Canada stories - Page 6

While 2016 has been a tumultuous year for lots of companies, tech billionaires continue to dominate the ranks of the world’s wealthiest people.

For the third time in 12 years, Toronto is serving as host city for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC).

Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue grew 3.9% to $6.6 billion on slowed demand from public cloud in the first quarter of 2016.

Empired has signed a deal with Canada's eScribe Software, which will see it spearheading the company's expansion here and pushing paperless meetings.

Telstra Ventures has invested in a company whose application delivery platform learns user behaviour to download only relevant aspects of a webpage.

The Auckland-based company will provide its security solutions to help the bureau solve high consequence crime, security and big data problems.

The New Zealand dollar rose along with other commodity currencies after the Australian Reserve Bank chose not to cut interest rates yesterday and foll.

Michael Hill International shares jumped as much as 7 percent after the jewellery chain posted a 46 percent rise in first-half profit.

Wellington City Council and Absolute IT discuss attracting and retaining IT talent in Wellington and building the tech sector.

Wynyard Group, the security software company spun out of Jade Software last year, has hired Andrew France, former deputy director of cyber defence.

Dropbox is looking to convert NZ businesses to its Dropbox for Business offering and has launched its partner programme here.

Leading software firm NewLease has announced that co-founder and managing director Doug Tutus has sadly passed away.

Company veteran replaces Jon Roskill, who served for three years as corporate vice president of the company’s Worldwide Partner Group.

Students to represent New Zealand at a 24hr IT business case competition in Canada, where it will compete against 15 teams from top international universities.

New Zealand's top cities, including Auckland and Wellington, failed to crack the Global Startup Ecosystem Index's top 20 tech hubs, unlike Sydney and Melbourne.

Symantec achieves a record NZ$2.1 billion revenue in Q2 2013, reflecting solid growth ambitions and strong sector performance.

Chinese company faces exclusion from planned government network across North America as concerns over security risks continue.

New Zealand tops Zendesk's global customer satisfaction poll at 95%, while the French lag at 57%. Now, a new charity-linked plan boosts philanthropy.

Optimizer HQ debuts Texta, a cost-effective SMS marketing tool for SMEs, priced at just NZD $0.04 per text. Free setup, two-way messaging, and no contracts.

Facebook's new privacy settings mean that photos you tag now can be seen by friends of the person tagged, not just your own friends.