SMBs pay higher loan rates than large companies

The credit crunch has been tougher for small and medium-sized businesses than for large companies, according to newly compiled by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD is an organization

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 19th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Toronto students improve retail marketing, email encryption with cloud computing

A mobile app that tracks your exercise goals and rewards you with discount coupons from a local sports stores, a map-tool that presents a visual representation of trending topics on Twitter for a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 18th, 2012 Nestor Arellano

Avaya launches new Ethernet switch series for SMBs

Avaya Inc. has unveiled a new line of Ethernet switches for the small- to mid-sized business sector, the Basking Ridge, N.J.-based unified communications firm announced today.The Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 series features

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

Telus enters enterprise cloud game

Telus has launched its first cloud offering aimed at the enterprise market but isn't confining it to any specific size of business customer.Telus says its new AgilIT VirtualPrivate Cloud is tailored forbusinesses of

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

Startup TO: Call for Tech Maverick Entrepreneurs

If you think you would make a great entrepreneur but haven’t had the right opportunity or idea, this might be your chance. There’s a glitz and glamour to being a startup founder nowadays.

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

Spidvid finds niche in collaborative video creation

Toronto tech startup company Social Collaborative Media Inc., is using social media to connect video creators with various professionals and offering them collaborative tools to help them manage projects.The company's collaboration site, Spidvid,

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

Snappay promises quick, easy mobile payments

Point-of-sales systems are among the most basic automated payment tools a merchant needs. Unfortunately, many small Canadian businesses have to make do without them because of prohibitive costs of operation and complexity.Lorne Lantz,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 4th, 2012 Nestor Arellano

Dell buys Clerity Solutions in its second acquisition this week

Dell said Tuesday it has purchased application modernization vendor Clerity Solutions, in its second enterprise software-related acquisition news this week.On Monday, Dell announced it has agreed tobuy Wyse Technology, makerof software and hardware

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 3rd, 2012 Chris Kanaracus

Tablets beat laptops as top choice of SMBs in U.S.

More independent business owners in the U.S. use tablets than either laptops or desktops according to a recent poll that measured the computing tastes of over 1,100 respondents. Furthermore, 55 percent of business

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 2nd, 2012 Matt Peckham

Startup news Round-up: March 30, 2012

TribeHR Corp., a Waterloo, Ont-based cloud computing company was named "one to watch" by AlwaysOn for 2012. TribeHR develops social media-based human resources management software. The tools are used by small and medium

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 30th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Startup news Round-up: March 29, 2012

Startup Festival is back. The event, which was a huge success last year, will take place July 11 – 13 in Montreal. This year's theme is “Startups that Matter.” Last year's event featured

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StartUp TO – Behind the scenes of the city’s startups

by Ashley Huffman These are the stories of the people and organizations behind some of the city’s newest startups and business incubators. Behind the beautiful office spaces, Instagram photos and young eager faces,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 27th, 2012 Ashley Huffman

How to pick a server for your small business

So, your business has grown large enough that you need your first server. Congratulations! Acquiring a server is a big decision, so some trepidation is understandable. This guide will explain the basic principles

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 22nd, 2012 Michael Brown

How Canada’s SMB cloud providers are changing the global landscape

Toronto-based Rypple became a poster child for Canadian cloud success stories when Salesforce.com announced plans to buy the firm last December.Although the financial value of the Rypple acquisition deal wasn'tdisclosed, it proved that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 22nd, 2012 Christine Wong