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New releases from Microsoft Canada.

• Toronto girl wins Microsoft Canada’s national I CAN Holiday Greeting Card Contest
  Lucy Yam, a twelve-year-old girl from Toronto, Ontario and a member of the Eastview (Toronto) Boys and Girls Club in Riverdale, is this year’s winner of Microsoft Canada’s 11th annual I CAN Holiday Greeting Card Contest. To capture the true spirit of giving, children from Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada were invited to design a holiday card based on the theme “What I’d Like to Give the World...” Lucy’s card was chosen from over 500 entries. Her artwork will appear on Microsoft Canada’s corporate holiday greeting cards.
• Real Estate Community Sets New Standard For Service With Microsoft Virtual Earth
  Microsoft Canada Co. announced today that realtors across North America who use Tarasoft Matrix® created by Tarasoft can now take advantage of Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ mapping service. Real estate agents using Tarasoft Matrix® can offer potential homebuyers a more visual and immersive Web experience based on an advanced integrated mapping, imaging, search, and location platform.
• Children will soon CLICK together at the IWK Health Care Centre in Halifax with help from Microsoft Canada
  Microsoft Canada Co., together with the Children's Miracle Network (CMN) and the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, today announced an initiative to establish a Child Life Interactive Computers for Kids (CLICK) program. The CLICK program will provide consoles and games for Xbox® video game system, connectivity, hardware and software to children in the hospital and create an environment that will enable them to connect with school, family, and friends during frequent or lengthy periods of hospitalization.
• BC Credit Union Develops High-Value Advisory Services with Help of Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005
  Mississauga, ON – November 14, 2007 – Microsoft Canada Co. announced today that North Shore Credit Union (NSCU), based in North Vancouver, BC, is taking advantage of Microsoft® software as part of its strategic technology decision to drive core financial services and advisory applications. By implementing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in conjunction with the TEMENOS T24TM banking system, NSCU is developing an easy-to-integrate platform for all of its banking systems, which helps the organization operate successfully in the increasingly competitive Canadian credit union market.
• Microsoft Canada Development Centre Appoints Parminder Singh as Managing Director
  Richmond, BC – Friday, November 9, 2007 – Microsoft Corp. today announced the appointment of Parminder Singh to the role of Managing Director of the new Microsoft Canada Development Centre (MCDC) in Richmond, BC. Mr. Singh brings more than 22 years of professional experience in building, operating and managing international businesses around the world.
• Microsoft Unveils the Next Step in the Evolution of Communications
  Mississauga, Ontario - October 16, 2007 – Microsoft Canada Co. today announced the availability of the next era of communications products, taking the first step towards significantly reducing the cost of the average Voice over IP (VoIP) communication system by half.
• Lack of emotion, inadequate time lead Canadians to question efficiency of e-mail
  Mississauga, Ontario - October 16, 2007 – E-mail and instant messaging may be the communication mediums of choice but Canadians say the lack of emotion in written messages frequently causes conversations to be misinterpreted, according to the results of a new survey released today by Microsoft Canada.
• Financial Services Innovator Gets on an Enterprise Service Bus with Help from Microsoft-Based Technology
  Mississaga, Ontario - September 25, 2007 - Microsoft Canada Co. announced today that Meridian Credit Union has chosen to adopt Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006 and leverage Microsoft’s guidance for building an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
• Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Extends Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Solution
  Mississaga, Ontario - September 19, 2007 - As part of its commitment to providing industry-leading business intelligence solutions, Microsoft Corp. has launched Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint™ Server 2007, an application that enables companies to drive performance through monitoring, analyzing and planning their business using one integrated solution.
• Microsoft Canada, Children’s Miracle Network and Premier Jean Charest launch Mother and Child Technology Centre at the Centre mère-enfant of CHUQ
  Québec City, Québec – August 28, 2007 - Representatives from the Québec government, Microsoft Canada, CHUQ Foundation and the not-for-profit sector came together today to launch the Mother and Child Technology Centre, part of the Child Life Interactive Computers for Kids (CLICK) program at the Centre mère-enfant of CHUQ.
• MSN Canada revamps Internet safety site to educate parents about the latest online safety trends and issues
  Toronto, Ontario - July 25, 2007 – Parents trying to better understand their children’s online world have a new resource to consult – MSN Canada, a division of Microsoft Canada Co., has revamped its online safety site http://safety.sympatico.msn.ca. The interactive site contains articles on hot topics such as social networking, cyber bullying, Internet safety best practices and includes the chance for parents to ask questions and hear advice from online experts Debbie Gordon and Paul Gillespie.
• Microsoft Expanding Canadian Operations in Greater Vancouver Area
  REDMOND, Wash., and TORONTO, ON – July 5, 2007 – Microsoft Corp. today announced that it is expanding its presence in Canada by opening a new software development centre in the Greater Vancouver Area, in British Columbia. The Microsoft Canada Development Centre will open in the fall of 2007 and will be home to software developers from around the world.
• IT Community Test Drives Latest Microsoft Innovation at Energize IT
  Mississauga, ON — June 5, 2007 —Microsoft Canada Co. is providing an opportunity for over 2,000 IT professionals, developers, designers, architects, students and IT enthusiasts to come together, share and experience the latest Microsoft innovation in Windows Server® 2008 operating system, Forefront™ Client Security and Windows Vista® at Energize IT 2007.
• Microsoft Extends Security and Management Product Lines With Launch of Forefront Client Security and System Center Essentials 2007
  Mississauga, ON — May 2, 2007 —Microsoft Corp. today outlined its vision for integrated security and management solutions and announced delivery of key products under the Forefront™ and System Center brands.
• Ready, Set, Evaluate! Windows Server “Longhorn” Reaches Beta 3
  Mississauga, ON – April 25, 2007 - Microsoft Corp. today unveiled the first publicly available test version of the next edition of Windows Server®, code-named “Longhorn.” In Canada, technology partners and customers like Compugen and PCL Constructors are ready to evaluate the enhanced flexibility, control and protection built into Microsoft® Windows Server “Longhorn” Beta 3, available for download today at http://www.microsoft.com/getbeta3. The final version of Windows Server “Longhorn” is on track for release to manufacturing in the second half of 2007.
• Online Brand Champion Helps Build Reputations with Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005
  Mississauga, ON – April 10, 2007 – Microsoft Canada Co. announced today that online brand intelligence and brand protection company Brandimensions has chosen to implement Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005. The software enables the Internet-monitoring company to crawl 750 million web pages per month, and demonstrates high transaction rates. By taking advantage of Microsoft-based software, Brandimensions has implemented an active database that has grown to eight terabytes of data and continues to increase in size on a daily basis. The technology gives Brandimensions’ employees access t