Webnames.ca StaffWhat originally started as a course taught by volunteer professor Reza Satchu, The Next 36 program has quickly evolved into becoming Canada’s top entrepreneurship program. Championed by some of Canada’s top business names and founded by some of Canada’s top entrepreneurs, the program uses its extensive resources to identify top entrepreneurial talent at the university…
Garrett SaundryAnother Great Year at Webnames.ca in 2012 A message from our President: Webnames.ca had another extremely productive year with key product launches and upgrades. We continue to live our core values to “amaze every customer with exceptional service”, maintaining an average under one minute response time in our contact centre. We continue to be very…
Webnames.ca StaffAs sponsor of the BCIC-New Ventures BC Competition, Webnames.ca would like to congratulate the top-ten finalists in the 2012 competition! Webnames.ca has sponsored this competition for a number of years. As a member of the local technology community, we feel it’s very important to support the innovation coming out of newer start-ups. This year’s finalists…
Neil LimThe member nomination period for the CIRA Board of Directors Election has begun at noon today! CIRA’s Board of Directors Election CIRA is actively looking for interested individuals across Canada to apply for the two open positions for the Member Slate of CIRA’s Board of Directors Election! Canadians with governance experience and relevant background in…
Neil LimCIRA Nomination Committee Candidates Selected The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the organization that manages Canada’s .CA domain name registry. They also develop policies that support Canada’s Internet community. CIRA’s Nomination Committee has selected eight Candidates from a strong group of applicants who have a broad mix of experience and qualifications to move forward…
Neil LimCIRA hosted the second annual .CA Impact Awards and officially announced the winners at the Mesh Conference in Toronto on Tuesday. The .CA Impact Awards find people and organizations that use their .CA sites to make a difference in their community. Organizations can enter into any four categories: Public Sector and Not-for-Profit, eLearning, Small Business,…
John DemcoHere is a selection of recent items: At the close of the ICANN meetings held last week in Costa Rica, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman Steve Crocker were interviewed concerning the New gTLD Program and other aspects of ICANN. Beckstrom indicated that there are 290 registrants in the TLD Application System (TAS) as of…
Webnames.ca StaffOpen to BC technology companies of all sectors and sizes, the Technology Impact Awards is an annual event organized by the BCTIA to recognize the achievements of the technology industry. Approximately 800 people from the BC technology community are expected to attend the province’s largest and most prestigious awards night. The 2012 Awards dinner will…
Cybele NegrisThe Canadian Internet Registration Authority is organization that manages Canada’s .CA domain name registry. They also develop policies that support Canada’s Internet community. The 2012 CIRA Board of Directors Elections are coming up and the first part of that process is to round up a group of Canadian professionals to serve on the Nomination Committee.…
