September 2011 – International Executive Association Conference

On September 20th and 21st, 2011, Craig Mackay, Vice President of Information Solutions for Nortak Software and a member of the Ottawa Executive Association, was a guest speaker at the International Executive Association conference held at the new Ottawa Conference Centre. He was speaking in two separate sessions. In one session, Mr. Mackay participated in a marketing panel representing and providing insight to on-line marketing, virtual marketing and search engine optimization.

Mr. Mackay also delivered a seminar on Using the Cloud and CRM Internet Tools. This session was directed towards Executive Directors and provided a demonstration of the Executive Association Module, part of the CallBase CRM application, to show new features of the Newsletter sub-module and the BlackBerry App. See our virtual store for more details. (www.nortak.com/virtualstore)

August 2011 – IEA Registration Web Site in Production

In conjunction with Birddog Design and DE Systems our web development and hosting team at Nortak Software helped to create the International Executive Association 2011 Conference information and registration web site. It is a real beauty! Try it out at www.iea2011ottawa.com

June 2011 – Nortak Informatics Standing Offer Renewed

The Nortak TBIPS standing offer and supply arrangement for IT resource with the Federal Government of Canada was renewed in June 2011. Nortak provides expert staffing and consulting through this contracting vehicle, which includes but is not limited to the following categories; Application Architects, ERP Programmer Analysts, System Analysts, Programmer/Software Developers, Testers, WEB Architects, Web Developers, Data Conversion Specialists, Database Administrators, Business Analysts, Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) Consultants, Call Centre Consultants, Technical Writers, Project Executives, Project Managers, and Quality Assurance Specialists.

April 2011 – Nortak Wins Supply Arrangement at NRCan

Starting April 1st, 2011, Nortak Software will be supporting the Grants and Contributions System and other systems that interface with SAP and eProcurement at Natural Resources Canada.

October 2010 – New Vice-President of Business Development

Nortak Software is pleased to announce the creation of a new position for Business Development. Gino Pulente has been hired as the Vice-President of Business Development. He brings with him an extensive background in sales and business development working closely in the Ottawa-Gatineau region primarily with the Federal Government during the past ten years. He has worked previously as a Senior Account Executive at two local IT companies.

Mr. Pulente is building a team of developers and consultants at Nortak with expertise in various popular technologies, including; SharePoint, SAP Business Objects, COBOL Links for .Net and CLF 2.0. Gino brings a lot of success and a winning attitude to the existing Nortak Team and will be a major asset to the company. He has a Bachelor of Business and Finance from Lake Superior State University, and played for the Superior State University Hockey Team winning the NCAA Division National Championship in 1994.

January 2010 - Nortak Partners with Codenomicon Defensics

Nortak has signed on as a Canadian Partner with Codenomicon, a leading vendor of proactive software security testing solutions. Codenomicon was recently selected to participate as a tool vendor in Microsoft's SDL Pro Network. The network guides and supports development teams as they integrate Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) into their operations. Codenomicon's fuzzing solutions complement the services provided by the SDL Pro Network by helping companies to integrate security and robustness testing into their development process and verify the quality of their software before deployment.

Fuzzing is a natural part of the SDL: the entire fuzzing methodology promotes building security into systems, instead of protecting vulnerable systems. The idea behind fuzzing is simple: unexpected data is fed to the inputs of a system and the behavior of the system is then monitored. If the system crashes, then there is a bug in the software, which could have been exploited by attackers. Codenomicon's intelligent tests are based on protocol models, thus they cover the entire protocol implementation and achieve unparalleled efficiency in finding both known and unknown vulnerabilities.

Fuzzing should be used in every step in the software development lifecycle, from the first unit tests performed by developers to the last acceptance tests made before the product is released. The earlier vulnerabilities are discovered the easier and cheaper it is to fix to them, thus security testing is most effective, when it is integrated into the development process. Codenomicon provides off-the-shelf tools for all standard or proprietary protocols making it easy for companies to integrate fuzzing into their SDL. Especially, as the company's intelligent fuzzers significantly reduce the test execution times.

Codenomicon Defensics is the market leading proactive fuzzing tool. The state-of-the-art protocol modeling and test generation technique ensures market leading test coverage and test efficiency. It provides better test results by finding more security issues, and in less time. Protocol sequence and test case editing enables you to customize and add test cases and scenarios. General purpose tools such as Traffic Capture Fuzzer and Defensics for XML enable users to test any type of proprietary protocols and SOAP/XML applications. Defensics products are easy to integrate into existing tool libraries provided by Microsoft and third parties. Moreover, the comprehensive reporting capabilities and flexible licensing models enable reporting and reproduction capabilities across the entire software development organization.

For more details download the Codenomicon Defensics brochure and contact us directly at 1-888-222-3056.

December 2009 - ITIL 3.0 Certified

In an ongoing effort to provide Information Technology products and services, Craig Mackay, a Senior Applications Architect and VP of Information Solutions with Nortak Software, was recently awarded his ITIL 3.0 Foundations Certificate. In addition to Mr. Mackay's Business Process Re-engineering, (BPR), Change Management and Release Management expertise, he is now certified in the ITIL processes of Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement, key stages in the Service Lifecycle. For a Service Management advisor to assist your organization with a re-focus toward delivering value to the customer, and better managing the costs and risks associated with this service, please contact us directly at 1-888-222-3056 x276 or by email at info@nortak.com.

October 2009 - Project Management Certified

Nortak congratulates Michael Davidson, one of our Senior Technology Architects for attaining his Project Management Professional (PMP) status from the Project Management Institute (PMI). The PMI is the world's leading organization for the project management profession. They serve practitioners and organizations with standards that describe good practices, credentials that verify knowledge and experience, and resources for professional development, networking and community.

September 2009 - CallBase CRM: Cloud Computing and Telecom with SaaS

All modules within the CallBase CRM application are now available under the SaaS offering. Modules recently added to the Software as a Service hosting option now include; Contact Reminders, Contact Scheduling, Remote Warehouse Order Fulfillment, and Soft Phone interface. For an incredible low monthly cost, Nortak now offers, a hosted Customer Relationship Management application with broadcast email and newsletter capabilities. Even more importantly, adding a Soft Phone interface enables users to manage client contacts and contact them directly using a VOIP connection from their laptop computer. For more details call 1-888-222-3056 extension 276 and refer to Nortak Communications on our web site.

August 2009 - Contract Award for Legacy Systems Support

Based on excellent solutions delivery and cost effective informatics professional services, Nortak was awarded a contract extension on August 14th for the maintenance, support and enhancement of the CAIPS and FOSS applications at Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC).

July 2009 - Shop Local

As a member of the Ottawa Executive Association, Nortak is pleased to promote the community efforts of the membership. CHUM Radio, also a member of the Ottawa Executive Association, have been getting great response from their public service announcements which encourage listeners to shop local and be positive. Not only is this an important strategy to beating the recession, but, by shopping locally, we are supporting our own community, which will in turn support us. This is a campaign that we fully endorse and believe this attitude and approach should be more prevalent across not just all of Ottawa but all of Canada. For details on these public service announcements click on the following link, CHUM Radio Ads.

March 2009 - Executive Association CRM

Using our CallBase CRM hosted application Nortak is now providing the Ottawa Executive Association with on-line attendance forms, as well as the ability to track leads, referrals and business. The Ottawa Executive Association is a member of the International Executives Association and will be attending the international conference in Buffalo on September 30th, 2009. Nortak is also now offering a similar hosted application to other business associations. For more details refer to the following brochure, CallBase and the OXA.

October 2008 – Nortak Communications Newsletter edition #1

Nortak announces the publishing of the first edition of the Nortak Communications Newsletter, dealing with telephony solutions for call centres, enterprise VoIP Phone systems and contact management solutions. The Top 7 tips for call centres dealing with multi-media communications issues was the lead article.

July 2008 - New Supply Arrangement

Nortak Software is successful in obtaining a Supply Arrangement contract with the Government of Canada for Tier 1 requirements related to the Solutions-Based Informatics Professional Services (SBIPS) initiative. Nortak Software is able to offer IT and business solutions in the following domains: