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    <title>York Technology Alliance Member News</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 05:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>To submit a press release</title>
      <description>To submit a press release you must be a member of the YTA.&amp;nbsp; Visit the Member Connection page and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://yta.onefireplace.com/Default.aspx?pageId=216139"&gt;Submit a Release&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:18:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Complete Innovations Recognized as one of Canada's Top ICT and Mobile Technology Companies in the 2013 Branham300</title>
      <description>&lt;h5&gt;Ranked #150 in the Top 250 Canadian ICT Companies; Ranked #5 in the Top 5 Mobile Technology Companies by the Branham Group&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 29, 2013 -- Complete Innovations Inc., a leading global provider of mission-critical fleet, asset and mobile workforce management solutions to customers around the globe, has been ranked among the top Canadian and multinational ICT companies operating in Canada in the 2013 Branham300. Complete Innovations was ranked 5th in the list of Canada's Top 5 Mobile Technology Companies; and ranked 150th in the list of the top 250 Canadian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Companies based on revenues.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2013 is the 5th consecutive year that the Branham Group has recognized Complete Innovations' performance within the Canadian technology sector. This year's recognition comes on the heels of the company's 30th place ranking in the Deloitte 2012 Technology Fast 50 awards. Complete Innovations continues to deliver technology solutions that fit the needs of dispatch, fleet tracking and mobile resource management customers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"While Canada's ICT sector grew only slightly overall in 2012, the group still set another new Branham300 revenue record of $83B," said Wayne Gudbranson, President and CEO of Branham Group. "Complete Innovations delivered another year of double-digit revenue growth, and contributed to the record revenue growth in the latest Branham300. Since their first appearance on our list five years ago, Complete Innovations has continued to make its mark as one of Canada's fastest growing tech companies."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada's top technology companies," said Tony Lourakis, CEO of Complete Innovations. "Product development remains a key part of Complete Innovations' success, driven by our focus on delivering the best tracking and workforce management platform in our industry. We re-invest a large portion of our revenues each year to enhance our products, and bring new solutions to market. It's been a successful approach for us, and one we will continue to use as we develop our next generation of products."&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:17:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Interwork Achieves High Ranking in 2012 Reseller Choice Awards</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Interwork Technologies is proud to be recognized by its partners in the 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #262626; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Reseller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Choice Awards as a Top 5 Distributor in all 5 distribution categories. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;We'd like to thank you,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;OUR PARTNERS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;, for your dedication &amp;amp; commitment to helping Interwork fulfill its mission of delivering exceptional Service, Value, &amp;amp; Expertise to the channel.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Interwork Technologies was ranked as follows, with significant improvements over the previous year:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Speciality Distributor:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;3rd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;(6th)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Availability:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;4th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;(11th)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Customer Service:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;4th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;(8th)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Product Support:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;4th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;(10th)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Terms &amp;amp; Conditions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;4th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;(9th)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;With over 35 nominated distributors, Interwork Technologies is proud to be recognized for providing quality service&amp;nbsp;among&amp;nbsp;the industry leaders.&amp;nbsp; Over the past year, we've significantly increased our investments &amp;amp; re-aligned our resources to better serve you.&amp;nbsp; This survey tells us we're moving in the right direction - thank you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Joe Graci&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #323232; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;President &amp;amp; GM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.yorktech.ca/membernews?mode=PostView&amp;bmi=1229920</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:08:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Secure your IT infrastructure with Dell SonicWALL</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0085c3"&gt;Explore Opportunities in Business Protection with Dell SonicWALL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;New and sophisticated malware can not only wreak havoc with your networks and productivity, but can also allow attackers to steal data and ultimately impact your business’s bottom line. Traditional firewalls have been rendered useless, as these threats are finding their way into networks in new and devious ways.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
On&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Tuesday, March 19th, 2013&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Dell will host a live webcast demonstrating how to control application chaos and how to increase your network optimization with security solutions from Dell SonicWALL.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0085c3; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;Register here: &lt;a href="http://rsvpportal.com/Dell/sonicwall/register.html"&gt;&lt;font color="#3A3A3A" size="3" face="Arial"&gt;http://rsvpportal.com/Dell/sonicwall/register.html&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.yorktech.ca/membernews?mode=PostView&amp;bmi=1213262</link>
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      <dc:creator>Ryan Ellis</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Daryl Ritchie of MNP: Accounting firm’s growth no overnight sensation</title>
      <description>Please go to &lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/management/daryl-ritchie-accounting-firms-growth-no-overnight-sensation/article5644274/"&gt;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/management/daryl-ritchie-accounting-firms-growth-no-overnight-sensation/article5644274/&lt;/a&gt; to read a great article about MNP and the success of this great Canadian company.</description>
      <link>http://www.yorktech.ca/membernews?mode=PostView&amp;bmi=1151493</link>
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      <dc:creator>Ryan Ellis</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Please join us for the unveiling of Dell's dynamic new line of Windows 8</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0087cc; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;Please join us for the unveiling of Dell’s dynamic new line of Windows 8-equipped computers and venture into the touchable future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;Everywhere you look, people are tapping away on mobile devices. The way we play and work is evolvingundefined&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;touchable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; technology is here and leading the way.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;Whether you like to stay put or work on the go, Dell’s new touch-pad solutions have it allundefinedthe convenience and &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;fun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of a touch-screen tablet backed up by the power of an enterprise-grade laptop. They deliver on the promises of new advances in computing: a leading-edge and intuitive touch experience, the security and manageability required by today's always-on pace... and the muscle, convenience and versatility of Windows 8. They can also be seamlessly integrated into existing IT environments.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To register for the Toronto Event on December 5, 2012, please go to:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ci30.actonsoftware.com/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/3648/p/p-0008/t/page/fm/0"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0066cc"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Helvetica"&gt;To register for the December 5th Toronto unveiling, please click here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.yorktech.ca/membernews?mode=PostView&amp;bmi=1131031</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:55:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Test Your Security Skills for a Chance to Win $2500!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Grab your laptop and join Symantec Canada on Tuesday, November 6 for the upcoming &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Symantec Cyber Readiness Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. All skill levels welcome and great prizes to be won!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
This one-of-a-kind event invites security professionals and ethical hackers to help further improve their security skills so they can ultimately better protect their company or organization. Not a security professional? Feel free to forward to your colleagues and invite them to join us.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Come get an update on the global threat landscape and how current IT trends are requiring organizations to take new approaches in information security.&lt;br&gt;
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Stay for the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, an exciting cyber &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;"Capture the Flag"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (CTF) simulation. Designed for all aptitude levels, you will have the opportunity to win great prizes, including:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li style=" tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Cash prize of $2500 for the top score&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=" tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Quadricopter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=" tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;16G Google Nexus 7 Tablet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=" tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;The first 75 to register and attend get a limited edition Cyber Readiness Challenge hoodie!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=" tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;and much, much more!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Don't miss this chance to participate in a live cyber attack simulation, inspired by real-life security issues that will help you better understand the vulnerabilities of today's global threat landscape and ultimately gain critical security intelligence to improve your organization's security posture.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;IMPORTANT: Participants will need to provide their own laptops.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/symantec-corporation\.com\/servlet\/cc6?kPugHuQWCDTQAVkPuHglLJTxuHNLjpJsijQJhuVaVSVX1LLKXVPVXLX\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://symantec-corporation.com/servlet/cc6?kPugHuQWCDTQAVkPuHglLJTxuHNLjpJsijQJhuVaVSVX1LLKXVPVXLX" target="_blank"&gt;REGISTER NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; color:#E98300"&gt;EVENT DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Date:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday, November 6&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The Design Exchange (DX)&lt;br&gt;
Historic Trading Floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange&lt;br&gt;
234 Bay Street&lt;br&gt;
Toronto, Ontario&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
4:30 - 5:30 Registration &amp;amp; Dinner&lt;br&gt;
5:30 - 6:15 Keynote&lt;br&gt;
6:30 - 10:30 Cyber Readiness Challenge&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Speaker:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Clint Sand, Sr. Director, Security Business Practice, Symantec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/symantec-corporation\.com\/servlet\/cc6?kPugHuQWCDTQAVkPuHglLJTxuHNLjpJsijQJhuVaVSVX1LLKXVPVXLX\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://symantec-corporation.com/servlet/cc6?kPugHuQWCDTQAVkPuHglLJTxuHNLjpJsijQJhuVaVSVX1LLKXVPVXLX" target="_blank"&gt;REGISTER NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:49:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>YTA searching for Events Coordinator - Job Posting</title>
      <description>YTA hosts more than 15 Peer2Peer events each month, a Topical Issues Luncheon that attracts over 100 attendees, and a Learning Seminar for 30 senior decision makers. &amp;nbsp;If you know anyone interested in this opportunity please have them call the YTA office for more information.

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  YTA is the only member-directed industry association in the GTA that is entirely focused upon the growth of small and mid-size technology businesses.Join us and be part of the success of the tech industry.
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      <dc:creator>Pat Shaw</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:52:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>York Angel Investors and Angel One Investor Network combine forces on Breakeven Inc. investment</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;York Angel Investors Inc. (YAI), announced today that an investment syndicate comprised of members of York Angels and Angel One Investor Network, have closed an investment in the amount of $ CDN 400,000.00 with Breakeven Inc. of Markham, Ontario.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Our investors have been very impressed by the Breakeven management team and its opportunity," says Karen Grant, Angel One's executive director.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; "This was the first joint investment that included the members of Angel One and York Angel Investors.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; It's collaborations like these that make angel investors a powerful contributor to the growth economy of Ontario."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Breakeven is a promising and energetic company," said Scott MacCannell, President of York Angels Inc.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; "The company founders, Ian Hayes and Thai Nguyen, have successfully built the company to its current levels and we are looking forward to working with them as they accelerate the company's already positive growth."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“We are extremely excited to be partnering with Angel One and York Angels.” said Ian Hayes, Breakeven’s President and CEO. “The wealth of experience in both of these investor groups is priceless to us. Their investment in our company will help us take our business to the next level.”&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;About Breakeven Inc: “Breakeven helps those that help others.” Based in Markham, Ontario, Breakeven is an innovative software developer providing cloud-based applications and services to nonprofit organizations. Their products deliver real-time stewardship for donor and volunteer management across numerous channels. Breakeven simplifies and increases the connections between organizations and their supporters in a meaningful way, so their clients can continue to focus on what really matters – changing the world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;About Angel One Investor Network: Angel One (www.angelonenetwork.ca) is a member-based organization of accredited investors who live, work or have strong interest in Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton and other communities at the western end of Lake Ontario. As of mid-August 2012, Angel One has 75 members in good standing. Breakeven is Angel One member's 12th investment in the past 9 months.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;About York Angel Investors: The York Angels are a group of accredited investors with a broad range of professional experience. Their individual and group focus is to create a return on investment for themselves and the businesses with which they work. Their involvement provides entrepreneurs with funding, and very importantly, advisors who counsel portfolio companies and their entrepreneurs, based on experience gained through their own successes in expediting and managing growth.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Marilyn Schaffer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Insiteful Solutions Celebrates 10 Years Serving the Online Marketing and Web Development Needs of Markham, the GTA and Beyond</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Insiteful Solutions Celebrates 10 Years Serving the Online Marketing and Web Development Needs of Markham, the GTA and Beyond.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Insiteful Solutions celebrated its&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;10 year anniversary. Over the last decade we have been extremely fortunate to have provided a wide range of services for our clients such as web design and development, animated Flash and AJAX designs, e-commerce solutions, content management systems, search engine optimization, paid search campaign management, social media marketing, and many other high quality online and offline marketing services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;We have been tremendously privileged to have worked with some amazing clients over the last ten years, said Jess Joss, founding partner of Insiteful Solutions. Each client has their own set of needs and goals and the last decade has been full of exciting and innovative work. We look forward to continuing to stay on top of the latest online trends and will continue to help our clients exceed their marketing and web development goals.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;We are excited to announce that we will be launching an updated website in the near future. The new site will make it even easier to find valuable information about services and advice Insiteful Solutions can offer to help our clients see a return on their marketing investment and examples of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; the work we are developing.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;Our social media channels will also be expanded with our new Tip of the Day feature on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, our blog and Pinterest.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:06:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Need help with software licensing?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Twice a year at Microsoft we go through something we call "The Global Relationship Study" – we reach out and contact you to see how we're doing and what Microsoft could do better.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; If you get an email from "Microsoft Feedback" with the subject line "Help Microsoft Focus on Customers and Partners" between March 5th and April 13th, please take a little time to tell us what you think.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;One of these areas that came up in the last survey was licensing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span&gt;Figuring out which software licensing options best suit your needs while being cost-effective can be confusing. Some businesses end up making their purchases through retail stores which means they miss out on volume licensing opportunities and others may unknowingly be using unlicensed software which means their business may be at risk. So let me help you make the best decision for your situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;I put together&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/cdnitmanagers/archive/2012/01/10/back-to-the-basics-with-microsoft-software-licensing-options.aspx?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;a blog post that lays out licensing basics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;for any organization that needs to license software for more than 5 or less than 250 devices or users.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span&gt;It details the different ways you can buy a license and what choices are available for volume licensing, which can give you pricing advantages and provide flexible options for your business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As technology evolves and more organizations move to online services such as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/online-services/default.aspx#tab=1?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Microsoft Office 365&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/online-services/default.aspx#tab=2?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/online-services/default.aspx#tab=3?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Windows Azure Platform&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/online-services/default.aspx#tab=4?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Windows Intune&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/online-services/default.aspx#tab=5?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;others&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, it’s important to understand how to purchase, activate and use online service subscriptions to get the most out of your investment. Once purchased through a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/online-services/how-to-buy.aspx#tab=1?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;volume licensing agreement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;or the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/online/buy.aspx?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Microsoft Online Subscription Program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, these services can be managed through web portals:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://mocp.microsoftonline.com/site?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Online Services Customer Portal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;(Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Intune)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=156870&amp;amp;WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Dynamics CRM Online Customer Portal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;(Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/http:/www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/account/?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210/account/"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Windows Azure Customer Portal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;(Windows Azure Platform)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;·&lt;span style="font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Volume Licensing Service Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;(other services)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:right" align="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/cdnitmanagers/archive/2012/01/23/licensing-software-in-the-cloud.aspx?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Learn more &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;How are we doing? If you ever want to give me or my team some direct feedback, feel free to email me directly at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:ruth.morton@microsoft.com"&gt;&lt;span&gt;ruth.morton@microsoft.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, connect with me on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmorton"&gt;&lt;span&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;or catch me online on twitter at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ruthm"&gt;&lt;span&gt;@ruthm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Licensing Resources:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"&gt;
  &lt;li style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/click\.email\.microsoftemail\.com\/?qs=9d6c5a779dc378b17ebe7a170128ddc084901d7eff7f281ac7910ec3c5a70208ac44956108aaf377&amp;amp;WT\.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;The SMB How to Buy Portal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; – receive clear purchasing and licensing information that is easy to understand in order to help facilitate quick decision making.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/click\.email\.microsoftemail\.com\/?qs=9d6c5a779dc378b1db17f7ac3f9f37f9ccf78cd3613efd9cf9c632ac27f797de5b75c033469919ae&amp;amp;WT\.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Microsoft License Advisor (MLA)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; – Use MLA to research Microsoft Volume Licensing products, programs and pricing.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/click\.email\.microsoftemail\.com\/?qs=9d6c5a779dc378b16f260340ba273a6b7b1ce4043256bebf64ea9b2ded771d67af9deed1f7156a11&amp;amp;WT\.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; – Already have a volume License? Use the VLSC to get you easy access to all your licensing information in one location.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://microsoft.com/licensing/online-services/default.aspx?WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Online Services&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; – licensing information for off-premise options.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/click\.email\.microsoftemail\.com\/?qs=9d6c5a779dc378b19a9fecae89a4505fe3fdf330c7311d3453cc39f83175eee1d4b6460a5fb45694&amp;amp;WT\.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Windows 7 Comparison:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; – Compare versions of Windows and find out which one is right for you.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/click\.email\.microsoftemail\.com\/?qs=9d6c5a779dc378b1f050f6e06fe3bb059d045bbf318b8e05cac8f8198e8a38db9bd0a5ce6148974c&amp;amp;WT\.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Office 2010 Comparison:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; – Find out which Office suite is right for you.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style=" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/click\.email\.microsoftemail\.com\/?qs=9d6c5a779dc378b1189af6526db30a9128eb8fe461aec4c223e6e2adf813f18990f753b04c7987da&amp;amp;WT\.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 &amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Licensing FAQs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; – Frequently Asked Questions About Product Licensing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style=" line-height:normal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Additional Resources You May Find Useful:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/evalcenter/default.aspx?WT.mc_id=eml-n-ca-loc--&amp;amp;WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;; color:#943634;"&gt;TechNet Evaluation Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  Try some of our latest Microsoft products For free, Like System Center 2012 Pre-Release Products, and evaluate them before you buy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/default?WT.mc_id=eml-n-ca-loc--&amp;amp;WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;Springboard Series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  Your destination for technical resources, free tools and expert guidance to ease the deployment and management of your Windows-based client infrastructure. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.align-it.ca/contentlibrary/blogs/alignit-manager-tech-talk-series.aspx?WT.mc_id=eml-n-ca-loc--&amp;amp;WT.mc_id=nlc-n-ca-loc--40210"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;AlignIT Manager Tech Talk Series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  A monthly streamed video series with a range of topics for both infrastructure and development managers.&amp;nbsp; Ask questions and participate real-time or watch the on-demand recording.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:24:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Canada's Small Businesses Get a Boost</title>
      <description>Entrepreneurs accelerate time to market and more using CANARIE's Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR) Program&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
[Ottawa, February 15, 2012] CANARIE, Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, today announces the findings from the DAIR pilot program and seeks input from Canada’s digital entrepreneurs on the next phase of the program.&lt;br&gt;
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The DAIR pilot program was launched in spring 2011 and hosted over 40 users. As part of the wrap-up of the pilot phase of the DAIR program, CANARIE surveyed those users who cite the speed, scalability and security of the program as its biggest benefits. Other results of the survey showed:&lt;br&gt;
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Participants used DAIR primarily to launch products or services to market;&lt;br&gt;
New digital products were generated using the cloud resources of DAIR;&lt;br&gt;
Most participants had never used a cloud-based service like DAIR before;&lt;br&gt;
Participants made a significant investment of time to use DAIR, and&lt;br&gt;
DAIR created additional project opportunities and greatly improved product launch readiness.&lt;br&gt;
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“Our vision for the DAIR program is to directly lead to more innovation, more development and therefore more Canadian products on the market and it has done just that,” says CANARIE’s Senior Director, Technology Innovation Mark Wolff. “The DAIR pilot program provides more than cloud computing resources. DAIR provides valuable experience on how ICT can deliver business results, thereby strengthening Canada’s position in ICT and commercialization of innovative digital products and services.”&lt;br&gt;
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Some of the spin-off benefits noted by users include:&lt;br&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;Participants modified their business model to incorporate cloud resources after experiencing the benefits and value first-hand through DAIR;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;DAIR provided users with valuable information on how to provision for cloud resources. Users typically underestimated their testing time requirements;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;High performance computing resources and the ability to test virtually and at less cost, allowed users to test their products and services when they otherwise would have been unable to do so.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;
CANARIE operates Canada’s ultra-high-speed network, thousands of times faster than the Internet, which enables world-class research and discovery at universities, colleges, research hospitals, government labs and private sector research facilities across the country.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
DAIR is a testbed environment in which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the high-tech sector can design, prototype, validate and demonstrate pre-commercial technologies faster and cheaper than ever before. In the pilot phase of the program, there was no charge to users of DAIR.&lt;br&gt;
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Led by CANARIE, DAIR is possible through strong partnerships with Alberta’s Cybera, Compute Canada, and Quebec’s RISQ network. These partnerships deliver an advanced technical environment enabling large-scale simulations that ordinarily are difficult – or even impossible – for SMEs to carry out.&lt;br&gt;
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CANARIE intends to expand the program, and has incorporated this proposal into its mandate renewal request to the Government of Canada. In order to build the most beneficial program for SMEs, CANARIE is looking for feedback from digital entrepreneurs across the country on how best to meet their cloud-computing needs. &lt;a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DAIR_Survey" target="_blank"&gt;CANARIE’s survey may be found here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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A &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI-aa21UCbQ&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"&gt;short video&lt;/a&gt; is available that provides a user perspective on DAIR.&lt;br&gt;
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For more information on DAIR, including a way to indicate your interest to participate in the next phase of the program, visit the &lt;a href="http://www.canarie.ca/en/dair-program/about" target="_blank"&gt;CANARIE website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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    Wynn Anne Sibbald&lt;br&gt;
    CANARIE&lt;br&gt;
    (613) 943-5432&lt;br&gt;
    WynnAnne.Sibbald@canarie.ca
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      <title>Tackling Your Business Issues with Real Solutions</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial"&gt;Come join The Wan Group, incollaboration with Avaya and Blue Coat, for this unique event.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Come and discover how to address new challenges that are emerging with Social Networking &amp;amp; Mobility devices, and more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Date: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;From: 8:30 to 11:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www1.cala.avaya.com/AI/CAN-EN/FY12Q2/SMEMeeting/register.asp" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;Register Now-Click Here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:32:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>How to protect your business in this volatile currency market</title>
      <description>In the last two weeks, currency markets have experienced volatility not seen since the market meltdown in 2008. Some of the major currencies have seen moves of 10% or more as news of the U.S. debt downgrade, central bank intervention &amp;amp; European debt woes have rocked global markets in every asset class. This is a critical time to ensure your business is protected against adverse movements in the market and have the ability to execute when advantageous movements occur.&lt;br&gt;
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Currency markets move 24 hours a day and are influenced by billions of dollars flowing from speculation, sovereign wealth funds and central bank activities as well as fundamental business or economic needs. It is literally a full time job to keep track of where currency levels are at, let alone making the critical decisions on how your business should respond when markets are moving significantly.&lt;br&gt;
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It is a good time to ask your business these questions:&lt;br&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; How is our business coping with these currency movements?&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Is managing currency exposures the best use of our skill set?&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Has our currency provider been contacting us to let us know of good opportunities or do they just take our trades?&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Are we comfortable using Limit Orders and Forward Contracts to protect our revenues and automatically seize on opportunities whenever volatile spikes provide the chance?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;Working with experienced currency specialists can save you literally hundreds of thousands of dollars!!&lt;br&gt;
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You should be using tools such as LIMIT ORDERS &amp;amp; FORWARD CONTRACTS to lock in rates at prices you want, when you want.&lt;br&gt;
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CanadianForex offers excellent rates on foreign exchange for businesses.&lt;br&gt;
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Whenever you make a purchase or sale which involves a foreign currency, CanadianForex can save you money through better exchange rates and no fees. CanadianForex offers an easy and convenient system to view live rates, store your beneficiary details, lock in deals and view details of past transactions.&lt;br&gt;
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See more details at &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canadianforex.ca/partner.asp?id=1391" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"&gt;www.canadianforex.ca/partner.&lt;wbr&gt;asp?id=1391.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>New end-to-end SaaS based Profess ional Services Automation (PSA) Software enters the North American Market– 360 WorkBook</title>
      <description>Toronto, Ontario – February 21, 2011&lt;br&gt;
Effective February 21, 2011, 360 WorkBook will be made available to the Professional Services market in North America on a pure SaaS&lt;br&gt;
model.&lt;br&gt;
360 WorkBook is an all-in-one, SaaS (cloud-based), executive management tool that is tailored specifically for Professional Services&lt;br&gt;
firms which offers:&lt;br&gt;
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• Financial Management&lt;br&gt;
• Pipeline Management&lt;br&gt;
• Project Management/Planning&lt;br&gt;
• Resourcing Planning&lt;br&gt;
• Time/Expense Management&lt;br&gt;
• Estimating/Invoicing&lt;br&gt;
• Communication Management&lt;br&gt;
• Time &amp;amp; Material Entry&lt;br&gt;
• Purchase Order Management&lt;br&gt;
• And many more features/functions&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://yta.onefireplace.com/Resources/Documents/360WorkBookNorthAmerica_21Feb2011.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:16:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>NEWS RELEASE eSCRIBE – Signs Strategic Partnership with Ottawa based ISI Global Webcasting</title>
      <description>NEWS RELEASE&lt;br&gt;
eSCRIBE – Signs Strategic Partnership with Ottawa based ISI Global Webcasting to integrate video streaming with its industry leading paperless meeting management solutions&lt;br&gt;
Markham, ON (February 1-2011) eSCRIBE Solutions announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with ISI Global Webcasting of Ottawa Ontario a premier provider of live and on demand audio and video webcasting to government, education, professional sports and corporate clients across Canada.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://yta.onefireplace.com/Resources/Documents/News%20Release%20-%20eSCRIBE%20Partners%20with%20Ottawa%20based%20ISI%20GLobal%20Webcasting%20for%20Video%20Streaming%20%28Feb%201-2011%29.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:13:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>News Release - gShift Labs</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: rgb(25, 52, 65);"&gt;News Release&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: rgb(25, 52, 65);"&gt;Toronto, Ontario, February 10, 2011:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: rgb(25, 52, 65);"&gt;When &lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=uwsakidab&amp;amp;et=1104467898312&amp;amp;s=1144&amp;amp;e=001zYccwRRr5nUKJlyL_cFHS-BxyZJyIr1SScvuocbFQzGEEq7CjfEj3V1OZCYq2C8J8TFmmE3zq7IQL8xAAWizqxCbBTbxCAjL2zt87ocBuBH9Niwg1iS95A==" target="_blank"&gt;Jan-Pro Canada&lt;/a&gt; wanted to reduce their reliance on pay-per-click advertising in Google and invest instead in organic search for their business, they turned to gShift Labs' SEO Software to help them build their strategy and execute it on a monthly basis.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: rgb(25, 52, 65);"&gt;"We had spoken to SEO experts and they were never able to conclusively describe what an organic SEO strategy would look like for our business and what we would need to do monthly," said Jean Roberge, Master Franchise Owner of Jan-Pro Canada. "We knew that with industry statistics suggesting 75% of searchers click on organic results versus Adwords, we needed an aggressive SEO strategy for our business. The dollars we were spending on pay-per-click were not getting us business."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: rgb(25, 52, 65);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: rgb(25, 52, 65);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=uwsakidab&amp;amp;et=1104467898312&amp;amp;s=1144&amp;amp;e=001zYccwRRr5nVHBIl0EvStdtCPdVbnwIjc_6P-LWbEVddYxEYxuQrZfq1aqrD5OSyLTP121PrrOcEeT2rBn27JCVsfCq6A3Ghh0giII9JsexY=" target="_blank"&gt;Read the full gShift Labs News Release.&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: rgb(25, 52, 65);"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=uwsakidab&amp;amp;et=1104467898312&amp;amp;s=1144&amp;amp;e=001zYccwRRr5nUTRIREZWIu9DXKCBxmsyV52KSXZUPLsKcoSO3bVpv2lNaP45eWKryV4J4Nzq-B0FeO8nMRpZilqrVQ1V8gu05lMDchc1u33IEr2G7oSh5CM8KJZXDoi7M9OCxIny2XrF6sw0dl0YTRbbkrVi3wwSSjM0DwTLkKjqtpQnyoQuDGYM-0q2YDtjeV-xG2xVeE18Y=" target="_blank"&gt;Read the full Jan-Pro Canada Case Study.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>News Release - eSCRIBE Boardroom Launch</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-top: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Transform Board and Committee Meetings and &lt;span style="color: rgb(76, 196, 23);"&gt;GO GREEN&lt;/span&gt; with……&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;eSCRIBE&lt;/i&gt; Boardroom, Paperless Meeting Management Solution,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Markham, ON (September 7, 2010) eSCRIBE Solutions today announced the general availability of &lt;b&gt;eSCRIBE Boardroom&lt;/b&gt; the next version of its feature packed eSCRIBE pa&lt;span&gt;perless meeting management software solution designed specifically for the needs of public and private corporations and professional associations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“We are pleased to reach this exciting point in the evolution of eSCRIBE the first truly paperless agenda and meeting management solution developed specifically for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 and the Office Productivity Suite”, said Robert Treumann President, eSCRIBE.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; “eSCRIBE greatly improves the efficiency and transparency of board and committee meeting management while at the same time reducing the impact on the environment by eliminating dependency on the realms and realms of paper currently required to print and reprint proposal submissions and agenda packages which many times can be in excess of 250-500 pages each.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://yta.onefireplace.com/Resources/Documents/News%20Release%20-%20eSCRIBE%20Boardroom%20Launch.doc" target="_blank"&gt;For More Click Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>News Release - eSCRIBE Government Additional Customers</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-top: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Transform Local Council and Committee Meetings and &lt;span style="color: rgb(76, 196, 23);"&gt;GO GREEN&lt;/span&gt; with……&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;eSCRIBE&lt;/i&gt; Government, Paperless Legislative Meeting Management Solution,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Markham, ON (September 1, 2010)&lt;/b&gt; eSCRIBE today announced the availability of the latest release of its feature packed eSCRIBE - Government Pa&lt;span&gt;perless Legislative Meeting Management software solution designed specifically for Canadian Tier 1 and Tier 2 Local Government Administration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;“We are pleased to roll out this exciting new version of eSCRIBE packed full of additional features that provide additional meeting management functions that allow eSCRIBE to effectively manage even the most complex meeting formats”, said Robert Treumann President, eSCRIBE Solutions.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; “This keeps with our philosophy of ensuring that eSCRIBE becomes the industry leader for paperless meeting efficiency.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 3.75pt; text-align: justify; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://yta.onefireplace.com/Resources/Documents/News%20Release%20-%20eScribe%20Government%20Additional%20Customers%20%28July%202010%29.doc" target="_blank"&gt;For More Click Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Bid-Winners.ca Introduces Public Training Workshops for Bid &amp; Proposal Management</title>
      <description>&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;For Immediate Release&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;Bid-Winners.ca Introduces Public Training Workshops for Bid &amp;amp; Proposal Management&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;Bid-Winners announces its new series of public training workshops. These training programmes teach bidders how to read and interpret complex Bids and RFPs, and how to write professional quality proposals that are compelling to buyers.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;Toronto, Canada, June 7, 2010 --(&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;PR.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;)-- Bid-Winners is a management consulting firm that helps businesses find and respond to public and private Bids, RFPs, and Tenders. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The company is extending its popular corporate training programmes to the general public. Public workshops provide a cost-effective way for individuals and small businesses to learn how to successfully manage bids and proposals.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;“The full day workshop explains in detail the NINE-STEPS to managing a successful Bid-Response project.” explains Dan Pelletier, President Bid-Winners.ca. “Attendees learn how to: find bids; decide to bid or not-bid; write a compelling proposal; present a professional bid-package; and debrief on both won and list bids”&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;“From the many proposals we have managed for our clients, we have selected both the best-practices and the common pitfalls, and built these into the workshop content.” &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;Attendees develop basic to intermediate skills in: interpreting complex bid documents; writing professional proposals that meet mandatory requirements; and creating compelling solutions for buyers. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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