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2021 Digital Discovery Camp - Early Registration OPEN
Perfect for the budding tech enthusiast. Digital Discovery Camp brings interactive learning together with the tech sector to provide an unforgettable experience for youth and show them innovative tec…

Providing Unique and Specialized AV Solutions with Backman Vidcom
Locally owned, award-winning and proudly Nova Scotian, Backman Vidcom was founded in 1976 and is the established market leader for commercial audiovisual design and technology integration services in…

ACENET, Atlantic Canada's Own R&D Supercomputing Resource
Supporting companies to take on R&D challenges that would be impossible on traditional desktops, DNS member ACENET offers access to supercomputing resources, expertise, training and support for large…

Garvin-Allen, Supporting the Property and Casualty Sector for over 25 Years
Helping organizations make a lasting impression with their clients, Garvin-Allen Solutions is the creator of the enterprise-level software platform Advanced Insurance System (AIS). AIS supports the P…

Jennifer LaPlante, acknowledged in the DataIQ 100
Digital Nova Scotia member and Executive Director of the oceantech artificial intelligence organization DeepSense , Jennifer LaPlante has been named in the DataIQ 100 , a list of the world’s most inf…

Making the Right Marketing Decisions with Roddis Communications
Helping their clients with a variety of marketing tools, Roddis Communications supports organizations with virtually everything to help support their sales and growth objectives. Roddis provides serv…

15th Annual Nova Scotia's Top Employers - 2021 Winners Announced!
Launched in 2007, Nova Scotia's Top Employers is an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers in Nova Scotia that le…

Tech Sector Job Portal - January 2021
Digital Nova Scotia maintains an online Job Portal that features a wide-range of open tech-related positions in our province. Tech companies across Nova Scotia are actively recruiting full stack deve…

Leaders in the age of sweeping digital change: Hire a Master of Digital Innovation (MDI) intern this summer
Learning from experts in the faculties of Computer Science, Management, Law and Medicine, Dalhousie Master of Digital Innovation (MDI) students bring leadership qualities along with the skills to hel…

Staying Digitally Centered with BeResponsive Media
Digital Nova Scotia member BeResponsive Media is unlike most agencies, every tool they create, and every project they manage is digitally centered. Each campaign leverages customized, researched, and…

Predictive Success, Improving Management Through People
Digital Nova Scotia member, Predictive Success is the Canadian partner of The Predictive Index . With consultants working across Canada and in the eastern United States, they provide clients with the…

Data is the New Oil with Arcurve
Founded in 2006, Arcurve is a full-service technology, advisory and software development company. Focusing on delivering services differently than their competitors, Arcurve’s goal is to help their c…

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