera says that after surpassing 600,000 subscribers at Wind Mobile, he feels the time is right to move on and leave management of the company to Cairo-based Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E.Lacavera will

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 18th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Nortel ‘not guilty’ verdict concludes prominent white collar crime trial

Former Nortel Networks CEO Frank Dunn and two other executives are not guilty of manipulating financial reports in order to reap larger bonuses, a judge ruled today in a Toronto court room.In a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 14th, 2013 Brian Jackson

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

FreshBooks CEO sad about RIM

The CEOs of some of Canada’s leading-edge technology firms are excited for the year ahead, but a little bit sad that Research in Motion is suffering tough times, a CBC News story reports.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 3rd, 2013 Brian Jackson

Startup Canada to call for urgent action to support Canadian entrepreneurs

By Francis Moran  The results of the largest consultation ever undertaken within the community of Canadian entrepreneurs and their supporters will be unveiled in a series of six cross-country news conferences on Tuesday when

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 23rd, 2012 Francis Moran

Former TransGlobe CEO helms new online property management startup

Toronto-based startup PropertyVista Software Inc. is getting set to launch its cloud-based property management software Aug. 20, the firm announced this week.Designed to assist property managers with anywhere from one to 100,000 rental

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 26th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Wanted: President and COO for MaRS Discovery District

Canada's largest tech startup incubator wants to add more firepower to its leadership team.Two days ago, Toronto's MaRS Discovery District startedposting ads tohire a president and chief operating officer (COO). Although CEO IlseTreurnicht,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 18th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Facebook is ‘toast,’ cloud model is ‘dead’: Forrester CEO

Apple and Google will dominate the emerging digital economy while Facebook 'is toast,' claimed George Colony, CEO of Forrester, in the opening key note of the analyst group's European forum in Paris.Colony's provocative

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 20th, 2012 Mike Simons

Apple to unveil iOS 6, OS X 10.8 at WWDC June 11

Apple today laid out the schedule for its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and confirmed that it will, as usual, kick off the annual meeting with a keynote address, likely hosted by CEO Tim

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 29th, 2012 Gregg Keizer

CEOs pinning their hopes on IT, especially social media: IBM survey

CEOs around the world say information technology will be the biggest business game changer over the next three years, topping even global economic conditions that continue to wreak havoc on their best laid

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 22nd, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Yahoo CEO Thompson revealed cancer diagnosis right before firing

Scott Thompson told the Yahoo board before he was ousted as CEO over the weekend that he has thyroid cancer, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.Thompson revealed the diagnosis as evidence arose that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 14th, 2012 Nancy Weil

RIM appoints new execs to head up marketing, operations

Research In Motion Ltd. has appointed a new chief marketing officer and chief marketing officer, filling two of the deepest voids on its management team.Frank Boulben is the new CMO, RIM announced today.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 8th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Accelerator boosts digital firms of ‘Driven’ minority entrepreneurs

Are you female, of African-Canadian or South Asian background and looking to build a tech business?Chances are you're likely to think there are not many like you around town. Neither are you likely

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 17th, 2012 Nestor Arellano

CEOs not giving CIOs their proper due, Gartner says

CEOs plan to spend more on technology this year but are overlooking one of the most important competitive assets they already have in their IT arsenal: their CIOs.That's the conclusion reached by a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 16th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff