Harper Government Invests in Research Excellence at Canadian Post Secondary Institutions Creating Jobs of the Future Canadian universities attract the brightest and best researchers with federal funding

Harper Government Invests in Research Excellence at Canadian Post Secondary Institutions Creating Jobs of the Future Canadian universities attract the brightest and best researchers with federal funding






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GUELPH, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/12/11 -- Scientists at universities across Canada will begin new research into cancer, advanced robotics, physical activity, child and youth injuries, water quality and many other areas as part of an investment in the Canada Research Chairs. The announcement was made by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), while speaking at the University of Guelph.
"Our government is investing in the people and ideas that will keep Canada at the forefront of the global economy," said Minister Goodyear. "The Canada Research Chairs are helping to develop, attract and retain the world's top researchers here in our country."

In total, 253 newly awarded or renewed Canada Research Chairs at 56 Canadian degree-granting post-secondary institutions are being awarded $203.9 million to undertake new research. This federal investment allows Canadian institutions to strengthen their position as global leaders in research and development, bringing greater economic opportunities for Canadians.
Today's event at the University of Guelph featured Dr. Barbara Morrongiello, who researches risk injury among children and adolescents. As Canada Research Chair in Child & Youth Injury Prevention, Dr. Morrongiello identifies, through scientifically rigorous research, the factors that heighten the risk of injury in children and adolescents, helping to prevent unintentional injury and to promote safe practices among our youth.
Dr. Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and a member of the Canada Research Chairs Program Steering Committee, attended today's announcement.
"The Canada Research Chairs helps to position Canadian post-secondary institutions as world-class research centres," said Dr. Fortier. "With this funding support, researchers are finding solutions to today's social, health and economic issues and are training the next generation of innovative scientists and scholars."
The investment announced today also includes an additional $10.2 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for research infrastructure associated with the new Chair awards.
"The CFI is proud to support these talented, well-trained individuals who will undoubtedly drive new ideas, develop original products and discover new ways to tackle issues," said Dr. Gilles G. Patry, president and CEO of the CFI. "Investing in people, providing them with the tools they need, and creating opportunities to collaborate across boundaries are all critical factors to fostering an innovative society."
The 253 chairholders included in the announcement will conduct research in a diversity of fields, with potential benefits for policy-makers, businesses, researchers and practitioners, and Canadians.
A full list of the chairholders is available on the Canada Research Chairs : website.
Details on the CFI's funding for research infrastructure associated with the new Chair awards are available on the CFI website : .


Contacts:

Trevor Lynn, Manager, Communications

Canada Research Chairs Program

613-992-7302; Cell: 613-302-9879
trevor.lynn@chairs-chaires.gc.ca :


Yves Melanson, Coordinator, Media Relations

Canada Foundation for Innovation

613-996-3160; Cell: 613-447-1723
yves.melanson@innovation.ca :


Gary Toft, Director of Communications

Office of the Honourable Gary Goodyear

Minister of State (Science and Technology)

613-943-7599
gary.toft@ic.gc.ca :


Sue Bennett

Director, University and Community Relations

University of Guelph

519-824-4120 Ext. 56542
s.bennnett@exec.uoguelph.ca :

Cogeco Data Services Expands Data Centre Space to over 100,000 Square Feet

Cogeco Data Services Expands Data Centre Space to over 100,000 Square Feet

BusinessWire · Oct. 4, 2011 

To meet the growing demand for managed information technology services and support for cloud computing initiatives, Cogeco Data Services (CDS) is increasing its data centre space across the Greater Toronto Area, Barrie, Oakville and Vancouver to more than 100,000 square feet – almost two football fields. The Company is also offering a suite of managed IT solutions to help organizations deal with their increasingly complex and demanding data needs.

Through new construction and its recent acquisition of Quiettouch Inc., CDS will have more than 100,000 square feet of data centre space spread across six facilities – one in Vancouver, three in Toronto, one in Barrie and one in Oakville. The significant expansion along with its new managed IT services supports CDS’ commitment to cloud computing initiatives and the need for superior IT and the network infrastructure to support it.

“IT infrastructure is not the core competency of most companies and as technology becomes more complex, more companies will be outsourcing their data and IT management, so they can focus on their own areas of expertise,” said Tony Ciciretto, President of Cogeco Data Services. “The increased load on companies’ IT infrastructure is becoming a tougher challenge to manage on a day-to-day basis. To help our customers better manage this growing challenge, we have expanded our data centre offering to help reduce our customers’ capital and maintenance costs – while improving service levels.”

The new facilities will be designed, built and operated by CDS. These facilities will also offer state of the art 24/7/365 monitoring, power redundancy, support, biometrics, and onsite security allowing CDS to respond to the complex demands of the changing enterprise IT environment in real time. Customers will also benefit from CDS’ diverse fibre network connections, greatly improving the level of network scalability and redundancy available – giving customers the room to grow, when they are ready.

All services will be backed by CDS’ industry leading Service Level Agreements.

The new facilities will be designed to meet Tier 3 standards along with various certification requirements including PCI, ITIL and CSAE 3416 (formerly CICA 5970).

The environmental footprint of the new facilities is a major consideration for CDS during the design and construction phases. One of the Company’s Toronto facilities is in a LEED Gold certified building, while the other facilities will include, among other features, state of the art Free Cooling systems, which use low external air temperatures for cooling, and a fraction of the power of traditional cooling systems.

Additional space at CDS’ current Toronto facility is now fully operational with a brand new data centre slated for early in the new year. Space in the Company’s newly acquired Barrie and Oakville data centers is expected to be available to customers by mid-2012 and early 2013.

“Companies are using new cloud services to help expand their business, but are still being weighed down by demands on their IT infrastructure. Our new data centre space and suite of managed IT services will help take the burden off our customers so they can focus on their core competencies and concentrate on growing their business,” said Ciciretto.

About Cogeco Data Services

With its suite of Business Communication Solutions (Data Centre and Managed IT Services, Managed Voice and Connectivity Services), Cogeco Data Services supplies its customers with the fast, reliable and secure ability to access, manage, move and store large amounts of data worldwide. The Company's wholly-owned, all optical, redundant network and secure, ‘always on’, data centres provide some of Canada’s largest companies and public sector organizations with near limitless bandwidth and secure facilities for hosting and storing mission critical data.

For more information about Cogeco Data Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cogeco Cable Inc., visit cogecodata.com.

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Contacts

Cogeco Data Services
Virginia Brailey, 416-840-8742
Vice President, Marketing
virginia.brailey@cogecodata.com

Gartner Says Worldwide Social Media Revenue Is on Pace to Total $10.3 Billion in 2011 and Grow to $14.9 Billion in 2012

Gartner Says Worldwide Social Media Revenue Is on Pace to Total $10.3 Billion in 2011 and Grow to $14.9 Billion in 2012

Analysts to Reveal Latest Global IT Spending Forecast on October 17 at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2011 in Orlando

STAMFORD, Conn., October 11, 2011— 


                 Worldwide social media revenue is on track to reach $10.3 billion in 2011, a 41.4 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $7.3 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide social media revenue is forecast for consistent growth with 2012 revenue totaling $14.9 billion, and the market is projected to reach $29.1 billion in 2015.

Advertising revenue is, and will remain, the largest contributor to overall social media revenue. Social media advertising revenue is forecast to total $5.5 billion in 2011, and grow to $8.2 billion in 2012. Advertising revenue includes display advertising and digital video commercials on any device including PCs, mobile and media tablets.

“Marketers will begin to transition from ‘onetime placement and click of ads’ toward ‘ongoing engagement’ with the Internet user and will therefore allocate a higher percentage of their advertising budget to social networking sites,” said Neha Gupta, senior research analyst at Gartner. “This is mainly because social networking sites, with the help of social analytics firms, are able to unlock the interconnected data structures of users — mapping lists of friends, their comments and messages, photos and all their social connections, contact information and associated media.”

To calculate social media revenue, Gartner analysts defined "social media" as including websites where: (1) content is created, consumed, promoted, distributed, discovered or shared for purposes which are primarily related to communities and social activities, rather than functional, task-oriented objectives; (2) content usually takes the form of words, pictures or videos; (3) the website may be a closed or an open platform; and (4) the flow of expression can be unidirectional or multidirectional.

Social gaming revenue is on pace to reach $3.2 billion in 2011 and grow to $4.5 billion in 2012. Social gaming includes revenue that social networking sites earn directly from users who play games that are developed in-house, and the revenue earned by allowing game developers/publishers to use their sites as a platform to let users play with friends on the network. It includes revenue earned from "virtual wallets" within games (such as when users spend virtual money on in-game items like swords or tanks, or to create virtual armies).

“We have seen social networks take a platform-oriented approach to game monetization. That is, the social networks have evolved into platforms for social gaming by publishing APIs that help build an ecosystem of developers and publishers,” Ms. Gupta said. “The dominant monetization models for social games are ad-led and ‘freemium’ models. The free-to-play games are funded either through advertising (wall advertisements and in-game branding) or through in-game monetary transactions that enable users to ‘level up’ or buy virtual goods.”

Social media subscription revenue is forecast to reach $236 million in 2011 and total $313 million in 2012. Few social sites charge subscription revenue, mostly for premium services. Some professional sites such as LinkedIn, Xing in Germany and Vladeo in France, charge a subscription fee from their users for enhanced services, such as an expanded profile view.

“From a revenue perspective, the social media market is still in its early stages, even though it has a large number of users who, in some cases, are exhibiting increasingly mature usage patterns,” Ms. Gupta said. “Market participants need to build new business models to tap into this increased usage and users’ increased level of engagement.”

Additional information is available in the Gartner report “Forecast: Social Media Revenue, Worldwide, 2010-2015" at http://www.gartner.com/resId=1802617, and the report “Market Insight: Social Media Market Tops $7 Billion, Driven by Advertising” at http://www.gartner.com/resId=1807917.

This research is produced by Gartner’s Consumer Technology and Markets research group. This team – part of the Technology and Service Provider Research Group - provides strategic advice for consumer technology and service provider businesses. It analyzes the consumer markets for devices, services and applications and researches consumer behavior related to the adoption of technologies.

Peter Sondergaard will provide the latest outlook for the IT industry during the opening keynote at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2011 in Orlando, on Monday, October 17. Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the world's most important gathering of CIOs and senior IT executives. This event delivers independent and objective content with the authority and weight of the world's leading IT research and advisory organization, and provides access to the latest solutions from key technology providers. Additional information for Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando 2011, October 16-20, is available at www.gartner.com/symposium/us.

Gartner analysts will provide more detailed analysis regarding the overall IT spending outlook during the Gartner webinar "IT Spending Forecast (3Q11 Update)" on October 18 at 11 a.m. EDT. To register for this complimentary webinar, please visit http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=202&mode=2&PageID=5553&resId=1785914&ref=Webinar-Calendar.

 

Contacts:

Christy Pettey
Gartner
+1 408 468 8312
christy.pettey@gartner.com

Laurence Goasduff
Gartner
+ 44 1784 267 195
laurence.goasduff@gartner.com


About Gartner:
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is a valuable partner to 60,000 clients in 11,500 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 4,500 associates, including 1,250 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

99designs.ca Launches Crowdsourcing Website Helping Canadian Small Businesses Build Their Brands

99designs.ca Launches Crowdsourcing Website Helping Canadian Small Businesses Build Their Brands

TORONTO, Oct. 11, 2011 /CNW/ - Today 99designs, the world's largest online marketplace for crowdsourcing graphic design services, launches in Canada providing small businesses with an unrivalled resource to source professional logos, web, and other graphic design work. Now any small business in Canada can provide a design brief to a global community of more than 120,000 designers, receive an average of 90 design concepts and yet pay in Canadian currency.

"As a Canadian, it's an honour to launch 99designs.ca and help small businesses across the country achieve unprecedented value for their design dollar," said Matt Mickiewicz, co-founder, 99designs.ca. "Our site dramatically cuts design costs from thousands to hundreds of dollars. We're so confident that businesses will find the perfect design that we even have a 100% money back guarantee."

Responsible for 60 per cent of the global crowdsourcing contest marketplace for graphic design services, 99designs has more than 99,000 completed projects with an average of 90 designs per project. More than 4,500 design projects are completed every month with a new image from designers being uploaded every six seconds. The average monthly payout to designers totals more than one million dollars.

Designers Jumping On Board

The website supports graphic designers with finding customers, invoicing and workflow management. With no cost to join, designers can instantly connect with thousands of businesses in need of custom design work and can then select the projects that best suit their specific talents.

"Essentially we're democratizing design by giving any designer the ability to succeed based on their talents," said Patrick Llewellyn, CEO, 99designs. "Designers can grow their customer base while showcasing their portfolio to millions of potential customers across Canada and around the world. And with 40 per cent of projects leading to additional direct work, 99designs is a powerful tool for making money and building long-term client relationships."

About 99designs.ca
Founded in 2008 and growing by 120 per cent year-over-year, 99designs connects small businesses with professional designers through the world's largest crowdsourcing marketplace for graphic design services. Canada's own Matt Mickiewicz co-founded the website which now has 120,000 designers from 192 countries and pays designers more than $1.2 million dollars every month. In 2011, the site received $35 million in funding led by Accel Partners whose portfolio includes Facebook, Groupon and Dropbox.

For further information:
Media contacts:
Cyrus Mavalwala       Trell Huether
Advantis Communications       Advantis Communications
416-848-1885        416-848-1885
cyrus@advantiscomm.com      trell@advantiscomm.com

 

RSA Delivers Integrated, Strong and Invisible Authentication for Mobile Applications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RSA Delivers Integrated, Strong and Invisible Authentication for Mobile
Applications

New Capabilities Help Make Mobile Devices More Trusted for Business and
e-Commerce

News Summary:

* RSA announces the release of software developer kits (SDKs) designed
for mobile application developers to seamlessly integrate strong
one-time password (OTP) or risk-based authentication into mobile
applications without the need for a separate authentication device
* Developers can leverage world-class security of RSA SecurID®
technology or RSA® Adaptive Authentication within mobile applications
for leading device platforms including Android™ devices, Blackberry®
devices and Apple® iOS
* Built-in security helps provide higher assurance for mobile business
applications, simple user experience and reduced costs to deploy
authentication
* Organizations adopting mobile applications can reduce risk of
unauthorized access from mobile devices by implementing RSA strong
authentication solutions

RSA Conference Europe 2011 – London – Oct. 11, 2011 – Software
developers now have the ability to build additional layers of security
and access control into mobile applications for leading mobile device
platforms including Android devices, Blackberry devices and Apple iOS
through the integration of RSA’s award-winning RSA SecurID and RSA
Adaptive Authentication solutions. Developers of mobile applications for
business, banking, e-commerce and data access can now help increase
security and confidence by integrating strong one-time password (OTP)
and risk-based authentication in their mobile products.

“Mobile device shipments are now outpacing PCs, yet concerns over
security persist, especially for enterprises, because of their use on
networks that are usually outside of the control of IT departments,”
said Dan Schiappa, RSA Senior Vice President & Group GM, Identity and
Data Protection. “RSA believes the implementation of strong OTP and
risk-based authentication within mobile applications – in a manner
that doesn’t diminish the user experience – can help address some of
those concerns and help advance development of secure mobile
applications across the industry.”

New Implementation of RSA SecurID Technology Combines OTP Strength with
Simple User Experience

Mobile applications developers can embed RSA SecurID technology to
provide strong one-time password authentication without impacting the
familiar experience of entering a username and password. RSA has
developed an API that is designed to enable end users to seamlessly
authenticate through mobile applications with the RSA SecurID software
token. However, instead of prompting the user to manually enter the
one-time token code, the mobile application integrated with the RSA
SecurID solution does this automatically. The same software token can
still be outside the mobile application for traditional authentication
tasks, for instance, if the user also needs a one-time password to
access an online application from a personal computer such as a VPN or
web portal.

“This is one of our most innovative implementations of the RSA
SecurID software token because it is optimized to run in mobile apps in
a manner that makes the strong authentication completely hidden from the
user,” said Sam Curry, CTO, Identity and Data Protection at RSA.
“Users can securely access a mobile app with their familiar
username and PIN while the strong authentication happens in the
background. It’s a great example of providing stronger security
without sacrificing the simple user experience required in good mobile
apps.”

Existing customers can leverage their current investment in RSA SecurID
technology to protect mobile applications. The RSA SecurID mobile SDK is
engineered to allow IT organizations to seamlessly and securely
provision software tokens to mobile devices with minimal user
interaction to enable
 interoperability with internally developed
enterprise applications as well as with popular mobile VPN and virtual
desktop clients.

RSA is partnering with leading mobile VPN and virtual desktop solution
providers to deliver strong OTP authentication on mobile applications
through the use of the SDK. RSA Secured® Partners such as Citrix,
Juniper and VMware are using the SDK to enable interoperability with
popular enterprise applications such as Citrix Receiver® technology,
Juniper JUNOS® Pulse technology and VMware View® technology.

The use of RSA SecurID software tokens helps decrease total cost of
ownership for organizations as they don’t require any physical
shipping, can be revoked and automatically redeployed, eliminating the
need for replacement tokens. Additionally, having the software
authenticator embedded in the mobile device to be used for secure access
to multiple applications can help reduce the number of costly technical
support calls for misplaced tokens.

RSA Adaptive Authentication Delivers Risk-based Security for Mobile

RSA Adaptive Authentication is a risk-based authentication and fraud
detection platform used by more than 10,000 organizations worldwide for
authentication of more than 300 million users through risk indicators
powered by the RSA® Risk Engine, such as device identification,
geo-location, behavioral profiling, and fraud data from the RSA
eFraudNetworkSM (http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=3071) community.

The RSA Adaptive Authentication mobile SDK has been designed to enable
a seamless mobile application user experience with nothing additional to
deploy on user mobile devices and no change to familiar login processes.
RSA Adaptive Authentication is engineered to be embedded into mobile
applications to help protect both login and post-login user activities
by measuring risk indicators to identify high-risk and suspicious
activities. Popular use cases include protecting mobile access to online
banking, e-commerce, private portals and VPNs.

“It’s designed for security and convenience and users typically
don’t even know they are being protected,” adds Sam Curry. “Users
can quickly authenticate through the mobile channel while RSA Adaptive
Authentication helps maintain protection in the background.”

Mobile applications that directly integrate RSA SecurID technology or
RSA Adaptive Authentication can help provide organizations with
assurance that their resources are designed to be protected from
unauthorized access without any usability impact to the end user.

Availability

The SDKs are available free of charge to all RSA Secured partners and
RSA SecurID customers.

RSA SecurID Mobile SDKs are now available for leading mobile platforms
including:

* iPhone and iPad devices, Android devices, Symbian platform, Windows®
Mobile 6.x platform, Java® ME platform
* RSA Adaptive Authentication Mobile SDKs will be available in November
2011 for the following platforms: iPhone and iPad devices, Android
devices, BlackBerry devices

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security,
risk and compliance management solutions for business acceleration. RSA
helps the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most
complex and sensitive security challenges. These challenges include
managing organizational risk, safeguarding mobile access and
collaboration, proving compliance, and securing virtual and cloud
environments.

Combining business-critical controls in identity assurance, encryption
& key management
(http://www.rsasecurity.com/glossary/default.asp?id=1111), SIEM, Data
Loss Prevention and Fraud Protection with industry leading eGRC
capabilities and robust consulting services, RSA brings visibility and
trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform
and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit
www.RSA.com and www.EMC.com.

About EMC

EMC Corpo
ration is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com.

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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For more information contact:
Mike Martin/Michelle Chang
StrategicAmpersand
416-961-5595
mike@stratamp.com
michelle@stratamp.com


EMC, RSA, SecurID, Secured and eFraudNetwork are registered trademarks
of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. Android is
a trademark of Google Inc. The Trademark Blackberry is owned by Research
In Motion Limited and is registered in the United States and may be
pending or registered in other countries. RSA is not endorsed,
sponsored, affiliated with or otherwise authorized by Research In Motion
Limited. Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Citrix Receiver
is a trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its
subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and in other country. Juniper Networks and JUNOS are
registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark
of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its
affiliates. All other products and/or services are trademarks of their
respective owners.

This release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined under
the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from
those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain
risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in
general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in
information technology spending; (iii) the relative and varying rates of
product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of
product and services revenues; (iv) competitive factors, including but
not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (v)
component and product quality and availability; (vi) fluctuations in
VMware, Inc.’s operating results and risks associated with trading of
VMware stock; (vii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of
customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and
market change; (viii) risks associated with managing the growth of our
business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments
and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving
anticipated synergies; (ix) the ability to attract and retain highly
qualified employees; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory;
(xi) fluctuating currency exchange rates; (xii) threats and other
disruptions to our secure data centres or networks; (xiii) our ability
to protect our proprietary technology; (xiv) war or acts of terrorism;
and (xv) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed
previously and from time to time in the filings of EMC Corporation, the
parent company of RSA, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
EMC and RSA disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking
statements after the date of this release.


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IBM to acquire Toronto-based Platform Computing

PRESS RELEASE

IBM to Acquire System Software Company Platform Computing to Extend Reach of Technical Computing
 
Industry-leading management software to help clients accelerate product development, simulations and analytics
 
ARMONK, N.Y. – 11 October 2011: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Platform Computing, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Platform Computing is a global leader in cluster and grid management software for distributed computing environments. The acquisition is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2011, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

From departmental clusters to enterprise grids, Platform Computing management software helps clients create, integrate and manage shared computing environments that are used in resource-intensive applications such as simulations, computer modeling and analytics. These technical and high performance computing (HPC) applications fuel product development, critical business decisions and breakthrough science in financial services, manufacturing, digital media, oil and gas, life sciences, government, and research and education.

Across enterprises of all sizes, application complexity and the amount of data continue to grow significantly, driving the need for more and more compute capacity. By combining Platform Computing’s software with IBM high performance systems and software, IBM can better serve enterprise clients who are turning to technical computing to reduce the cost and complexity of managing and analyzing massive amounts of data in a timely fashion.
 
The combined opportunity for servers, storage and systems software for technical computing is over $14 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow over 8 percent annually to $18.5 billion by 2014, according to IDC (1).  
   
“IBM considers the acquisition of Platform Computing to be a strategic element for the transformation of HPC into the high growth segment of technical computing and an important part of our smarter computing strategy,” said Helene Armitage, general manager, IBM Systems Software. “This acquisition can be leveraged across IBM as we enhance our IBM offerings and solutions, providing clients with technology that helps draw insights to fuel critical business decisions or breakthrough science.”

Platform Computing currently serves over 2,000 clients including 23 of the top 30 largest global enterprises. Example customers include CERN, Citigroup, Infineon, Pratt & Whitney, Red Bull Racing, Sanger Institute, Statoil and University of Tokyo.  

“Platform Computing’s software has a proven track record over the past 19 years of helping clients to accelerate innovation, business analytics and IT services while being easy to deploy and manage,” said Dr. Songnian Zhou, CEO, Platform Computing. “Our market-leading software has enabled broad adoption of commodity clusters and enterprise grids around the world. This acquisition will enable Platform Computing to better serve our customers by leveraging the IBM solution portfolio and extend the reach of our pioneering distributed computing software for broader enterprise adoption.”
 
Platform Computing’s focused technical and distributed computing management software suite complements IBM’s high-performance platforms including System x®, BladeCenter®, Power Systems™ and System Storage®, as well as the IBM software portfolio, including Tivoli® management and WebSphere® application infrastructure.
 
Platform Computing’s operations as of the closing will be integrated into IBM Systems and Technology Group. Platform Computing has approximately 500 employees worldwide.

The acquisition of Platform Computing will help accelerate IBM’s growth in smarter computing, a key initiative in IBM’s Smarter Planet strategy.  Earlier this year, IBM said Smarter Planet projects are estimated to drive $10 billion in revenue for IBM by 2015.

Platform Computing’s extensive network of ISVs, OEMs and others provides IBM with the opportunity to deliver distributed computing management software to a broader set of clients while supporting Platform Computing’s existing clients.
 
About IBM
For more information about IBM technical computing solutions, visit www.ibm.com/deepcomputing  

To learn more about IBM smarter computing, visit www.ibm.com/smartercomputing
 
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing is a leader in cluster and grid management software ¯ serving more than 2,000 of the world’s most demanding organizations. For 19 years, its workload and resource management solutions have delivered IT responsiveness and lower costs for enterprise and HPC applications. Visit www.platform.com.
 
Footnote:  
(1) Source: IDC HPC User Forum meeting, April 2011, Houston, Texas

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R3D Consulting Selects SAP Business ByDesign Solution to Power its Growth and Expand its Service Offerings to Customers


R3D Consulting Selects SAP Business ByDesign Solution to Power its Growth and Expand its Service Offerings to Customers

Partnership with SAP Allows R3D Consulting to Provide Advanced SAP Solutions to Clients, Improving Service Offerings

MONTREAL, Oct. 11, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - R3D Consulting Inc., a leading Canadian project management and independent strategic consulting firm specializing in IT and business management, together with SAP (NYSE: SAP), announced today its selection of the SAP Business ByDesign Solution to support key business functions. R3D Consulting also announced its recognition as an SAP services partner.

Leading by example and supporting its growth plans, R3D Consulting will implement SAP Business ByDesign across its six offices. SAP Business ByDesign is the most adaptable and fully integrated business management solution on the market, delivering the best of SAP software, on demand. It provides the functional depth of a large-scale business management solution without the need for a large IT infrastructure.

"We are extremely proud to be integrating the 'cloud' strategic solutions from SAP into our one-of-a-kind business structure," said Bernard Roy, president and COO of R3D Consulting. "And by extending our service offering as an official Canadian services partner, it will ensure R3D continues to provide quality, first-rate business and IT consulting to its unique clientele."

In the last few years, R3D Consulting has developed an expertise in SAP through their work on major projects with national and international corporations.  Therefore the acquisition of SAP Business ByDesign became a natural choice for R3D.

"By choosing SAP Business ByDesign, R3D will be able to count on a platform that will help enable further growth in the future, and give flexibility in its business practices today," said René Giguère, national Vice President, SME and Channel, SAP. "SAP Business ByDesign was created with companies like R3D in mind — small businesses and midsize companies that want to limit their IT infrastructure so they can focus on managing their business rather than on managing IT."

About R3D

R3D Consulting provides management consulting services as well as integration and deployment of business architecture solutions and IT systems.  The company also manages major projects and business program offices operating internationally in four major industries: public, finance and insurance, manufacturing and distribution and the services sector.  Named one of the Top 100 Canadian IT Companies by Branham300, R3D Consulting is headquartered in Montreal and is comprised of close to 450 professionals across 6 offices in Canada, the United States, France and Mexico. Known as an employer of choice, it celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.  For more information: www.r3d.com.

About SAP

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device - SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 172,000 customers (includes customers from the acquisition of Sybase) to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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Cohn & Wolfe | Montréal
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Symantec announces Top 7 Android Monetization Schemes, Two New DeepSight Datafeeds and the Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication


 

Symantec Threat Researchers Profile Top 7 Android Monetization Schemes

 

Experts say only the beginning in terms of quantity and sophistication

                                                                                                                       

TORONTO,  ON. – October 11, 2011 – Today from Pepcom Mobile Focus at CTIA Enterprise & Applications, Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) announced the publication of new research titled, “Motivations of Recent Android Malware” (PDF). This whitepaper provides an in-depth analysis of the current monetization schemes behind the growing wave of mal­ware targeting the Android mobile computing platform, and schemes likely to be seen in the future.

 

The paper’s key finding is that the majority of current efforts to monetize mobile malware have only a low revenue-per-infection ratio, thus limiting the return on investment achieved by attackers. However, this ratio is likely to increase in the future as smartphones gain traction as payment devices. Smartphone usage is growing exponentially, with new mobile device shipments increasing 55 percent in 2010.

 

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The whitepaper offers detailed insight into the top current mobile malware monetization schemes observed by Symantec, including how each scheme works and examples of the malware presently being used to carry them out. These schemes are:

 

·         Premium rate number billing scams

·         Spyware

·         Search engine poisoning

·         Pay-per-click scams

·         Pay-per-install schemes

·         Adware

  • mTAN stealing

 

In addition, the whitepaper describes potential revenue generating schemes likely to be seen in the near future that are capable of increasing cybercriminals’ return on investment. These include stealing and subsequently selling sensitive financial information – such as banking credentials; selling stolen International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers for use on previously blocked or counterfeit phones; and peddling fake mobile security products, a tactic that has been highly successful in the PC realm.

 

The research also highlights the three factors needed for mobile malware to reach the levels of sophistication and breadth seen with threats targeting PCs. These factors are an open platform, a ubiquitous platform and sufficient attacker motivation

 

Noted is the rise in prominence of the Android platform, which has largely fulfilled the first two conditions, and we’re seeing the beginning of the third. The research suggests that attackers will no doubt continue to invest in the creation of Android malware as monetization schemes evolve.

 

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“Mobile technology is advancing at a rapid pace and cybercriminals are keeping close tabs on these developments,” said Eric Chien, Technical Director, Symantec Security Technology and Response. “The marked increase in mobile malware – particularly that targeting the Android platform –is likely only the beginning in terms of both the quantity of threats and their sophistication.”

 

Protecting Consumers

To address the potential of Android malware, Norton recently announced several offerings under its Norton Everywhere initiative that go beyond Internet security and give consumers the power to protect themselves and their families across multiple devices and platforms.

 

·         Norton Mobile Security Lite is a free download from the Android Market which seamlessly combines select anti-theft features with powerful antimalware, giving users a sense of security in the event their phone is ever lost, stolen or compromised by malware.

 

·          Norton Tablet Security is a new offering designed specifically for Android tablets to protect devices, privacy and important data against loss, theft, viruses and other threats. It includes web-based antitheft functions like Report Lost, Lock, Locate and Sneak Peek in addition to Antimalware and antiphishing protection.

 

Protecting Enterprises

Enterprises may also find themselves at risk due to mobile malware; this threat is compounded by the growing consumerization of IT trend and its accompanying management challenges. Symantec offers a full line of mobile security and management solutions to help organizations enable scalable, secure and integrated mobility.

 

·         Symantec Mobile Management 7.1 is a scalable MDM platform that enables enterprise-wide mobile email and application rollouts, safeguards mobile data and devices and provides comprehensive visibility and control of the mobile environment.

·         Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition 6.0 offers comprehensive protection against malicious threats with award-winning antivirus technology, an advanced firewall and SMS Antispam features.

·         Symantec Encryption Solutions Symantec Encryption Solutions protect confidential information on hard disks, in e-mail communication and on mobile devices, and are centrally managed through a single console to automatically enforce security policies.

·         Symantec Validation and Identity Protection (VIP) provides two-factor authentication to verify users’ identity when logging into online accounts. The VIP Access for Mobile credential can be downloaded onto more than 800 different mobile phone models and provides out-of-band authentication across more than 700 websites.

 

Related

·         Blog Post: New Symantec Research: The Motivations of Recent Android Malware

 

Connect with Symantec

 

About Security Technology and Response

The Security Technology and Response (STAR) organization, which includes Security Response, is a worldwide team of security engineers, threat analysts and researchers that provides the underlying functionality, content and support for all Symantec corporate and consumer security products. With Response centers located throughout the world, STAR monitors malicious code reports from more than 130 million systems across the Internet, receives data from 240,000 network sensors in more than 200 countries and tracks more than 25,000 vulnerabilities affecting more than 55,000 technologies from more than 8,000 vendors. The team uses this vast intelligence to develop and deliver the world’s most comprehensive security protection.

 

About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

 

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Forward-looking Statements: Any forward-looking indication of plans for products or programs is preliminary and all future release or delivery dates are tentative and are subject to change. Any future program plans, or release of the product or planned modifications to product capability, functionality, or feature are subject to ongoing evaluation by Symantec, and may or may not be implemented and should not be considered firm commitments by Symantec and should not be relied upon in making program participation or product purchasing decisions.

 

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New Symantec DeepSight Reputation DataFeeds Identify Attack Actors, Malicious Activity Sources in Real-Time

 

TORONTO, ON. – October 11, 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced two new DeepSight datafeeds – Symantec DeepSight IP Reputation DataFeed and Symantec DeepSight URL Reputation DataFeed, which provide critical intelligence about known attack actors in a format that enterprises can use to automatically trigger systems for active protection or incident management.

 

Both new datafeeds are Web services, which provide enterprise applications with up-to-date and actionable intelligence about malicious activity on the Internet, such as malware distribution and botnet command and control.  These datafeeds are derived from observed activity on the Internet over a 24 hour period, and can be automatically integrated into a wide variety of enterprise security and incident management systems to reduce exposure to emerging threats.

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Cyber threats are more frequent and sophisticated than ever before, and capable of doing great damage to critical systems and information.  For enterprise security teams, it is a challenge to keep pace with the changing threat landscape.  Sixty-eight percent of enterprises surveyed in the upcoming 2011 Threat Management Survey identified the lack of threat intelligence as one of their top two concerns. 

 

Derived From the Symantec Global Intelligence Network

By performing deep proprietary analysis of billions of events from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network, DeepSight Reputation DataFeeds identify the 100,000 most malicious IP addresses and thousands of malicious URLs during a 24-hour period.  Malicious activity is categorized by the type of behavior observed by sensors in the Global Intelligence Network.  A hostility score is calculated based on the frequency of activity and a confidence rating is assigned based on the number and types of sensors detecting the activity.  The XML formatted datafeeds allow enterprise security teams to easily integrate this intelligence into their security applications and tune their responses based on their organization’s risk profile.

 

“Our new DeepSight Reputation DataFeeds are designed to deliver critical intelligence to help our customers get ahead of new threats,” said Samir Kapuria, senior director, Symantec Security Intelligence Group.  “Combining Symantec’s real-time global security intelligence with our customer’s internal visibility enables them to be more focused and prevent attacks before critical systems and information have been compromised.

 

Tapping Into DeepSight Intelligence

Symantec DeepSight Intelligence includes DeepSight Early Warning Services, DeepSight DataFeeds as well as the direct integration of DeepSight intelligence into a range of Symantec solutions.  DeepSight Early Warning Services deliver tailored information, analysis and mitigation strategies to address known and emerging threats and vulnerabilities, accessible through the DeepSight Services Portal.  DeepSight DataFeeds deliver actionable intelligence in formats which are easily integrated into a wide variety of enterprise security systems.

 

Many Symantec solutions directly integrate DeepSight intelligence to deliver more proactive and effective security, including Symantec Managed Security Services and Symantec Protection Center.  The new Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication solution integrates the Symantec DeepSight IP Reputation DataFeed to identify high-risk login attempts from suspected malicious sources, and invokes additional out-of-band authentication methods such as an SMS text message, phone call or e-mail to mitigate this risk. 

 

Comprehensive Threat and Vulnerability Intelligence

Symantec has established some of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat data in the world. The Global Intelligence Network encompasses worldwide security intelligence data gathered from a wide range of sources, including more than 240,000 sensors monitoring networks in over 200 countries through over 133,000 Symantec products and services, an estimated 8 billion emails per day, and from additional third-party sources. In addition, Symantec maintains one of the world’s most comprehensive vulnerability databases, currently consisting of more than 40,000 recorded vulnerabilities affecting more than 105,000 technologies from over 14,000 vendors.

 

Availability

The Symantec DeepSight IP Reputation DataFeed is available now.  For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/noMURB. The Symantec DeepSight URL Reputation DataFeed is expected to be available later this year. 

 

About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

 

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Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Forward-looking Statements: Any forward-looking indication of plans for products or programs is preliminary and all future release or delivery dates are tentative and are subject to change. Any future program plans, or release of the product or planned modifications to product capability, functionality, or feature are subject to ongoing evaluation by Symantec, and may or may not be implemented and should not be considered firm commitments by Symantec and should not be relied upon in making program participation or product purchasing decisions.

 

Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

 

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Symantec Introduces Intelligent Authentication to Combat Evolving Threats


TORONTO, ON. – October 11, 2011 –
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication, a powerful addition to its cloud-based user authentication service, Symantec VIP. Dedicated to protecting an organization’s network and applications against unauthorized access, Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication enables strong authentication that is both effective and unobtrusive for the end user.

Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication employs advanced security technologies including: system fingerprinting, user behavior monitoring and geolocation access monitoring. In addition, Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication leverages Symantec DeepSight intelligence, which has some of the most extensive data on IP address reputation and URL reputation, in order to thwart potentially malicious activity by denying access.  

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“As more organizations push to online` and mobile channels to deliver services to their end users, the need for simple, yet strong authentication solutions will continue to grow as a password only approach is simply not secure,” said Fran Rosch, vice president, Trust Services and Identity Protection, Symantec. “The new VIP Intelligent Authentication gives organizations one of the most advanced authentication solutions in the market that is delivered as a cost effective cloud-based service and provides end users with a seamless authentication experience.”

Superior Protection from Emerging Threats

Attackers are constantly changing tactics by leveraging malware and social engineering efforts to steal password credentials and hopping between compromised hosts to launch attacks, thus organizations must stay ahead of these emerging threats. 

 

Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication offers a unique suite of tools providing among the best possible protection for customers. Using DeepSight intelligence derived from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network, VIP Intelligent Authentication can quickly identify and prevent potentially damaging login attempts from IP addresses associated with known attack actors. VIP Intelligent Authentication can also strengthen the authentication process by leveraging devices already equipped with Symantec Endpoint Protection, Norton, or Intel Identity Protection Technology (IPT) to better prevent logins from unknown or risky endpoints.

 

Further demonstrating its dedication to the security and management of mobile devices, Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication extends strong authentication to web-based applications accessed from these devices. With the influx of mobile devices across the globe, organizations can now provide secure multi-factor authentication using VIP Intelligent Authentication.

 

Convenient, Strong Authentication

While most organizations are aware that simple usernames and passwords no longer provide adequate resilience against today’s sophisticated attacks, they’re also concerned that an onerous technology may hurt adoption and usage. Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication solves this problem, providing strong, multi-factor authentication without changing the login experience for users. All the strong authentication—such as device verification, behavior analysis, reputation and geo location analysis—happens seamlessly. Only if a login is deemed suspicious, is the user challenged to provide more information such as a onetime password that is sent over email or SMS.

 

A Comprehensive Solution

 

As part of the Symantec Validation and ID Protection Service (VIP), VIP Intelligent Authentication validates Symantec’s promise to deliver a comprehensive, flexible, and robust set of authentication solutions. With Symantec VIP, organizations can deploy not only risk-based authentication, but also hardware or software one-time password (OTP) tokens, mobile OTP tokens, and SMS or voice-enabled OTP authentication—all from a single, unified authentication solution. Strong authentication, coupled with Symantec’s Encryption and Data Loss Prevention products, not only enhances the VIP portfolio but provides a firm foundation for an information-centric approach to protecting an organizations’ data from unwanted viewers.

 

Availability

Symantec VIP Intelligent Authentication is available now and included with Symantec VIP at no additional incremental cost. Symantec VIP is delivered as a cloud-based service and licensed on an annual per-user subscription basis. For more information, please visit:  http://symantec.com/business/verisign/vip-authentication-service.

 

Additional Resources

 

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·         Visit Symantec Connect Business Community


About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

 

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Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

 

 

SCIenergy, Connects Consumption Tracking Solution to PwC Tower at 18 York in Toronto

SCIenergy, Connects Consumption Tracking Solution to PwC Tower at 18 York in Toronto

A Feature Property of Greenbuild 2011 Commercial Building Tour Series

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7, 2011 /CNW/ -- SCIenergy, Inc., a merger of Scientific Conservation Inc. and Servidyne, Inc., is the global leader in providing cloud-based energy management solutions for building owners and operators, connected its SCItrack(TM) solution to the green, sleek, and stately designed PwC (Price Waterhouse Coopers) tower at 18 York in downtown Toronto. 18 York is part of the Commercial Green Building Tour Series beginning today at Greenbuild.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110926/SF74636LOGO)

"SCIenergy is honored to be part of a global ecosystem of partners that have come together to not only create one the most intelligent buildings in Canada, but to have the opportunity to make sure it stays that way," said Russ McMeekin, president and chief executive officer, SCIenergy.

18 York is a 26-story, 625,000 square foot building registered for LEED and aiming for Gold certification.

"A one network approach, like we've developed at PwC Tower enables better facilities management, overall better experiences for landlords and tenants, and drives asset value. We are proud to be driving that change as we incorporate new solutions, like those offered by SCIenergy, in all our future-ready buildings," said Stephen Foster, director of ICT services, Ellis Don. Ellis Don constructed the PwC Tower.

About SCIenergy Inc.

SCIenergy, a merger of Scientific Conservation and Servidyne, is the global leader in providing cloud-based energy management solutions for building owners and operators. The SCIenergy Cloud(TM) integrates high-tech solutions with high-touch actionable insights. Headquartered in San Francisco with an Operations & Technology Center in Atlanta, SCIenergy has more than 160 employees worldwide, with flagship customers in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. Industry accolades include, Business Partner in GE's Ecomagination Challenge 2010, recipient of the 2010 San Francisco Business Times Green Business Award, and nine-time recipient of EPA's Energy Star® Partner of the Year Award.

About EllisDon

EllisDon is an employee-owned company delivering construction expertise and services to clients throughout the world. Completing in excess of $2 billion in new construction annually, EllisDon employs approximately 1,000 people and has a presence in North America, as well as offices in the West Indies and the United Arab Emirates. Incorporated in 1951, EllisDon has distinguished itself through its people and its innovative practices. Offering not only construction and project management but now a growing range of construction consulting services in risk management and technology, EllisDon is behind some of the most exciting and innovative projects in the world. For more information, please visit www.ellisdon.com.

Huawei Welcomes Canada's Minister of International Trade to Global Headquarters in Shenzhen

Huawei Welcomes Canada's Minister of International Trade to Global Headquarters in Shenzhen


SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 9, 2011 /CNW/ - Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, is pleased to welcome Canada's Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway , The Honourable Ed Fast, as he visits Huawei's Global Headquarters today in Shenzhen.  During his visit, Minister Fast will be meeting with Huawei's Chairwoman, Madame Sun, and touring Huawei's main campus and R&D centre which is home to over 60,000 employees.

"We are honoured that Minister Fast is making a visit to Huawei as part of his tour of China" says Sean Yang, President of Huawei Canada.  "Canada has become an important part of our global operations, and we are pleased to be developing and introducing new innovations in Canada.  We look forward to showcasing some of these technologies with the Minister today".

Huawei, the world's second largest telecom solution provider, has made a significant commitment to Canada over the past 3 years.  The company now employs approximately 400 people in Canada, and has committed $67m over the next five years to further develop its R&D Facility in Kanata, Ontario.  Since opening in 2010, the R&D facility has grown to 120 researchers and engineers, with plans to double in size by the end of 2012.

"The Minister's visit provides an opportunity to showcase the technologies that have allowed us to become a global leader in telecommunications" says Mr. Yang.  "It will also provide a forum to discuss how we can explore opportunities with the Canadian Government and our Canadian customers like TELUS and Bell, with a continued long-term investment in Canada and its Digital Economy".

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end advantages in telecom networks, devices, and cloud computing. We are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers by providing competitive solutions and services. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one third of the world's population. Huawei's vision is to enrich life through communication. By leverageing our experience and expertise in the ICT sector, we help to bridge the digital divide by providing opportunities to enjoy broadband services, regardless of geographic location. Contributing to the sustainable development of the society, economy, and the environment, Huawei creates green solutions that enable customers to reduce power consumption, carbon emissions and resource costs.

For further information:

Media contacts: 

Scott Bradley (in Shenzhen)
Huawei Canada
scott.bradley@huawei.com

Duane MacDonald
Fleishman-Hillard for Huawei Canada
Office: 416-645-3296
Mobile: 647-328-3528
duane.macdonald@fleishman.ca