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Christmas Time at Digitalembrace
January 11, 2012Digitalembrace found some unique ways to celebrate the holidays and spread the joy of Christmas!
After years of sending hand-made Christmas cards to clients, friends and family, we decided to create our very own Christmas card, but in a fun and memorable way. A photo shoot was set up (with Landed Entertainments), featuring members of the OPS team while jumping in the air, wearing Digitalembrace’s colors (Green & Black). Not only did this create a unique Christmas card that reflected the joy of the season, it also resulted in a rather “funny” video, which can be found on the Digitalembrace’s website.
Another unique way in which Digitalembrace brought cheer to others was through home baked goods. Members of Digitalembrace baked 7 different types of cookies and hand-delivered them to our consultants and their managers, wishing them a very Merry Christmas! The reactions were one of surprise, joy, and “caloric” fulfilment!
Digitalembrace fosters an enjoyable and fulfilling workplace, especially during the holidays. New Ideas have already emerged for next year, stay tuned!
New Team Members at Digitalembrace
October 23, 2011Digitalembrace is growing and expanding!
Two new members have recently joined the company: Thomas Rigatti, as client manager, has joined the certified staffing division; and Anna Krupnova, as Business Analyst, joining the Consulting Services division of Digitalembrace. Both individuals come with a strong background in their respective areas, and will surely help Digitalembrace continue their dynamic growth.
About Digitalembrace:
Digitalembrace offers certified staffing and consulting services in the IT arena. Digitalembrace is located in Richmond Hill and has been in business for 13 years. Our company’s objective is to provide business with the best IT Specialists to reach their goals, with IT as the enabler.
Digitalembrace is constantly expanding with talented individuals such as Thomas and Anna, in both the Certified Staffing and Consulting divisions. This will enable us to continuously push the envelope in meeting the unique needs of our clients.
Digitalembrace at Showcase Ontario 2011
September 20, 2011Digitalembrace once again took part in Showcase Ontario, Canada’s largest Public Sector Learning Conference, which high-lights the technological achievements of the provincial government and their vendor partners. As a trusted partner of the Ontario Government for over 12 years, Digitalembrace’s exhibit highlighted the many successful IT projects in both the public and private sectors.
“Showcase Ontario provided three days of networking, learning, and knowledge sharing for Digitalembrace. It was exciting to meet over 900 individuals at our booth, catching up with old friends, colleagues, and clients.” Said Henry Fong, senior managing partner. “It was our first year speaking at a workshop, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We’ll definitely do this again”.
Digitalembrace’s workshop introduced their newest product in the Grants & Funding Management space, which is already in production in the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). It is a system based on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform, along with Microsoft Sharepoint and InfoPath. Mr. Enoch Cheung (Partner) presented the technical solution, while Henry Fong (Partner) provided insights into Project Management best-practices, specific to the Ministry environments (.NET SDE, JTS). “This new product space will springboard our consulting services division into related areas such as Loans, Compliance, Training & Certification, and Order management systems” said Enoch Cheung. “We’re very excited!”.
Digitalembrace considers Showcase 2011 to be a great success. “We had an amazing time at showcase 2011, we enjoyed connecting with existing clients, and we appreciate the opportunity to meet new ones. Please come visit us at Showcase 2012!” Henry Fong (partner).
The Move to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
June 10, 2011Digitalembrace has updated their internal systems by moving to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 from the previous version 4.0. Since version 1.0, Digitalembrace has been using Dynamics CRM to manage their maintenance contracts, sales, and internal recruiting functions.
“We are always striving to be ahead of the curve, so what better way than to implement all the same technologies in-house that we will eventually build for our clients” said Enoch Cheung, Lead Architect and Partner.
Dynamics CRM 2011 brings a host of new functions and productivity tools in the areas of Sales, marketing, and customer service. Some notable new features are: point-and-click configurability, more effective user interface, real-time dashboards, and integration with SharePoint.
Digitalembrace retains multiple development environments in both CRM 4.0 and 2011, as we continue to support our clients in these environments.
Digitalembrace Launches New Website!
June 10, 2010Digitalembrace has entirely revamped their website to coincide with our next 10 years of business. The new “look and feel” simplifies navigation for visitors, yet provides more pertinent information at your finger tips.
Based on our Sharepoint expertise, the entire site is managed as via a Content Management System based on Microsoft Sharepoint. This will enable seamless and timely updates to ensure all information is current, while also letting different departments publish their own sections on the fly.
The site features new graphics, new Project-based Solutions, new services, and new features for job seekers, while retaining the feel of the old tried-and-true dependability you have come to know over the past 10 years.
Digitalembrace Builds Health HR Data Repository
May 31, 2010Digitalembrace delivered a Sharepoint-based project to build a secure data repository to collect, validate, store, and analyze Health Human Resources data for the Ontario Community Support Association. This project commenced in late summer 2009 and now houses HR information on over 7,000 employees and 32,000 volunteers, in 200 organizations, spanning all 14 LHINs in Ontario. Data elements include: Salaries, Ages, Gender, Benefits, Vacation, and Services, and how they interrelate to one another.
The information is invaluable because there is no other repository that houses this type of information from so many different organizations. Digitalembrace has leveraged their technical expertise in the .Net space to ensure this data was collected and stored in a secure manner for data integrity, and built a flexible reporting engine to extract out pertinent information for the proper analysis.
Currently Digitalembrace is finalizing its analysis and working with the experts at OCSA to properly interpret the data. The final report will be released by OCSA in the near future, and will enable the Community Support sector to properly plan their future HR strategies.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployed.
April 27, 2010Digitalembrace proudly announces another successful deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
An Ontario government agency required a flexible and extensible solution to track and manage stakeholder relationships, events and email mailing lists.
Our CRM consultants were able to gather requirements and use Microsoft Dynamics CRM customization tools to extend the CRM solution with additional data elements and functionality in just over a month.
Digitalembrace begins a multi-site Microsoft SharePoint migration project.
March 25, 2010Digitalembrace begins another Content Management Solution project to migrate 2 public websites to the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) platform.
This project is a return engagement to the Ontario government after several implementations of SharePoint web sites.
Digitalembrace joins Facebook and Twitter.
January 04, 2010
Digitalembrace has joined the world of Facebook and Twitter. With our steady growth and ever changing business landscape, these two communication channels will help us share our progress in real time. Digitalembrace joined these social websites so people can easily keep up to date with our company’s growth, opportunities, and new ventures. Facebook will be used to communicate corporate events and news, supported by pictures and dialog. Twitter will be used to post brief descriptions of Job opportunities to augment our traditional channels, giving job seekers instant notification of new opportunities.
Throughout 2010, we will be expanding our brand recognition as a premier IT service provider specializing in both Project-based delivery and Staffing services. We invite job seekers, clients, and partners to check out our newly launched website. Please come and follow us on Twitter or send us a friend request on Facebook.
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Digitalembrace’s 2009 Golf Tournament
September 28, 2009Digitalembrace, in partnership with UrbanPromise, held their annual Golf Tournament at Meadowbrook Golf and Country Club. The Golf Tournament is a tradition at Digitalembrace since 2001. Employees, clients, friends and supporters of the cause participated in the Golf Tournament.
Digitalembrace is one of the corporate sponsors for UrbanPromise, the objective of the tournament was to raise money for UrbanPromise and encourage new and existing supporters to continue their involvement in helping “at risk” children in Toronto.
UrbanPromise, over the past 14 years, has been dedicated to helping children by giving them joy, hope and love through after school and summer camp programs. The program is based on the belief that children and young adults have the potential to achieve success, and with support, they can reach their full God-given potential.
Currently they have four locations, impacting the lives of over 300 children everyday!
For more information about UrbanPromise Toronto: http://www.urbanpromise.com
Digitalembrace at Showcase Ontario 2009
September 22, 2009
Digitalembrace was an exhibitor at the 2009 Showcase Ontario trade show, which high-lights the technological achievements of the provincial government and their vendor partners. As a trusted partner of the Ontario Government for over 10 years, Digitalembrace’s exhibit highlighted our many successful IT projects in both the public and private sectors.
During the 2 days, we had over 900 participants attend our booth. Our “Prize Wheel” provided a chance for all visitors to walk away with one or more of the 1300 “thank you items” given out. The laptop bags and “Green” treats were crowd favourites! There were also 17 separate draws for memory sticks. Showcase 2009 also gave a kick-start to our new branding strategy associated with Youthful Forward-Thinking, Innovative Approaches, and Dependable Technologies. This strategy was supported by our new “Go-Get-Green” motto and our Black&Green coloured uniforms.
Some of the projects highlighted at the show include our OPS Website Conversions (MTO, MOH) our Sharepoint migrations and implementations (MCS, OCSA), and our Google-maps Sharepoint system TRIP (MTO). Digitalembrace thoroughly enjoyed the time we had with our existing clients, and meeting new ones. Please come visit us at Showcase 2010 in September!