Support will help Fredericton IT companies develop and launch innovative technologies
January 21, 2015 – Fredericton, NB – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for New Brunswick and Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), along with iTacit and Scene Sharp Technologies officials, today announced $1 million in support to help both companies develop and launch innovative technologies.
iTacit, a Fredericton-based business consulting and information technology company, will undertake marketing and export activities to launch its newly-developed business analytics solution, which will extend the company’s market position into Customer Relationship Management, Business Intelligence and Social Enterprise Platforms.
Scene Sharp Technologies, a software company with unique expertise in adding colour information to digital imagery through a process known as image fusion, will further develop their Fuze Go image fusion software, a color digitizing imagery software, into cloud computing to respond to industry trends and market intelligence from early software adopters.
The Government of Canada, through ACOA’s Business Development Program, is providing repayable contributions of $500,000 towards each company’s project. iTacit is investing $470,000 in their project and Scene Sharp Technologies is investing $193,120.
Quick Facts:
- iTacit is a next generation technology company that builds cost-effective products to connect and engage teams, making organizations smarter. The company’s comprehensive workforce optimization cloud platform includes Talent Management, Social Collaboration, Document Sharing and Surveys.
- Scene Sharp Technologies has developed Fuze Go and a Super Camera Technology that are transformational technologies in the colour digital imaging market place. The software enhances satellite images which are taken 500 kilometers in the air while travelling at high speeds. The technology maximizes feature details, minimizes color distortion and naturally integrates color and spatial features. This “next generation” of imaging software has captured the attention of customers such as Digital Globe, Google Earth and NASA.
- As announced in Economic Action Plan 2014, the Government of Canada, through ACOA, will contribute $450 million over the next five years to innovation projects in Atlantic Canada.
Quotes:
“Our Government recognizes the importance of companies growing their businesses through the development of innovative technologies and new markets. Our Government, through ACOA, is pleased to support iTacit and Scene Sharp Technologies in their efforts to pursue new IT development and export opportunities, and generate growth and economic benefits for this region. These projects are especially significant in the context of the historic Canada-European Union Trade Agreement, which will open new markets throughout the EU for Canadian exporters.”
- The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for New Brunswick and Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
"Our software products sharpen digital color imagery so people can find and identify important details for critical decision making. Converting our software into a cloud based service model means people will be able to access big image data for decision making quickly."
- Ian Lucas, Chief Executive Officer, Scene Sharp Technologies
“iTacit is pleased to be working with ACOA, and their Business Development Program. ACOA has been a significant contributing factor to our success in establishing and growing our market presence with our workforce optimization cloud platform, and now we are better poised to forge our market presence with our innovative big data analytics initiative.”
- Norm Couturier, Chief Product Strategist, iTacit
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Contacts:
Kelsie Corey
Director of Communications
Office of the Honourable Rob Moore
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
613-941-7241
Ann Kenney
Senior Communications Officer
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
506-452-3687
Tanya Harris
Marketing & Communications
iTacit
506-459-8113
Ian Lucas
Chief Executive Officer
Scene Sharp Technologies
902-488-0125
