WATERLOO, Ontario and BOSTON, April 3, 2011 /CNW/ - TribeHR, the leading social human resources software suite, today announced the expansion of its online service to support company values and social goals. TribeHR's new release expands its award-winning suite in order to better help organizations develop and support a strong workplace culture.

"Great companies are built around strong cultures, but the tools to manage and measure culture in the workplace were unavailable to small and medium businesses until now," said Joseph Fung, chief executive officer of TribeHR. "Our approach to HR has always been social, open and measurable. Our new version takes this a step further by directly connecting employee behavior and accomplishments to values and results. We call it rhythm—it gives an organization the ability to measure and constantly enhance its culture in real-time."

TribeHR's latest release allows a company to document, showcase and reinforce its guiding principles and core strengths. Once a company has defined its values, all employee activities, goals and social actions are automatically linked back to them, allowing employee behaviors and activities to be publicly recognized and celebrated. The TribeHR platform securely stores this information for easy access by employees and managers, making it instantly available for use during performance reviews.

TribeHR's new version also supports social goals, which allow individual goals to be shared with other employees in a company. Comments are stored and success is tracked, enabling managers and co-workers to follow and recognize progress in real-time.

By expanding its social HR software suite with new tools that share and measure core values, TribeHR empowers companies to better manage and monitor their corporate culture. Values and social goals provide a continuous assessment of how well the culture resonates and is being supported by employees. Since goals and kudos can be tied to corporate values, the solution helps companies better identify individual employees who best represent those values, and who can serve as mentors for others.

"Our new release enhances our HR suite by extending our integrated time off tracking, employee directory database, application tracking and performance management suite with the capacity to measure and promote a company's culture," added Fung. "For the first time, companies can now manage and monitor their corporate culture in real-time."

Pricing
TribeHR offers three pricing packages for companies of any size to create a social HR solution that fits their unique needs. Prices range from $2-10 per user/month. For more details, or to start a 60-day free trial, visit: www.tribehr.com.

About TribeHR Corp.
Headquartered in Waterloo, ON, and with offices in Boston, MA, TribeHR Corp. builds TribeHR, the first truly social human resources management software. Its easy-to-use tools are used by small and medium businesses worldwide, allowing companies to focus more on what they do best and less on things that get in the way. TribeHR was founded in 2009 and is funded by Matrix Partners. For more information, visit www.tribehr.com.

Editorial Contact:
Carleen LeVasseur
TribeHR Public Relations
408-264-6767
carleenlevasseur@gmail.com

SOURCE TribeHR

http://tribehr.com

MARKHAM, ON, April 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Nightingale Informatix Corporation ("Nightingale" or the "Company") (TSX-V: NGH), an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, announces that Nightingale on Demand is the first electronic medical record system to receive jurisdictional certification in Nova Scotia from Canada Health Infoway.  Nova Scotia doctors who use it now have an extra level of security.

"Electronic medical records provide doctors with timely access to patient records so that Nova Scotians receive better care sooner," said Maureen MacDonald, Minister of Health and Wellness. "I want to congratulate Nightingale on achieving certification because about 900 front line health care providers in Nova Scotia use the Nightingale system."

To meet certification, the software underwent rigorous evaluation and testing to show that it met privacy and security standards set by Canada Health Infoway.

"As the leading web-based electronic medical record in Canada, Nightingale on Demand provides the highest levels of security and privacy to ensure patient information is properly secure and protected," said John Bodolai, executive vice-president of Nightingale. "We are extremely proud to be the first electronic medical records vendor to receive jurisdictional certification with the province of Nova Scotia."

Electronic medical records provide physicians with comprehensive access to patient information, increase productivity by reducing paperwork, and ultimately provide better quality of care for patients.

Managing patient care also becomes more efficient. For patients with chronic conditions, an electronic medical record can flag when the patient is due for an appointment or important procedure.

Physicians are able to proactively follow-up with patients for routine check-ups and tests, and easily identify patients to contact in the case of a medication recall.

About Nightingale

Nightingale is one of the fastest growing health care service and software companies in North America and is recognized as an industry leader in Web-based clinician and community based electronic medical records (EMR) serving the needs of small primary care practices, multi-physician outpatient clinics, and large scale regional health organizations and networks. Coupled with integrated practice management, transcription and revenue cycle management, Nightingale's comprehensive service offering allows customers to enhance patient care, increase revenue opportunities and optimize operations. Nightingale is continuously innovating and enhancing its services to meet the needs of its growing and diverse customer base. Nightingale - Healthcare connected. www.nightingalemd.com

Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" respecting the issuance and cancellation of securities of the Company within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward- looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect",  "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may" ,"could", "would", "might", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Nightingale to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: risks related to the speculative nature of the medical software industry, which is affected by numerous factors beyond Nightingale's control; the ability of Nightingale to successfully secure customer contracts and the timing of securing such contracts; the ability of Nightingale to complete and successfully integrate its acquisitions on an accretive basis, Nightingale's access to debt and capital facilities, including compliance with current debt arrangements; the existence of present and possible future government regulation; the significant competition that exists in the medical software industry; the early stage of Nightingale's business, and risks associated with early stage companies, including uncertainty of revenues, markets and profitability and the need to raise additional funding.  All material assumptions used in making forward-looking statements are based on management's knowledge of current business conditions and expectations of future business conditions and trends. Certain material factors or assumptions applied by management in making forward-looking statements, include without limitation, factors and assumptions regarding future trends in healthcare spending, economic conditions affecting Nightingale and North American economies; Nightingale's ability to continue to fund its business, rates of customer defaults, relationships with, and payments to lenders, as well as Nightingale's operating cost structure.

Although Nightingale has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Nightingale does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Further information on Nightingale Informatix Corporation is available at www.sedar.com.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Sharmeen Arafat, Marketing Manager
Nightingale Informatix Corporation
Tel: 905-307-3617
sarafat@nightingalemd.com

Tony Kiritsis
Health and Wellness
Tel:  902-424-0585
tony.kiritsis@gov.ns.ca 

Kristen Dickson, Account Executive
The Equicom Group
Tel: 416-815-0700 ext. 273
kdickson@equicomgroup.com

WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 3, 2012) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today launched the highly-anticipated BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion, RIM's next-generation mobile device management (MDM) solution for enterprise customers. Built on the foundation that has established BlackBerry® Enterprise Server as the gold standard for government and businesses, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion delivers a cost-efficient, secure, reliable and scalable solution that consolidates the management of smartphones and tablets running BlackBerry® OS (including support for BlackBerry PlayBook™ and future BlackBerry® 10 devices) as well as Android™ and iOS®*, and provides a single, unified, web-based console for easily managing all devices.

MARINA DEL REY, Calif., April 4, 2012 /CNW/ - textPlus, already the leading messaging app in Canada, is expanding with the launch of textPlus Free Text and Calls for Android. Starting today, Canadians who pay costly texting and calling fees will get all the features and benefits from their mobile phone with textPlus, but without all the costs. textPlus also works on Android tablets and other devices, so users can always stay connected to the conversation.

Communicating with other textPlus users in Canada is always free. Additionally, users can text and talk with friends not on textPlus in Canada for free or at rates up to six times cheaper than current pricing plans, saving hundreds of dollars per year. Every call on textPlus is a local call with no long distance fees ever.

The launch marks the beginning of international expansion for textPlus and comes at a time of tremendous growth for the company. To date, textPlus users have sent over 30 billion messages, making it the most popular messaging app in market. textPlus is also soaring on Android with 20-times growth in the last 12 months, and consistently rated a top 10 Social app in Google Play.

textPlus gives Canadians the choice to communicate on their own terms. Benefits include:

Save money
- Get a free Canadian phone number
- No contracts, up-front costs or hidden fees
- Works across WiFi and 3G/4G

Communicate with other users on textPlus
- Free app-to-app messaging in Canada and worldwide
- No-cost calling in Canada and the US
- Group texting, communities on millions of topics, optional user profiles and social search

Communicate with anyone, even if they're not on textPlus
- Free texting to any mobile number in Canada and the US
- Earn minutes to make free calls
- Make extremely inexpensive calls to any mobile number or landline in Canada
- Anyone can text or call a textPlus number, just like any mobile phone

"Our goal at textPlus is to make texting and calling available and affordable worldwide, so everyone can participate in the conversation," said Scott Lahman, Founder and CEO of textPlus. "Today's launch in Canada brings us one step closer to this vision by providing the seamless communication experience that consumers expect, but offered for free or at an extremely low cost."

textPlus Free Text and Calls on Android is available now for download from Google Play here: http://awe.sm/5j1ZG textPlus Free Text for iOS is already available in Canada, and textPlus Free Calls for iOS will be launching in Canada soon.

About textPlus
textPlus is a leading provider of free mobile communications worldwide. Over 27 million people have downloaded textPlus to text and talk for free on iOS, Android and Windows phones and devices. The company was founded in 2007 and backed by leading VC firms Matrix Partners, GRP Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. For more information, visit www.textplus.com.

SOURCE textPlus
For further information:
Heather Meeker of textPlus, +1-310-435-3535, heather@gogii.net

http://www.textplus.com

A control unit generates sound based on signals from the car
A loudspeaker broadcasts the sound signature

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INGOLSTADT, Germany, April 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Audi's future e-tron models will cover long distances powered by practically silent electric motors. To ensure that pedestrians in urban settings will hear them, the brand has developed a synthetic solution: Audi e-sound.

Rudolf Halbmeir's workstation is not exactly typical of an Audi engineer. There is a digital piano on his desk, two studio-quality loudspeakers next to his computer monitor, and a pile of music magazines off to the side. "A car's sound," says Halbmeir, an acoustics engineer, "is similar to music."

Sound is an especially exciting aspect of a vehicle. Although it can be described in physical terms, there is no substitute for experiencing it firsthand. A car's sound is emotional, not intellectual. Although we consciously register a car's sounds only occasionally while on the road, they are always there - playing a crucial role in the driving experience. Sounds send signals. Low-range frequencies suggest power and composure, while mid-range frequencies emit sportiness and agility.

All Audi models produce sound signatures which are not only well-rounded and harmonious, but also broadcast performance, premium quality and respectability. "Good sound design is a complex endeavor," explains Dr. Ralf Kunkel, Head of Acoustics at Audi. "We have gathered a lot of expertise over the years. We have also learned how to amplify pleasant frequencies and to suppress unpleasant noises."

Video: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/audi/53802

Product/Technology Communications

Josef Schlossmacher
Tel: +49(0)841-89-33869
e-mail: josef.schlossmacher@audi.de
http://www.audi-mediaservices.com

Tanja Lehner
Tel: +49(0)841-89-34105
e-mail: tanja.lehner@audi.de
http://www.audi-mediaservices.com

MONTREAL, April 5, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - iWeb announces the launch of its new Cloud Server service, powered by its Smart Layer Technology, engineered to be "kinder" and easier to manage by customers, who increasingly require Cloud platforms and servers which are easy to use, quickly deployed and provide capacity and performance on demand - billed by the hour.

"Our customers asked for cloud services, and we heard them loud and clear. We also heard horror stories from businesses that had been charged outrageous fees for data transfer using other cloud platforms. So we decided to build a kinder cloud; one that won't drown your business with unexpected charges" says Martin Leclair, President of Products and iWeb co-Founder.

The iWeb Cloud Service allows customers to utilize the resources they need, when they need them most and for just as long as required.

"By extending our Smart Layer technology, we have developed a highly scalable cloud offering that will exceed the current needs of most customers, who can now build their hosting infrastructure using both the new Cloud Server and the Smart Server, which share the same high-performance local network".

The iWeb cloud is a natural progression for the company, which has focused on expanding its highly resilient infrastructure with a high degree of automation. The past two years have seen dramatic growth at iWeb both in terms of customer growth and investments made to build highly automated and integrated solutions.

For a limited time, the new Cloud service offers unmetered traffic and no data transfer charges within the iWeb network and out to the internet. Competitively priced and backed by iWeb's 24/7 hardware, infrastructure and network support, the new Cloud Service is available directly from iWeb.com and through iWeb's extensive partner and reseller network.

About iWeb (iWeb.com)

iWeb provides the on-demand server and cloud infrastructure that allows over 20,000 customers worldwide to deliver today's Internet-based technologies and to create tomorrow's online innovations. Since 1996, Montreal-based iWeb has been rated among the world's top web infrastructure providers based on performance and reliability and among Canada's fastest growing companies.

http://www.iweb.com

Bernard Dahl
Media Relations / Public Relations
514-762-6468
bernard@presentis.ca

TORONTO, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Looking for an environmentally sensitive and privacy ensured method to dispose of your unwanted computer equipment? Leave it with Computation for FREE during the week surrounding Earth Day and we'll have a tree planted on your behalf for every major item recycled¹ via a $1 donation to Trees Canada (a charitable organization which has planted 77 million trees nationally over 19 years, www.treecanada.ca).

From April 16th - 22^nd, we are inviting the general public to drop off their unwanted computer equipment for recycling. The event is free for residential quantities of equipment. Businesses, individuals with large quantities, and those with requirements such as pick-up or asset management should contact us about our services. All information present on systems will be securely destroyed.

The Toronto event will take place at 280 Jane St., from 10:00am until 7:00pm Monday through Friday and from 10:00am until 6:00pm on Saturday & Sunday.

The Montreal event will take place at 7080 Alexandra St., Suite 101, from 10:00am until 6:00pm Monday through Friday, and Saturday 11:00am until 5:00pm.

Computation is a computer equipment refurbisher, recycler, IT service provider and ethernet cable installer serving Canada from facilities in the Greater Toronto and Montreal Areas since 2001.

¹Items for which donation will be made upon request include but are not necessarily limited to: monitors, computer towers/desktops, laptops, printers, and multifunction devices.

For more information, call 416.629.5667 or email recycle@computation.ca Follow us on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/computation_ca, or on Facebook @ Computation Ltd

OTTAWA, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Small and medium-sized businesses across Canada can now find and better target prospective customers with an easy-to-use online tool offered by Canada Post. Precision Targeter allows businesses to zero in on their target customers at the neighbourhood level based on demographic information such as household income, education, age and marital status.

The free tool (canadapost.ca/precisiontargeter) combines Canada Post's complete address database with Canadian census data to provide detailed information so direct marketing becomes more targeted. Users can plan, price and place their Unaddressed Admail orders in minutes, 24 hours a day.

"This unique tool provides small and medium-sized businesses more marketing insight than ever before," says Laurene Cihosky, Senior Vice-President, Data and Integrated Marketing Solutions at Canada Post. "Canada Post is the only company that has access to every single mailbox in the country. By combining this network with demographic information, we've created a powerful tool that any business owner will want to add to their marketing toolkit."

Using Precision Targeter, customers can:

• Target their mailings by identifying prospective customers based on location or proximity to a specific address, and demographic filters;
• Refine their campaigns by selecting specific letter carrier routes, or by deselecting some of the routes identified by the tool;
• Review at a glance their estimated mailing costs at every step and adjust the number of mail pieces to suit their budget;
• Download their customized targeting analysis directly or send it to a third-party mail service provider;
• Place orders for Unaddressed Admail mailings using easy-to-follow instructions and video tutorials;
• Pay for their Unaddressed Admail order using an approved Canada Post method of payment including credit card or Canada Post account;
• Save their customized targeting analysis on a secure Canada Post site to reuse or modify it for future campaigns.

"Promotion via Canada Post's Unaddressed Admail service remains one of the most effective and affordable ways for any business to reach their target customers," adds Ms. Cihosky. In fact, a study on mail advertising conducted last October by Millward Brown revealed that physical media left a greater "footprint" in the brain. Canada Post delivers to every single mailbox in Canada, including postal boxes and those located in apartment and office buildings.

Media Relations
613 734-8888
medias@canadapost.ca

WATERLOO REGION, ON, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Canadian tech startup companies now have a new avenue to commercialize innovations, scale their businesses faster and achieve market success with the introduction of Communitech's HYPERDRIVE program that will provide capital of up to $700,000 for high-potential companies - with a  $30 million program to draw on. Backed by key investment firms and angel funders, service providers, strategic partners and mentors, Communitech plans to put innovation into HYPERDRIVE.

"We're revving up the opportunity for tech startups to get traction in the industry sooner, with more support from investors," said Iain Klugman, CEO of Communitech, the organization representing 800 tech companies in Waterloo Region. "HYPERDRIVE will speed time to market and help surface the next big tech stars in Canada and beyond."

Building on the success of funding incubators YCombinator in Silicon Valley, TechStars in Boulder, Boston, New York City and Seattle, and 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, Communitech's HYPERDRIVE is the next-generation of this type of program. HYPERDRIVE will provide expert mentoring, support from service providers such as legal and accounting firms, and seed funding -- advancing to angel investment and ultimately to "Series A" VC funders. Unlike other existing programs, HYPERDRIVE will take promising startups through their full early-stage development, with ongoing mentoring for two years per startup. Communitech has a 15-year history of fueling innovation through strategic programs, providing support to tech companies at all stages of their development, from startup through small-medium business, to multi-national enterprises.

"Attention has been paid recently to an innovation gap in Canada which is essentially 'failure to launch' from the inception of a great tech idea to commercialization," said Klugman. "This is a program designed to close that gap and see an increase in investment in Canada's tech sector that will result in more jobs and increased growth."

HYPERDRIVE will operate from The Communitech Hub in Waterloo Region which is a 44,000 square foot facility dedicated to digital media innovation, leveraging locations in New York and Silicon Valley. Based on an application process, cohorts of 10 companies will be accepted up to three times annually.

The program will enable 'soft landings' for Canadian companies to experience operating in foreign markets. Other program features will include one-to-one coaching; workshops; events; 'capital collision days' enabling fortuitous pairings of investors and startups; and demo days. Executives-in-Residence and a deep bench of global mentors, strategic partners and service providers supportive of the program will execute on the HYPERDRIVE program.

A detailed overview of the program, funding partners and strategic partners, and in-kind services and products plus application for start-ups will be available Tuesday, April 17^th 2012 at www.communitech.ca/hyperdrive.

About Communitech
Communitech is located in Waterloo Region, 110 kilometres (66 miles) west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in an area that includes the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. Founded by a group of dedicated entrepreneurs in 1997, Communitech is the regional hub for the commercialization of innovative technologies supporting and building a Southwestern Ontario tech cluster of more than 800 companies that now generates more than $25B in revenue.  Communitech supports tech companies at all stages of their growth and development - from startup companies, to rapidly growing SMEs, to large global players - to create greater numbers of successful global businesses for Ontario and for Canada.

Media Contact
Shelley Grandy, Sr. PR Advisor, Communitech, 905-866-2656 or segrandy@communitech.ca

TORONTO, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ - The Governments of Canada and Ontario, with IBM (NYSE: IBM) and a consortium of seven universities led by the University of Toronto and Western University today announced they are collaborating to establish a new Ontario-based $210 million dollar research and development initiative that will create 145 new highly skilled jobs in Ontario and a new economic cornerstone for the country.

IBM will invest up to $175 million through December 2014 in the project, forming the "IBM Canada Research and Development Centre" to serve as a foundation for the research initiative. The Government of Ontario is investing $15 million towards the creation of this Centre; ensuring that the skills needed for developing future information and communications technology products and services are fostered in Ontario, new and existing Ontario companies are leaders in their fields, and innovation efficiencies and cost-savings are created across multiple sectors.

The Government of Canada will contribute $20 million to allow a consortium of seven southern Ontario post-secondary institutions and its lead industry partner, IBM, to install two high-performance IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputers and develop a cloud computing and agile computing platform to underpin the initiative's research collaboration. The university consortium will have access to a new Barrie-based IBM data centre once it is fully operational in the fall of 2012. Other Canadian researchers and small to medium-sized enterprises will also be invited to join the consortium.

This collaborative model will help university and industry researchers use high performance and cloud computing infrastructure to better manage and analyze massive data sets to solve critical world challenges. Areas of focus for the research collaboration will include:

• Problems facing cities, including rapid urbanization and aging infrastructure.
• Healthcare challenges associated with rising healthcare costs due to chronic diseases, including afflictions of the brain, and the lengthy development cycle for new medicines.
• Water conservation and management within cities and across watersheds including wild areas, industrial and agricultural use.
• Efficient energy conservation and management through the application of advanced weather modeling and smart grid technologies.
• Software innovation in high performance computing platforms.

The unique virtual structure of the network will allow IBM research staff to work side-by-side with many of Canada's world-renowned, top scientists. This collaborative model and close day-to-day interaction is expected to accelerate commercialization opportunities and strengthen Canada's digital infrastructure. We expect to add additional partners to this world-class collaboration as the project becomes fully operational.

IBM had the third largest corporate R&D investment in Canada last year*. For IBM, the Centre represents its first formal research and development lab in Canada. It will serve as a robust extension to IBM's more than $6 billion investment in worldwide research and development, which helped generate over $1.7 billion in exports for Canada.

For a video perspective from Dr. Bernard Meyerson, vice-president of innovation at IBM, please visit: http://bit.ly/Ick1ft

QUOTES
"Our Government has been building on the strengths found in our region to support the advancement of science and technology and help create value-added jobs ," said the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). "We are proud to invest in supercomputing infrastructure that will position southern Ontario at the forefront of research and development in areas that are not only critically important to our communities, but also show great commercial promise."

"This is a very exciting initiative that demonstrates Ontario is a leader in cutting-edge research," said Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development and Innovation, Government of Ontario.  "Thanks to Ontario's commitment to building an innovation-driven economy ― with leading research institutions, a highly educated workforce and a favourable corporate tax environment ― we are attracting world-leading initiatives, like IBM Canada's Research and Development Centre."

"As we begin a new century of innovation for IBM, we're investing in this "industry-building" initiative to further advance Canada's competitiveness in the global digital economy, both now and in the future," said John Lutz, president, IBM Canada. "Together with our government, academic and industry partners, we will apply new, collaborative approaches to Canada's productivity and competitiveness challenges by more fully leveraging IBM's one hundred year legacy of research and development leadership here in Ontario."

"Canada needs more knowledge-based industries to diversify our national economic portfolio beyond the current over-weighting of commodities and natural resources and help eliminate our identified innovation gap'," said Professor David Naylor, president, University of Toronto. "This collaborative initiative takes direct aim at these issues by creating modern research networks that bring advanced computing capacity to bear on important issues such as: water monitoring, management and distribution; energy monitoring and management; urban planning and traffic management for intelligent cities; and the cross-walk of brain science with artificial intelligence."

"Western has long been at the forefront of Canadian research that capitalizes on high-performance computing, and we are excited about our role within this consortium to take the next step by using cloud computing to manage the staggering volume of digital data society creates on a daily basis," said Dr. Amit Chakma, president, Western University. "From neuroscience and our environment, to other industrial applications, this field holds tremendous promise for helping us make complex research decisions more quickly, while mining data for better answers."

For more information about the individual investments made by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, and IBM Canada, please follow #smarterontario on Twitter and refer to the backgrounders:

• Government of Canada
• Government of Ontario
• IBM Canada

Editors: Access broll online.

For more information about IBM's initiatives to help the world work better, visit: http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/ca/en/

*Source: Re$earch Infosource Inc. "Canada's Top 100 R&D Spenders".

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Media Contacts:

Government of Canada

Michele-Jamali Paquette
Director of Communications
Office of the Honourable Gary Goodyear
613-947-2956

Media Relations, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
519-571-6879

Ontario
Andrew Block, Minister Duguid's Office, 416-325-0362
Brigitte Marleau, MEDI Communications Branch, 416-325-2479

IBM
Carrie Bendzsa, External Communications
613-796-3880
Carrie.bendzsa@ca.ibm.com

University of Toronto
Laurie Stephens
416-978-2105

Western University
Keith Marnoch
519 661 2111 ext. 85468

TORONTO, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Today, Nokia Canada announced that the award-winning third smartphone in the Nokia Lumia family, the Nokia Lumia 900, is now available in Canada exclusively at Rogers Communications. Named "Best of CES" for all smartphones by CNET, the Nokia Lumia 900 is the first of Nokia's Windows Phone-based range to feature high-speed LTE connectivity. Having the largest display of all Nokia phones, it delivers a rich content experience from a phone that still fits easily in your hand.

The Nokia Lumia 900 features a 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display for rich, bright images both indoors and out. It boasts faster connection speeds thanks to Rogers' cutting-edge LTE technology, and a long-lasting 1830 mAH battery.

The primary 8-megapixel camera includes Nokia's exclusive Carl Zeiss optics, with large aperture and wide angle focal length (28mm) for high-quality, uncropped images even in low-light conditions. It also has a 1-megapixel front-facing camera that boasts a wide angle lens that captures sharp, bright images right out of the box.

The Nokia Lumia 900 also comes equipped with signature Lumia experiences, such as Nokia Drive, which delivers a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car-user-interface. Available from Marketplace is the Nokia Maps app, which provides quick access to maps of more than 190 countries worldwide.

"The launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 in Canada signals our commitment to bringing the best phones into the Canadian market," said Richard White, General Manager for Nokia Canada. "It is impeccably designed with clean lines and a camera that rivals stand-alone digital cameras on the market today.  Combine that with the people-first Windows Phone experience and the Rogers' LTE network - and it's clear that this phone delivers an unsurpassed mobile experience."

The Nokia Lumia 900 is available in black exclusively at Rogers Communications on April 9 for $99.99 with select 3-year plans. For more information, visit www.rogers.com/lumia900.

About the Nokia Lumia 900:

• Head-turning unibody design
• Deeply integrated social networking experience through Windows Phone 7.5 Mango; stay in touch across Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter right from the People Hub
• Experience the fastest Web browsing experience available with LTE connectivity, 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration, and the power of IE9 Mobile.
• Live large with the 4.3" AMOLEDClearBlack display with scratch and damage resistant glass.
• Never miss a moment with the Carl Zeiss 8 megapixel main camera with HD video recording. The smartphone's front-facing camera boasts a wide angle lens that captures sharp, bright images right out of the box.
• Enjoy free voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation with Nokia Drive.
• Access to Microsoft SkyDrive for cloud storage
• Access to thousands of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace

About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products have become an integral part of the lives of people around the world. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people use their Nokia to capture and share experiences, access information, find their way or simply to speak to one another. Nokia's technological and design innovations have made its brand one of the most recognized in the world. For more information, visit http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia.

To download images and video of the Nokia Lumia 900, please visit http://press.nokia.com/

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Deborah Boyce (on behalf of Nokia)
Deborah.Boyce@ketchum.com / (416) 355-7425

LAVAL, QC, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ - TELUS today announced the official opening of the company's first Next Generation store. Located in the Carrefour Laval, in the city of Laval, Québec, the completely remodeled TELUS Store is designed with one clear mission; to bring the TELUS suite of products to life in-store and to better inform, empower and assist customers in choosing the technology that best meets their communications needs.

"Today's wireless smartphones and tablets are loaded with technology and features that can simplify and enrich our lives in ways we couldn't have imagined a few years ago, and we are improving our stores to reflect the new reality," said Joe Goodbaum, senior vice-president and president, TELUS Retail Limited. "Our new stores are designed to give everyone the opportunity to use the devices and try the technologies on the spot, and with one-on-one assistance from the TELUS team and interactive learning sessions available onsite, customers will be sure to choose the solutions that best suit their needs."

TELUS' Next Generation store is designed to enable customers to experience the technology:

• Specially trained in-store sales consultants provide demonstrations using live devices.
• Spacious display stations are equipped with real devices instead of the traditional mock-up display models - allowing customers to get hands-on experience with the user interface of each device to see how it really works.
• Interactive monitors throughout the store provide customers with access to information about TELUS networks and services.
• In-store learning centres offer one-on-one or group tutorials to help customers learn how to get the most from their wireless devices.

Customers who visit the new store are also invited to support the community.  From now until May 6, 2012, TELUS will donate $7.50 to Opération Enfant Soleil for each set of TELUS critters sold at the TELUS Laval Next Generation store.

About TELUS

TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $10.4 billion of annual revenue and 12.7 million customer connections including 7.3 million wireless subscribers, 3.6 million wireline network access lines and 1.3 million Internet subscribers and more than 500,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed more than $260 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.2 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Eleven TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS‟ local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honored to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit www.telus.com.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Amélie Cliche
TELUS Media Relations
(514) 242-8870
amelie.cliche@telus.com

TORONTO, April 11, 2012 /CNW/ - From the first face-off to the final goal, Rogers wireless customers across the country can root for their favourite teams while streaming the playoffs live on their smartphones. With the Rogers Live Mobile app, starting today, subscribers have access to playoff games beginning with the opening round all the way to the finals.

"Canadians live and breathe hockey and at Rogers we're dedicated to delivering world-class sports content for our customers who are just as passionate about the game as we are," said Lawrence Kuo, Vice President, Current and Next Generation, video and entertainment, Rogers Communications. "Now you can be a live hockey spectator while you're on the go or at the gym, watching every pass, hit, or powerplay on your smartphone."

Available on Rogers smartphones through iTunes, Google Play and BlackBerry® App World, the app streams CBC's Hockey Night in Canada* broadcasts of the 2012 playoff games. For a subscription fee of $5/month, fans can enjoy unlimited hours of viewing until October 31st, after which, users can stream 5 hours per month, with $1 per each additional hour.

The Rogers Live Mobile app and RogersAnyplaceTV.com are the go-to destination for sports fans with live streaming of Toronto Raptors, Toronto Maple Leafs, Blue Jays games and Rogers Cup matches. Music fans have streamed live concerts from bands like Coldplay and Foster the People using the app.

About Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. We are Canada's largest provider of wireless voice and data communications services and one of Canada's leading providers of cable television, high speed internet and telephony services. Through Rogers Media we are engaged in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping, sports entertainment, magazines and trade publications, and digital media. We are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further information about the Rogers group of companies, please visit www.rogers.com.

*Hockey Night in Canada is the official mark of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved.

Kaili Lupp
Rogers Communications
416-935-4824
kaili.lupp@rci.rogers.com

MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 11, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada's tech savvy entrepreneurs have a new solution to help them build their businesses anywhere, anytime: QuickBooks Online. With Intuit's QuickBooks Online, small business owners can get instant snapshots of their businesses - helping them see what they're making, what they're spending, and who owes them money, all on a single screen.

Created by Intuit to empower the mobile small business owner, QuickBooks Online is PC and Mac-compatible and optimized for iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android devices. Intuit is offering time-crunched entrepreneurs QuickBooks Online for free for the first 30 days.

"QuickBooks Online is the evolution of our mandate to help businesses access the information they need, anywhere, anytime," says Barb Anderson, Global QuickBooks Online Leader, Intuit. "We're thrilled with the feedback from our initial test group of Canadian entrepreneurs about how QuickBooks Online is already helping to streamline their day-to-day business lives."

With more than 300,000 users globally, QuickBooks Online products are emerging as a growing force internationally as small business owners around the world see the power of an easy-to-use solution for managing their finances that keeps them connected to their most critical business information.

Intuit is making QuickBooks Online available to Canadian businesses for free for the first 30 days. To get their free trial and find out more, entrepreneurs can visit http://quickbooksonline.intuit.ca/

Key time-saving benefits of QuickBooks Online include:

• Online banking integration - QuickBooks Online safely links your accounting to your bank, importing your statements so you don't enter those transactions twice. Keep track of your cashflow.
  
  
• Estimate-Invoice-Payment - In three clicks - designed to be easier, quicker, and more accurate than using spreadsheets. Bill customers promptly and professionally. Helps you get paid faster.
  
  
• Simplified taxes - Make sales tax easy with automated GST/HST reporting; generate sales tax returns in a single click. Eliminate tax headaches.
  
  
• Data back-up - QuickBooks Online stores all financial data on central servers, protecting it in the event your laptop, tablet or smartphone is lost or stolen. Have peace of mind knowing your information is automatically backed-up, every two hours.
  
  
• Anywhere, anytime access - QuickBooks Online gives you and your accountant protected access to your accounts from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection.

Pricing and Availability

QuickBooks Online is available to Canadian small businesses in three versions:

• QuickBooks Online EasyStart - Design and create professional invoices, keep an eye on cash flow and have one convenient place for your customer data. $9 per month for one user plus accountant access.
• QuickBooks Online Essentials - Generate sales tax returns with one click; handle multiple currencies, harness powerful reporting tools. $19 per month for three users plus accountant access.
• QuickBooks Online Plus - Plan ahead with budgeting and customizable reports. $29 per month for five users plus accountant access.

QuickBooks Online is free for the first 30 days. Intuit offers small business owners a 60-day money back guarantee, and they can cancel the service at any time.

To sign up for a free trial and to find out more, please visit http://quickbooksonline.intuit.ca/.

About Intuit Canada
Intuit Canada ULC is a leading provider of business, financial and tax management solutions for small- and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including Quicken®, QuickBooks®, QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions, SuccèsPME, TurboTax, and ImpôtRapideMC, simplify personal finance, accounting software and tax preparation and filing.

Additional offerings include ProFile®, a professional tax preparation software suite, the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program and the Intuit Developer Network for professional users and developers. All are provided by Intuit Canada or through its partners.

Intuit Canada has employees across Canada and offices in Edmonton, AB, and Mississauga, ON. Intuit Canada is an affiliate of Intuit Inc., which is listed on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol INTU. More information can be found at www.intuit.ca.

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About Intuit Inc.
Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses; financial institutions, including banks and credit unions; consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks®, Quicken® and TurboTax®, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. ProSeries® and Lacerte® are Intuit's leading tax preparation offerings for professional accountants. Intuit Financial Services helps banks and credit unions grow by providing on-demand solutions and services that make it easier for consumers and businesses to manage their money.

Founded in 1983, Intuit had annual revenue of $3.9 billion in its fiscal year 2011. The company has approximately 8,000 employees with major offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and other locations. More information can be found at www.intuit.com.

SAULT STE MARIE, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 12, 2012) - A Big Change in Canadian Communications in Canada is making waves today. Telgo Communications, A division of the multinational AKR Global Group, is introducing high speed internet in Ontario and Quebec and Digital Home Phone Service across Canada. With today's customer launch of High Speed Internet and Digital Home Phone, Telgo Canada now provides lightning-fast speeds and a reliable Internet connection for residents in the provinces of Ontario and Québec, and unlimited North American calling.

STRATFORD, ON, April 13, 2012 /CNW/ - Realizing an objective announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in August, 2011, the CDMN Canada 3.0 digital media forum will include a breakout stream customized for a delegation of more than 30 representatives from Brazil when the forum convenes here April 24-25, 2012. Brazil, the 6^th largest economy in the world, is interested in collaborating with Canada to expand the digital media forum concept to Brazil and enhance business opportunities between the two countries.

"We're delighted to host this delegation from Brazil, a collaboration made possible through  efforts of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada," said Kevin Tuer, Managing Director of the Canadian Digital Media Network, the organization responsible for staging Canada's premier digital media forum annually. "We're looking forward to sharing the progress in digital media innovation achieved to date through the continuous process of Canada 3.0 forums and consultations, and also to discuss the work that remains to be done in making Canada a leader in digital media."

Brazil's participation was undertaken as part of Canada-Brazil initiatives under the bilateral Science, Technology and Innovation Agreement. Canadian and Brazilian partners from industry, academia and government are collaborating on joint research and development (R&D) projects, conferences and workshops like CDMN Canada 3.0, equipment loans and student exchanges.

The 4^th annual CDMN Canada 3.0 digital media forum will bring together all sectors in industry, government, and academia to advance the adoption of digital media technologies in Canada. Given that this year's agenda was built upon recommendations from a cross-Canada tour undertaken over the last six months, the event represents a broad spectrum of opinion on how Canada should advance its efforts to lead in an increasingly digital global economy.

"Brazil could have requested participation in any activity in Canada, and they chose the CDMN Canada 3.0 digital media forum which speaks volumes for the importance of this event to the digital media sector and Canada as a whole," said Tom Jenkins, Chair of the CDMN Board and Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer at OpenText. Jenkins will be a keynote speaker on the opening day of the forum.

Attention has been focused lately in Canada on the innovation gap, where there is a disconnect between generation of innovative ideas and ability to take those ideas to a commercial product. There will be many examples at Canada 3.0 of how programs deliberately executed can foster digital media innovation, Tuer said, including:

• Road to Banff: a pitch-off event featuring 100 startups from across Canada vying for endorsement and the opportunity for sponsorship to the Banff Venture Forum;
• Showcase of Communitech HYPERDRIVE: shining a light on a new tech incubation program to attract more investment to Canadian startups and speed time to market for innovative technology;
• The University of Waterloo's REAP program: using breakthrough digital display technologies to create new commercially viable solutions involving undergraduate students innovating in a 'living lab'
• An innovation stream led by Gerri Sinclair, Executive Director of the Masters of Digital Media Program at Northern Way campus in B.C., and Jim Milway, Executive Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto, with a roster of other key speakers, addressing Canada's innovation gap.

Full information on the forum is available at: www.canada30.ca and you can follow CDMN Canada 3.0 2012 on Twitter @Can3_0 or join the conversation using #CDA30.

About CDMN Canada 3.0 2012
CDMN Canada 3.0 2012 is a forum organized by the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) www.cdmn.ca focused on advancing Canada's strength in digital media. CDMN encourages job creation and increases global competitiveness by linking Canada's leading digital media centres with industry, government and academia.

Media Contact
Shelley Grandy, Sr. PR Advisor, Canada 3.0 2012, shelley@cdmn.ca

VANCOUVER, WA--(Marketwire - Apr 12, 2012) - Abacast, a leading provider of cloud-based streaming and advertising management services for the online radio industry, announced Personalized Live Radio, a new service that combines the live and local content of radio with music personalization features found until now only on Internet-based music services.

OTTAWA, April 13, 2012 /CNW/ - The newest findings from Trend Micro, Inc. (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704) a global leader in cloud-based security software and services, compare the ability of several different mobile platforms to meet the demands of use in the enterprise.  Canada's own BlackBerry 7.0 scored highest across the board, ahead of Apple iOS5, Windows Phone 7.5 and Google's Android 2.3.  Altimeter Group, Bloor Research and Trend Micro's own specialists carried out the research.

BlackBerry attained the highest average score (2.89), followed by iOS (1.7), Windows Phone (1.61) and Android (1.37). The platforms were each scored on a combination of factors including built-in security, application security, authentication, device wipe, device firewall, and virtualization.

Trend Micro's Key Findings:

BlackBerry -Corporate-grade security and manageability make this platform the option of choice for the most stringent mobile roles. However, many features and protections that are commonly enabled or enforceable via the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) are not present on devices that are user-provisioned via BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS). In fact, some of the strongest features restricting high-risk activities that users may undertake, such as removal of password protection for the device, may be rendered inactive if a user's device is not provisioned via the BES.

Apple - The iOS application architecture provides user protection because all applications are "sand-boxed" in a common memory environment.  Security in iOS also extends to the physical attributes of the iPhone and iPad.  There are no options for adding removable storage, which in effect provides another layer of protection for users. Apple also compares favourably to BlackBerry insofar as the BlackBerry IT administrator has complete control over the device, while with Apple's iOS, an IT department can only configure items once the user has supplied his or her permission.

Windows Phone - Microsoft has created a reasonably robust and secure smartphone operating system in Windows Phone. The OS uses privileges and isolation techniques to create sandbox processes. These "chambers" are based on a policy system that, in turn, defines which system features the processes operating in a chamber can be accessed. 

Android - Although Android is now available in more recent versions (4.x), version 2.x is still the most widely deployed on existing and new handsets. This is a security risk in itself; with no central means of providing Operating System updates, meaning that many users remain unprotected from critical vulnerabilities for a prolonged period. On the plus side, it is a privilege-separated operating system and applications can't access the network without prior consent. Apps run in their individual sandboxed environment and permissions are granted by the user on a per app basis.  Unfortunately the end user often fails to closely inspect the permissions request dialogue in their haste to use the app. It is often unclear, when permissions are given, what the application is actually capable of.

"The continuing explosion of BYOD (bring your own device) coupled with the consumerization of IT continues to make every mobile device a risk to business. While some mobile devices manufacturers provide enterprise grade security capability, organizations need to protect their valuable data regardless of the device their employees choose to use." Commented Jim Short, Trend Micro Canada General Manager.

The report is available here www.trendmicro.com/cloud-content/us/pdfs/business/reports/rpt_enterprise_readiness_consumerization_mobile_platforms.pdf. 

Trend Micro
 (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), a global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers. Additional information about Trend Micro Incorporated and the products and services are available at Trend Micro.com.

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers. Trend Micro is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the newest Web threats. A transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, and operations in nearly 30 countries including Canada, Trend Micro's trusted security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide.

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Claire M. Tallarico, 416-616-9940

QUEBEC CITY, April 11, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, Industrial Alliance, Insurance and Financial Services Inc. has launched Mobiliz, a societal initiative aimed at improving driving behaviours and combating the speeding plague among drivers aged 16 to 24. Mobiliz is a new revolutionary auto insurance program based on the "Pay-As-You-Drive" concept, whose premium is primarily based on the drivers' behaviours than on their being part of a specific age group or on their claims history. Youths who adopt responsible driving behaviours can therefore benefit from the lowest rates in the industry.

This new method, a first in Canada, marks a genuine revolution in the area of auto insurance in Québec. Mobiliz's business model was designed such as to offer youths the lowest premium possible rather than to generate operating profits for Industrial Alliance. "For us, Mobiliz is first and foremost a cause, pointed out Industrial Alliance President and CEO, Mr. Yvon Charest. By this initiative, we wish to actively take part in solving a societal issue and save lives by way of what we do and know best, that is, insurance. If Mobiliz generates operating profits, these will be reinvested in the cause on the basis of a continuous improvement procedure where the program shall adjust to the needs and expectations expressed by the youths themselves".

According to the President and CEO of operations at Industrial Alliance Operations, Auto and Home Insurance Inc., Mr. Michel Laurin, "Mobiliz will enable youths who drive responsibly, but frustrated with their high premiums simply because they are young, to benefit from the lowest rates in the industry. As for youths who currently have extreme driving habits, Mobiliz will offer them the necessary financial incentives so that they can adopt more responsible driving habits. "

Use of Technology at the Service of Road Safety
Mobiliz relies on telematics technology. This simply means that each vehicle insured with Mobiliz will be granted free installation of a GPS-type module at one of the 220 certified installers across Québec who are members of the Belron (Lebeau, Duro) and Uniban (VitroPlus, Docteur du Pare-Brise) networks. The device, installed under the instrument panel and therefore not noticeable, monitors distance travelled as well as the three driving behaviours, that is, speeding, forced accelerations and hard brakings. The device also monitors location and time these behaviours were monitored.

Insured can accede to this data by way of a customized Web portal, where they can get the lowdown on their overall behaviours, enabling them to take the necessary corrective actions to their driving. In addition, every week, Mobiliz customers will receive an activity report on their behaviours and the impact these may have on their monthly bill. This report will also be accompanied by tips and hints for better driving awareness.

Another novelty: the Mobiliz program is 100% Web-based. All operations (getting a quote, purchase, payment, claims) are totally computerized and carried out online. Mobiliz agents are available, as needed, to chat with consumers.

A User-Friendly Method and Beneficial Premium
Mobiliz's basic premium is calculated by way of only four criteria: age, gender, postal code and insured vehicle. By simply answering four questions, a quote can therefore be completed in under one minute. Note that, in relation to traditional auto insurance programs, the age criteria was greatly disindexed to avoid unduly penalizing young drivers.

The premium then vary monthly in accordance with real kilometers driven as well as the driver's behaviours. In addition to benefiting from a basic premium that's already very competitive, Mobiliz's insured who adopt responsible behaviours obtain an additional discount that can reach up to 25% of their monthly premium. In return, drivers who do not adopt responsible driving behaviours are penalized in terms of the number of speeding offences, hard brakings and forced accelerations they do during the month. Excessive speeding offences as defined by the SAAQ have specific penalties.

Only distance travelled and behaviours monitored have an impact on the basic premium. The fact of having had one or several claims in the past or during the contract does not impact on the premium.

Mobiliz offers complete protection to all of its drivers, that is, "two way insurance" with a single deductible of $250. The program's only option is replacement value for vehicles aged 5 years or less. Insured who is not satisfied with Mobiliz services can terminate their agreement at any time, at no cost.

Let us recall that, according to the statistics compiled by the SAAQ, young drivers aged 16 to 24 are overrepresented in road accidents: although they constituted only 10% of driver's licence holders, they were involved in 24 % of the accidents resulting in bodily injury in 2010. In 2009, young drivers committed 49% of speeding or reckless driving offences. From 2006 to 2010, speed was a factor in 52% of fatal accidents involving drivers aged 16 to 24.

About Industrial Alliance
Founded in 1892, Industrial Alliance, Insurance and Financial Services Inc. is a life and health insurance company which has operations across Canada as well as in the United States. The company offers a wide range of life and health insurance products, savings and retirement plans, RRSPs, mutual and segregated funds, securities, auto and home insurance, mortgage loans and other financial products and services. The fourth largest life and health insurance company in Canada, Industrial Alliance contributes to the financial well-being of over 3 million Canadians, employs more than 4,100 people and administers and manages assets of over 73 billion dollars. Industrial Alliance stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IAG. For more information on Industrial Alliance, please go to www.inalco.com. For more information on the Mobiliz program, please go to www.mobiliz.ca.

Source:
Industrial Alliance
Pierre Picard, Head of Public Relations

TORONTO, April 13, 2012 /CNW/ - Consulting-Portal, a leading IT Service Management (ITSM) software and services firm, is announcing the immediate availability of its ITOptimizer Service Management Accelerators.

Our ITSM accelerators take our most demanded services and package them into a suite of four "easy to digest" and affordable offerings. The intent is to provide services that can Jumpstart an ITSM program while being respectful of an organization's time and money.

These highly prescriptive offerings, priced at the equivalent of one person-week of consulting, are delivered over the Internet using our ITOptimizer SaaS product and other modern collaborations tools. Client's save the travel expenses and have the flexibility to schedule the delivery to fit into their busy schedule - up to six elapsed weeks.

The Service Offerings include:

• Snapshot - a quick assessment of your ITSM program and up to 5 ITIL® processes
• Blueprint - accelerate the design, documentation and implementation of a single ITIL® based process
• Verify - maximize Service Management ROI through the establishment of an effective ITSM governance program
• Mentor - get expert ITSM help when you need it and on your schedule

Each of these offerings starts with an initial planning session and is delivered through a combination of "virtual" interviews, meetings and workshops. There is a detailed project plan that clearly spells out customer involvement and our deliverables. Satisfaction is guaranteed or you don't pay.

"IT organizations are juggling a lot of demands these days. They know ITSM is important but they are looking for an approach that fits into their timeline and budget, not that of the consulting companies," says David Mainville CEO and Co-founder of Consulting-Portal. "While not a fit for every organization, these service accelerators are the right approach for a company with limited resources and a desire to get things done quickly."

Whether you are just beginning your ITSM journey, are looking to implement a new ITSM tool, or are a mature organization looking to improve your processes, our ITSM Service Accelerators provide exceptional value. When combined with the ITOptimizer, our Business Process Management software, these services are the most affordable and effective way to bring the benefits of IT Service Management to your organization.

About ITOptimizer

ITOptimizer is Business Process Management (BPM) software delivered as Software as a Service. ITOptimizer includes 4 powerful "do-it-yourself" modules. The assessment module allows you to assess the maturity of your IT and business processes. The process modeler allows you to design and document both ITSM processes and Business processes. The governance module allows you to monitor process compliance through the assignment of tasks and the collection of evidence of compliance. The education module provides access to a curriculum of FREE ITSM courses. ITOptimizer is loaded with ITIL® and COBIT® process templates to help you get started. Learn more at www.itoptimizer.com/demo

About Consulting-Portal

Founded in 1999, Consulting-Portal provides ITSM consulting, ITIL® consulting and ITIL® education services. We are also the authors of the ITOptimizer BPM software. Our comprehensive suite of services includes ITSM Assessments, ITSM roadmaps, ITIL® Process Design, ITSM Tool Selection and ITSM tool implementation. We also provide ITIL® Foundations and ITIL® Intermediate courses either onsite at your location or virtually through the Internet. Consulting-Portal has offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Toronto, Ontario.

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SOURCE Consulting-Portal

Giovanni Flores, +1-416-539-9836

http://www.itoptimizer.com