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Cloud A Launches Beta Tests
Halifax-based Cloud A, which offers a flexible infrastructure-as-a-service solution over the cloud for Canadian customers, is looking for groups to participate in its public beta test.
Cloud A was formed last year by Brandon Kolybaba, the
TitanFile Releases Secure Deposit Box
TitanFile Inc., the developer of a secure collaboration and document-sharing system, has unveiled new features for its product, including the TitanFile Secure Deposit Box, which makes it even easier and safer for clients to receive communications.
Applications Roll in for SMU’s MTEI
St. Mary’s University’s Masters of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation program, which will launch this autumn, has already accepted eight students and is still receiving applications.
The Halifax university hosted its official launch of
Citrus Searching for Killer Product
Best known for its real estate website TxT2look, the team at Citrus Mobile Solutions is staffing up for a range of projects for clients and looking for that “holy-grail” product that will make its name.
The team is headed by Brian Perry and John
Atlantic Canadian Startup Monthly
Late last week, Robert Foley and Suhaim Abdussamad from Startup Kitchen posted the second Atlantic Canadian Startup Monthly, in which we discuss what's going on in the community around the region.
We've expanded the panel to include Janice
Propel’s MacAusland Wins Kira Award
Trevor MacAusland, the Executive Director of PropelICT, won the Special Recognition Award at the 15th annual KIRA Awards in Fredericton last night in recognition for his success in the developing the Launch36 accelerator.
Under MacAusland’s
Community Progress in St. John’s
The startup community in St. John’s is continuing to move forward this week with the opening of its co-working facility and a partnership with Startup Canada.
The innovation community in St. John’s ranges from 150-member multi-nationals like
Economy Debate Must Feature Startups
Jevon MacDonald’s tremendous speech to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night was the third reminder I had seen in a week that Atlantic Canada needs to develop the technology community.
MacDonald, the chief executive officer and
Tenants Taking Lead as Volta Opens
As Volta opens its doors for the first time this morning, the thing that really pleases its organizers is that they’re no longer the only ones doing the organizing.
That task is being undertaken more and more by the 10 tech startups occupying
Why We Need A Regional Community
In the last two years, I’ve sat separately with Iain Klugman and Gerry Pond and listened to their divergent views on developing start-up communities in Atlantic Canada.
Klugman, the CEO of the Communitech accelerator in Kitchener, Ont., said in
B4Checkin’s Top Line Tripled in 2012
Saar Fabrikant is careful in describing B4Checkin Ltd.’s revenue growth, but he makes it clear that the picture is rosy.
Fabrikant is the president and chief executive officer of the Halifax company, which has developed a suite of cloud-based
Novawise Lands Funding from FAN
With its sales increasing rapidly, Halifax startup Novawise Inc. has closed a six-figure funding round from the First Angel Network to finance its international sales effort.
CEO David MacKinnon said Friday that the funding was worth
