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Five definite investor turn-offs to avoid when seeking capital funding

After the “love money” (money provided by friends and family) is gone, many operators of start up companies often turn to angel investors for...

Spectrum auction outcome – a “bonanza” for Canadian business

More telecom equipment providers, more construction, more service sector jobs, more marketing contracts, more content developers

Don’t look to us for price breaks: Vendors to IT managers

A troubled North American economy hasn't led to lower IT costs - not by a long shot. Even as economists say Canada is within a hair's breadth of slipping into a technical recession, IT vendors aren't offering better terms. In fact, their prices seem to be going up - not down.

Tough e-mail archiving laws coming soon to Canada – and how to prepare

By the end of this year, Canadian financial services firms will be subject to tough, new e-mail storage and retrieval rules. Non-compliance could involve multi-million dollar fines and criminal indictments. How do companies prepare for compliance?

Canadian radio refuses to die

Rather than meekly sign-off under the pressure of Web-based marketing technology, Canadian radio advertisers are pumping up the sales volume with a record 8.7 per cent growth for the third quarter of 2008.rn

Using tech to find $1 trillion in dirty money worldwide

Anti-money laundering software has been rapidly adopted in recent years by financial institutions looking to comply with the US Patriot Act. Here are the features of a program you'll need to have to meet the act's tough standards designed to block terrorist funding.

Race begins in Canada to cash in on mobile phone payments

Soon Canadians will be able to pay for purchases by waving their cell phone in front of a sensor. With both Visa and MasterCard currently running trials, experts say Canadians should become more aware of this technology - its potential and pitfalls.

ING DIRECT builds Rapport – offers free anti-phishing software

ING Direct says offering its customers a free download of Rapport anti-phishing software will improve the online experience for them. That's a step other big banks - especially in Canada - may want to emulate, observers say.

How to get ahead in advertising – The Washington Post way

The risks were many in 2003, when The Washington Post decided to replace its legacy advertising systems with SAP for Media. But the company decided the rewards far outweighed the risks and went ahead. Today it's delighted that it did so. INCLUDES VIDEO.

Credit cards “won’t be” dominant payment mode in few years

Retail merchant dissatisfaction and new technologies threaten decades-old payment model. E-commerce specialists discuss the possible alternatives such as PayPal.

Financial group uses next-generation firewall as data security vault

A deep packet inspection firewall program is being used for monitoring by $47B Western Southern Financial Group. It detects everything from malware to unauthorized p2p and SSL connections.

Leading Canadian bank jettisons legacy systems to gain agility

Why has a leading Canadian bank - in one fell swoop - opted to replace its legacy core banking system with applications from SAP? Read on.

Federal budget betrays hands off approach to Canada’s IT sector

While the talent shortage is addressed, the federal government's green incentives pale in comparison to B.C.'s recent budget.

Canadian payday loan firm seeks to cash in on Microsoft BI tool

Accurate forecasts, and more effective business plans are only some of the benefits MoneyMart hopes to gain with Microsoft's business intelligence tool.

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Major Canadian insurer riding the digital wave

The insurance industry has always traditionally been slow to adopt digital technologies. But with customers now demanding the kinds of services and tools being...

Canada’s leading digital bank moving boldly into digital future

For many organizations that came into being before the birth of the Internet, “digital” was something they had to learn to be. Tangerine Bank,...