Tagged: SME

SAP keeps talking about new SMB solution that’s only available in China

Dave Yin

Published: November 11th, 2015

Business One Cloud is now available on SAP’s own data centres

NEW YORK, NY – SAP today announced that its Business One Cloud solution can now run on SAP data centres. To go along with what is now the third deployment option (private hosted cloud,

Published on: November 11th, 2015 Dave Yin

Panasonic targets SMBs with its ‘most advanced’ server

Panasonic Canada Inc. has released a new Internet Protocol (IP) business communications server, one that it says is the most advanced of its fleet. The KX-NS1000 server, released in Canada last month, is

Published on: May 2nd, 2013 Candice So

Building a new health tech innovation ecosphere collaboratively in York Region

A very different kind of four hour kickoff event took place on January 15th in Newmarket, Ontario, hosted by the Southlake Regional Health Centre community hospital. The “Healthcare Ecosphere” event could be a

Published on: February 13th, 2013 Jonathon Shore
SME customer analytics startup closes $1.5M financing round

SME customer analytics startup closes $1.5M financing round

A Toronto-based start-up that helps small and medium-sized businesses build predictive customer models to prioritize sales leads and identify high value customers has closed a $1.5 million financing round led by the BDC

Published on: December 17th, 2012 Jeff Jedras
Soft-landing program leads to hard contracts for Weever Apps

Soft-landing program leads to hard contracts for Weever Apps

When Steve McBride landed in New York City this summer, the streets were sweltering but his schedule was decidedly cool. Despite months of attempting to book meetings via email, the VP Business Development

Published on: October 31st, 2012 Kayleigh Platz
Putting Ottawa’s puzzle together

Putting Ottawa’s puzzle together

By Leo Valiquette In early May, I blogged about the need for everyone in the National Capital Region involved with getting technology to market to check their baggage at the door and work together for

Published on: June 15th, 2012 Francis Moran
RIM flubbed on helping small firms cope with employee devices: analysts

RIM flubbed on helping small firms cope with employee devices: analysts

Research in Motion has already missed the SMB sweet spot created by the BYOD trend and new CEO Thorsten Heins will have to play catch up to recover, some analysts say.In his first

Published on: January 25th, 2012 Christine Wong
SMBs with no e-waste plan are throwing money out the window, study says

SMBs with no e-waste plan are throwing money out the window, study says

Most SMBs in Ontario are dumping their electronic castoffs instead of recycling them – and wasting valuable opportunities to save time and money for their businesses in doing so, a new survey says.A

Published on: November 2nd, 2011 Christine Wong
Cisco to offer free TelePresence client?

Cisco to offer free TelePresence client?

Cisco Systems is taking several steps to extend its TelePresencevideoconferencing technology beyond enterprise meeting rooms,introducing two endpoints and a free client application for ad hocparticipants to download. To mark the fifth anniversary of

Published on: October 27th, 2011 Stephen Lawson
How small business can get the most out of PayPal

How small business can get the most out of PayPal

In the last 13 years, PayPal has expanded far beyond its initial growth spurt on auction Web sites.According to its second-quarter results, theonline payment service busted through the $1 billion-earnings mark andis processing

Published on: September 29th, 2011 Angela West
Privacy Commissioners launch free assessment tool for businesses

Privacy Commissioners launch free assessment tool for businesses

Several of Canada’s top privacy watch dogs have teamed up to release a free security and privacy assessment tool it hopes will help prevent breaches of personal information.The in-depth questionnaire is a joint

Published on: May 4th, 2011 Brian Jackson
Small Ontario firm gains sizeable benefits with SAP rollout

Small Ontario firm gains sizeable benefits with SAP rollout

When Ray Corbeil was hired by a 150-employee gold mining business in Northern Ontario to select and deploy enterprise resource planning software, he didn't expect to consider SAP.The director of cost management and

Published on: February 26th, 2010 Brian Jackson
United Van Lines Canada gets moving on IT health check

United Van Lines Canada gets moving on IT health check

If you had strolled into United Van Lines (Canada) Ltd.’s headquarters a few months ago, you would have seen a row of executive offices near one end of the building. At the extreme

Published on: July 21st, 2009 Shane Schick
How IT helped two small Canadian firms achieve huge business success

How IT helped two small Canadian firms achieve huge business success

While an uncertain economy is likely to impede the overall growth of Canadian small businesses over the 12–18 months, firms that adapt quickly and creatively to market changes will survive – and even

Published on: October 14th, 2008 Kavita Gosyne