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T-Net Direct: June 27, 2011 BC Technology News Direct to the Desktop
======================================================================= T-NET IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS: The Technology and Intellectual Property Law Group at Fasken Martineau, Vancouver Enterprise Forum, MacDonald Dettwiler, PMC-Sierra, McKesson Medical Imaging, Sage Software, Unication, Software Productivity Centre, CATA Alliance, Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre, BC Innovation Council, Corporate Recruiters, Dyaptive Systems, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, Elastic Path, BC Social Venture Partners, BC Technology Industry Association and Wireless Innovation Network of BC. ============================== BC TECHNOLOGY UPCOMING EVENTS: ============================== Sponsored by: BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) Jun 27: Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP) presents "Spring 2011 CICP Innovation Forum - Vancouver, BC" Jun 27: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Vancouver presents "Quantitative Computer Simulation as a Paradigm of Scientific Investigations" Jun 27: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Vancouver presents "IEEE Vancouver Section Life Members Centennial Event - From Softwood to Software" Jun 27: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Vancouver presents "A Conversation About Global Business" Jun 28: Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP) presents "Spring 2011 CICP Innovation Forum - Victoria, BC" Jun 28: Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) presents "Special VEF BBQ: A Casual Chat with Jonathan Ehrlich, Former Head of Marketing at Facebook" Jun 28: British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) presents "CTO Peer Group Roundtable: Succeeding with Agile Software Development" See complete registration and contact information for each of these events in the T-Net Events Calendar. ==================================== T-NET INVESTOR: BC TECHNOLOGY STOCKS ==================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T-NET 20 STOCK CLOSING MARKET STOCK INDEX SYMBOL PRICE CHANGE CAPITALIZATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. MacDonald Dett. MDA $52.50 - 4.9% $2,157,759,083 2. PMC-Sierra (US) PMCS $7.16 + 1.0% $1,620,375,364 3. Westport Inn. WPT $21.19 + 9.7% $993,452,931 4. QLT Inc. QLT $6.96 + 5.8% $356,034,568 5. Sierra Wireless SW $11.15 - 1.2% $348,421,054 6. Cardiome COM $3.93 - 0.5% $240,237,328 7. Peer 1 Networks PIX $1.60 - 5.9% $192,842,192 8. OncoGenex Pharm OGXI $17.48 + 7.0% $164,712,124 9. Absolute Soft ABT $3.61 - 8.8% $160,224,171 10. Ballard Power BLD $1.57 + 4.7% $132,213,958 11. Vecima Networks VCM $3.41 - 0.9% $76,100,175 12. Protox Thera. PRX $0.52 - 1.9% $63,095,368 13. Neovasc NVC $1.01 + 1.0% $41,179,292 14. PNI Digital PN $1.15 + 4.5% $39,443,688 15. Norsat Int’l NII $0.62 - 1.6% $36,184,770 16. WebTech Wireless WEW $0.32 - 5.9% $33,735,765 17. QHR Technologies QHR $0.68 + 4.6% $29,097,622 18. Allon Thera. NPC $0.37 + 0.0% $29,053,570 19. DDS Wireless DD $1.93 - 9.8% $26,614,210 20. Tekmira Pharm TKM $2.46 - 5.4% $25,441,158 -------------- T-Net 20 Total Market Capitalization - 0.1% $6.8 Billion -------------- T-Net 20 is an index of the 20 largest publicly traded technology companies in BC. This list is updated quarterly and companies are added or removed from the list based on market capitalization on the last day of each quarter. For up-to-date stock quotes and information on every publicly traded technology company in BC, please see the "Tech Stocks" section of the T-Net website at
. |------------------------ HOT JOB OF THE WEEK ------------------------| Senior Programmer Analyst (Test Automation & Tools Lead) Insurance Corporation of British Columbia As a senior member of the QA and Test team, responsibilities will include contributing to the strategy planning for the department from a tools implementation and support perspective as well as providing both design/development expertise to projects, ensuring excellence in the Project Delivery competency. Job Responsibilities: • Ensure proper installation, upgrade, extension, and maintenance of all
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TOP STORY: SUBSERVEO: DST Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Subserveo, Inc. CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENTS ---------------------- PNI DIGITAL MEDIA is extending the term of its Internet Services Agreement with CVS Pharmacy Inc. to provide and operate the CVS/pharmacy online photo service
, which is connected to over 7200 CVS/pharmacy locations across the US for an additional three year period. ACTENUM CORPORATION announced that Aramco Services Company has acquired DSO/Upstream for use by Saudi Aramco's Exploration Department. AXYS TECHNOLOGIES has been awarded a contract from the University of Alaska Fairbanks to provide a data buoy for environmental monitoring south of the Bering Strait near Alaska. PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS & CLINICAL TRIALS --------------------------------------- POINT2 today introduced Express Tools, a modular suite of online marketing tools for real estate professionals. NORSAT INTERNATIONAL INC. announced that it now offers an HD (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC) capable version of its GLOBETrekker™ system. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS ---------------------- SENDTONEWS VIDEO INC. reported the appointment of Greg Bobolo as President. COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------- ICRON TECHNOLOGIES announced that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with Pender Financial Group pursuant to which it is proposed that an affiliate of Pender, 7895461 Canada Inc., will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares and options of Icron. CARMANAH TECHNOLOGIES announced that all resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting held on June 21, 2011 were duly passed. ULTRASONIX MEDICAL CORPORATION is expanding its sales management team to support growth in the United States and Canada. GEMCOM SOFTWARE announced it will open an office in Almaty, Kazakhstan on June 24, 2011. EARNINGS REPORTS ---------------- RADIANT COMMUNICATIONS announced revenues of $7.9 million and a net loss of $62,470 for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. VIGIL HEALTH SOLUTIONS announced revenues of $4.38 million and a net loss of $70 thousand for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011. ICRON TECHNOLOGIES announced revenues of $3,401,134 and net income of $468,780 for the first quarter ending March 31, 2011. BURCON NUTRASCIENCE provided a review of the year's operations. QHR TECHNOLOGIES announced revenues of $6.48 million and net income of $976,808 for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. VIGIL HEALTH SOLUTIONS announced revenues of $1.4 million and net income of $0.1 million for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2011. NEOVASC announced revenues of $1,169,920 and a net loss of $973,454 for the three months ended March 31, 2011. AWARD AND PATENT ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ IDEACA announced that they have been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Partner of the Year Award. IPS has been named the Best Information Security VAR by the 2011 SC Magazine Awards Canada. COMPLETE COVERAGE ----------------- For complete details on these and all other BC technology news stories in the past week, as well as today's top stories, please visit the T-Net British Columbia website at
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