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Visier Inc., a Vancouver-based provider of workforce analytics, has published a new white paper: “From HR Metrics to Workforce Analytics: Five Key Workforce Insights That Every Employer Should Capture for Greater Business Impact,” that addresses the need for HR professionals to move beyond collecting individual HR metrics to measuring comprehensive workforce topics. HR metrics alone will not help HR professionals understand the contributing factors and drivers impacting their organizations. Note: you must provide contact information in order to download the whitepaper. Read the rest of this entry »

SUTUS Inc., a Vancouver-based technology specialist for the pizza franchise industry, announced today that the company has partnered with the Domino’s Franchisee Association (DFA) to help Domino’s franchisees improve their businesses through the use of technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian On-demand eCommerce platform provider OrderDynamics™ has announced Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (H.I.V.E™) technology partner ShopSocially, a California-based social media platform that improves engagement, decision and conversion between consumers and retailers, recently helped multi-channel Canadian retailer Walking on a Cloud increase their overall social media fanbase by more than 70% over the course of two weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Kidela, a dynamic new multimedia company that brings entrepreneurs, companies and great ideas together to tell their stories, is pleased to announce the end of their beta test and the official launch of its website. Through insightful interviews, columns and reports, Kidela shares fascinating insights into the pursuit of success while conveying the stories of inspired companies and not-for-profit groups. Read the rest of this entry »

As athletes from around the world prepare to compete in London, workplaces in Canada appear to be hosting competitions of their own, a new OfficeTeam survey suggests. Four in ten of the senior managers interviewed said they believe employees are more competitive with each other today than they were 10 years ago. These results mirror those from a similar survey of senior executives conducted in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ has announced Ron Moravek has been appointed Executive Vice President, Production reporting directly to THQ President, Jason Rubin. Moravek joins THQ’s management team as the company is moving quickly to embrace new strategic business models, digitally connected experiences, and a more focused, high-quality game slate. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc., a Toronto-based multi-platform deployer of games, had announced its CEO & President, Vikas Gupta, will present two sessions in The Founders Room at Benaroya Hall during Casual Connect Seattle this Wednesday, July 25th. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, 20 transitioning Canadian Forces members have gathered at Memorial University to begin “Based In Business,” a week-long entrepreneurial boot camp developed by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Memorial and presented in partnership with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF). Read the rest of this entry »

Location-based marketing platform, Sweet IQ (formerly Get Me Listed), announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with marketing communications agency Cossette, who will be integrating Sweet IQ’s innovative solutions into its offer through its new startup incubator. Read the rest of this entry »

Calgary company Ivrnet Inc. is pleased to announce that the acquisition of NeatWorx Web Solutions Inc., a privately held company whose proprietary software delivers web-based content management, registration, administration and payment solutions to sports clubs and associations throughout North America is now complete. Read the rest of this entry »