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Video: Microsoft SMB Roundtable - Helping Fuel Small Business Growth
Apr. 06, 2010
On March 30, 2010 Microsoft Canada brought together a panel of experts and Canadian small business owners to discuss what SMBs can do today to help them prepare for long-term, sustainable growth. Watch highlights from the event here
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Cloud Computing: We’re all in
Mar. 24, 2010
Earlier this month, Steve Ballmer spoke to a packed house of developers and computer engineers at the University of Washington . His topic was Microsoft's vision for the cloud across five dimensions. Steve turned heads when he noted that 70 per cent...
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Microsoft Canada Opens Up to Help Fuel Local App Ecosystem in Vancouver
Mar. 19, 2010
Vancouver, BC - March 19, 2010 - Microsoft Canada Inc. announced today it is working with local open government experts and Vancouver-based developer Nitobi, to help make government data more easily accessible and useful for citizens. Leveraging the City...
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City of Edmonton Innovates with Microsoft on Open Data Catalogue
Jan. 14, 2010
Becomes first North American City to Leverage Open Government Data Initiative Solution EDMONTON, AB. - January 14, 2010 - The City of Edmonton announced today that it is working with Microsoft towards the development of the region's first public open...
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Nearly Half of Canadians Worry About Mistakenly Buying Counterfeit Goods Online this Holiday Season
Dec. 02, 2009
Microsoft Canada helps Canadians shop smart online with a series of tips Mississauga, Ontario, - Dec. 2, 2009 - Seventy-five per cent of Canadians will shop online this holiday season, but nearly half are concerned about mistakenly buying counterfeit...
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Microsoft helps banks do SWIFT business
Sep. 25, 2009
As banks seek to implement real-time payments, Microsoft is helping the shift happen through a new piece of middleware that enables "painless" conversion of legacy electronic payment formats to the SWIFT standard.
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Telus, Microsoft hook up on health system
May. 06, 2009
Telus Corp. says the day will come soon when Canadians turn to the phone company not just for phone, Internet and television service, but also for their prescription drugs, medical research and health care histories.
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