Pam Beyea
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SQUIGGLE PARK RAISES $800,000 TO SUPPORT MISSION OF INCREASING CHILDREN’S LITERACY
Halifax-based Squiggle Park, a web-based platform that aims to help children learn how to read, announced that it has raised an $800,000 seed round.
Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic graduates first cohort
A diverse group of 12 startups are currently attending the Toronto “Super Session” as the first cohort of graduates from the Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic.
Greenlaw Returns with Brunvalley
Having sold his last company Brovada for US$15.2 million in 2015, Karl Greenlaw is back in the startup game with a new fintech company called Brunvalley Cloud Solutions Inc.
New Canadian Says Supportive Employers Are Key to Building a Life Here
When Reem Fayyad found a job in her field a year after she immigrated to Moncton, it made her finally feel like she’s part of the local community. Last week, the Lebanese native became a Canadian citizen.
Medical Pharmacies Group revamps digital signage network
Medical Pharmacies Group, which operates in more than 40 locations in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, has selected Charlottetown-based software developer ScreenScape Networks to replace its legacy digital signage system.
Medical Pharmacies uses place-based media to communicate with long-term care, retirement home extended-care facility residents, featuring customized programming—including local menus, news and event calendars—on screens mounted in lobbies, dining rooms and other communal areas.
“The old system no longer met our needs,” explains Puneet Kharma, vice-president (VP) of sales and marketing. “We needed richer functionality that would still be cost-effective and easy to use.”
With ScreenScape, Medical Pharmacies simply sends a plug-and-play media device via courier to each location. Once they are online, the devices are remotely updated and managed using cloud-based software.
Seven New Brunswick Startups to Watch
Over the past several years New Brunswick has continued to grow with companies making an impact not just in our region, but on the global stage.
MARINER SUPPORTS PREMIER CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE – CYBERSMART SUMMIT 2018
Cybersecurity is a huge concern today and a rapidly growing risk. The negative impact of a security breach to operations, reputation and profitability is significant and it effects all organizations, large and small. As such it’s is one of the most important issues for Canadian business, government and society.
ScreenScape to upgrade Medical Pharmacies Group Digital Signage
Medical Pharmacies Group Ltd., a healthcare services firm in Canada, has selected ScreenScape Networks Inc. to upgrade its digital signage and expand its media network. ScreenScape provides a plug and play device to connect every screen to a cloud-based content management system, according to a press release.
Using the ScreenScape device, Medical Pharmacies can update the screens over Wi-Fi. Employees can plug the device into any TV on premise, turning it into digital signage. ScreenScape also provides secure access control and distributed co-management capabilities.
“Using ScreenScape we are able to involve various stakeholders in the onscreen messaging. Whether they work on premise at a specific location, or at the administration level with one of our facilities partners, we can provide them with simple and easy access to the system. That makes it easier to keep every screen fresh and relevant, and branded in the colors of the organization,” Puneet Khanna, vice president of sales and marketing, Medical Pharmacies, said in the release.
BC Hydro approves SHIFT Energy for its Continuous Optimization Program
SHIFT Energy’s Energy Optimization Software (EOS) recently became an approved Real Time Energy Management (RTEM) vendor as part BC Hydro’s Continuous Optimization program (C.Op program), which provides assistance to customers to save energy and improve operations. The primary focus of the program is on reducing the energy use of heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems by making improvements to the Building Automation System (BAS).