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RAMTelecom Inc. widens its satellite  network coverage, hooking up with Intelsat General Corp. in a service agreement that will give RAMTelecom access to the Washington, DC company’s worldwide satellite network. Ottawa-based RAMTelecom says the deal will centralize telecom needs for the international branches of its large enterprise clients, and also strengthen its new Global IP satellite service for ISPs, mining and oil and gas operations, and communities in the North.
Vegas deal, Kanata cuts
March Networks cuts its global workforce by eight percent or about 20 staff, most of them workers in Kanata. The company employs  approximately 180 people in Ottawa and 260 globally. Calling the cuts a “small reduction,” Peter Wilenius, VP, investor relations, says the layoffs were “related to aligning our operating costs as communicated earlier, as we have the intent to be profitable this year.” In unrelated news, the company has won a deal to provide the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada with mobile video surveillance solutions to enhance security. The company says RTC is using its wireless monitoring equipment and vehicle diagnostics gear on para-transit and fixed-route buses that serve the greater Las Vegas Valley, including the Vegas Strip. RTC has already deployed March Networks’ mobile recorders on more than 190 of its 520 vehicles.
Securing Dubai Bank
CRYPTOCard’s two-factor  authentication technology is selected by an Islamic bank in the United Arab Emirates to enhance security. Dubai Bank, which claims it operate in compliance with Shariah Law and is therefore “fully ethical,” says it chose CRYPTOCard to protect itself and corporate customers from password and ID theft risks following the update of its website and online channel platforms.
Asian subsidiary
BTI Systems is opening shop in China, teaming up with Wuhan FiberHome Networks Co. Ltd. (FHN) to expand business in Asia.  The Ottawa-based photonics company will co-develop new products with FHN, leverage its carrier-grade packet optical networking technologies and FHN’s expertise in Ethernet switches, Internet protocol routing technology and hi-def video systems. BTI says it is planning to hire 15 Chinese staff at the new Shanghai division, which will strengthen ties with its Asian partners as well as with FHN. The new partnership will also give BTI access to FHN’s parent company FiberHome Group, home to 9,000 employees and the first organization to pull optical fibre in China.
Initial deployment
Kinaxis Inc.’s supply-chain management tool is deployed by Taiwanese wireless solutions maker Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI)  at its manufacturing facilities in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Wuxi, China. The Ottawa-based provider of the on-demand services for manufacturers partnered with systems integrator Genesis Technology Inc. in this initial deployment of RapidResponse for MTI. The solution will allow the customer to balance demand and supply to meet delivery targets, while reducing inventory levels, according to Kinaxis.
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28 hour days without trying
Posted by Susan Murphy
As summer quickly flies away, and the world around us slips out of sleepy summer mode into the normal post-Labour Day madness, we're all thinking about ways we can maximize our time and minimize our stress and exhaustion. Each year, we say to ourselves "This year will be different. There will be no more morning rushing around, no more late nights replying to emails, no more traffic, no more sleepless nights."
Over the past few years, I've been working hard at streamlining my life to the point where I really do feel like I'm living a 28-hour day. I am more productive in my personal and professional life than ever before, and here is some of what I've learned. Click here to read more of Susan's blog.
Two new partners
Enablence Technologies Inc. signs  two partnership deals that will see its products co-manufactured in Japan and connecting broadband users in Brazil. The Ottawa-based company says Osaki Electric Co. will market a multiplexer and other products jointly manufactured by Osaki and Enablence’s optical components and subsystems division. In a separate agreement, SuperOnda Telecom of Brazil will use Enablence’s TRIDENT7 universal access platform to bring voice, video and high-speed data service to 30,000 subscribers over the next three years.
New systems for UAE
March Networks signs a deal with United Arab Emirates, which has ordered its VideoSphere intelligent video management solution for Ras Al Khaimah International Airport. Provided by March partner Oasis Enterprises, based in Dubai, and part of the airport’s US$16-million renovation and enlargement project, the system of more than 100 VideoSphere encoders with embedded video analytics will be used to increase security in the main terminal and adjacent facilities. This is March’s first sale of the VideoSphere solution in the Middle East, coming after two other contract wins this year in the region through the company’s recently acquired subsidiary CIEFFE. Ras Al Khaimah International Airport serves 27 airlines flying to destinations in the Middle and Far East, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Africa.
Stormont ups stake in Clearford
 SC Stormont acquires four million common shares of Clearford Industries Inc., increasing its holdings in the wastewater treatment products maker to 17.5%. The shares represent about 15.59% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Clearford, a client of Stormont, which provides strategic and executive leadership to SMBs in exchange for equity. The company says it acquired the stock for investment purposes but did not disclose terms of the transaction. Stormont now owns 4.5 million Clearford common shares.
Asian range widened
Optelian expands its  presence in Asia, signing a distribution deal with international telecom services company Teralight Ltd., which will sell and support Optelian’s optical transport systems and test tools in Pakistan. “Following on the heels of other recently signed distribution agreements in Nepal and Korea, this partnership is another step forward in Optelian’s commitment to serving the Asian market,” says the company. Optelian LightGAIN and LightPRO solutions are used by telecom, multi-service operator, utility and enterprise customers to optimize optical broadband services.
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iPhone
Posted by Frédéric Boulanger
So I caved in as well and I bought an iPhone. It's a nice toy, tool. The user experience is A+ all around. You just love using the thing. I've never felt so comfortable browsing the web on such a small screen. It's so natural, you just know what you should be doing. The Blackberry is not even close in terms of sexiness with the OS being so 90ies. I think the BB is the stable, reliable, field tested, unsexy product, while iPhone is the sports car in constant need of attention. The app store is wonderful - there are already more apps for iPhone than there are for BB. I wish RIM had been more aggressive with this aspect of their business, the app eco-system. But Before I can think of switching to it as my main device, there are serious shortcomings Apple will need to work out. Click here to read more of Frédéric's blog.
Solution ‘goes live’
 Mxi Technologies’ software is up and running as the maintenance and engineering system for Boeing’s Derivative Airplane Programs (DAP). The Ottawa-based company says its Maintenix aviation maintenance management software has “gone live” across the entire fleet of aircraft managed and supported by the Seattle-based DAP business unit of Boeing Integrated Defence Systems. The customer will use Mxi’s solution for such operations as management reporting, employee scheduling and inventory tracking, all at a lower cost and while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
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