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Bridgewater’s Q3 net income doubles
Bridgewater Systems says its third-quarter net income doubled to $3.4 million and raised its 2010 profit target range as revenue increased by 52 per cent over the same time last year. The Ottawa-based...
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Oracle to buy ATG for $1B
The business software provider Oracle says it has agreed to acquire e-commerce software maker Art Technology Group Inc. for US$1 billion in cash. The purchase price works out to $6 per share. That is a...
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Halogen touts 38% revenue increase in third quarter
Ottawa’s Halogen Software finished its third quarter of 2010 with “significant market momentum” and a 38 per cent revenue increase in annual recurring revenue, according to a release by the firm. The...
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Protus takeover was a safe alternative to IPO: analysts
By Elizabeth Howell Protus IP Solutions Inc.’s US$213-million takeover yesterday by its court rival, j2 Global Communications, was the best outcome possible for the company given ongoing litigation, an...
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Despite layoffs, Protus acquisition ‘breaks a log-jam’ in Ottawa: insider
By Elizabeth Howell After years of undisclosed acquisitions of Ottawa firms, the high-profile, US$213-million Protus IP Solutions Inc. acquisition on Monday could prove the turning point for the local...
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Federal contracts (Feb. 27-March 5)
Otis Canada Inc. 2480 Lancaster Rd. Description: Elevator installation and maintenance Buyer: PWGSC $3,628,568 Altis Human Resources (Ottawa) Inc. and Excel Human Resources Inc., in joint venture 102...
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Protus’s Ottawa staff levelled in wake of j2 takeover
Krystle Chow Ottawa Business Journal More than 100 staff have been let go from Internet fax and communications services provider Protus’s local office since the Ottawa company announced its...
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The Worst Resume Mistake EVER!
By Mark Swartz Monster Senior Contributing Writer What could possibly be the worst mistake you could make when it comes to your resume? Not targeting it to the kind of job you’re looking for is a...
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Tech labour crunch looming in Canada
By Jameson Berkow, Financial Post TORONTO. Canada is facing a “systemic” technology labour shortage, a new study has found. Companies will be looking to fill 106,000 new positions in the information...
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Telesat tops Ottawa firms on Branham300
Published on April 5, 2011 Elizabeth Howell Ottawa satellite firm Telesat sits atop more than 30 Ottawa-headquartered companies listed on the Branham300, an annual measure of Canadian technology firms...
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UPDATE: Google bids $900M for Nortel’s patent portfolio
Published on April 4, 2011 Elizabeth Howell Google Inc. will be the stalking horse bidder for Nortel Network Corp.’s patent portfolio, the last piece of lucrative business standing after the former...
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DON’T FORGET, HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION EXTENDS TO JOB INTERVIEWS!
You have narrowed your list of candidates after reviewing resumes and now you have a potential candidate coming in for an interview. The interview process is the lynch pin of the recruiting process,...
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Receive A Job Counter-Offer? Don’t Take It
Hal Reiter http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/28/counter-offer-employer-lead-careers-cx_hr_0630counteroffer.html Pitting your employer against another in a bidding war for you is often career suicide. A few...
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The Unemployed Worker’s New Friend: Outsourcers
Job Hunters Pay Firms to Launch Résumé Blitz By: Joe Light http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303499204576387511296578664.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories Last summer, Mel Moomjean was...
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Coming to Terms with the Consumerization of IT
By: R “Ray” Wang R “Ray” Wang is Principal Analyst and CEO at Constellation Research Group. The corporate e-mail server is down, but work doesn’t grind to a halt. Everybody just switches to Gmail,...
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