SUCCESS STORIES
York Region District School Board
York Region District School Board has 110,000 students in 179 schools across nine municipalities, making it among the largest in Canada. In 2005, the Board selected Rogers Business Solutions for a ten-year project to create its new integrated network. Rogers installed an IP fibre optic network in all of the Board’s schools as well as in its two regional headquarters locations and five area offices.
Chip Hospitality
CHIP Hospitality is a Vancouver-based hotel management firm with over 30 properties across Canada. Representing and serving several hotel chains, CHIP needs to keep highly confidential procedures like payroll and reservations secure, but also share certain information such as conference bookings among competing properties.
White Sand Communications
When I began traveling throughout Canada and the United States, I needed a way to continue working that would be transparent to my clients. Because I already relied on Rogers Wireless for voice communications, I looked to them for help. My needs list included not only access to e-mail messages, but most importantly, attachments and a reliable way to transmit work back to clients. The Sony Ericsson EDGE PC card was the perfect solution for me.
Harris Computer Services
BlackBerry gives Harris Computer Services the competitive "Customer Service" edge.
WhiteHat Inc.
Rosaleen Citron founded WhiteHat Inc. in 2001 as a premier IT security practitioner. She has been named by both Chatelaine and PROFIT magazines among the top women business owners in Canada. This year, WhiteHat is expanding into the U.S. while launching its proprietary InSight suite of new security technologies.
CRATOS Technology Solutions Inc.
Debbie Gracie-Smith founded CRATOS in 1999. In 2003, the company placed fourth in the annual PROFIT HOT 50 ranking of Canada's Emerging Growth Companies. This year, her company ranked 56 on the PROFIT W100, a listing of Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs.
1-800-GOT-JUNK
Brian Scudamore was a university student in 1989 who started his own junk removal service. Fast forward 17 years and this investment has paid off in spades. With annual sales of more than $112 million today, up from just $2 million in 2000, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is the world's largest junk removal service, and a household name.
Royal Taxi
When you need a taxi in the Greater Toronto Area, Royal Taxi Inc., with more than 400 vehicles and a reputation for customer care, is ready to be of service. Now with the introduction of an in-vehicle wireless point-of-sale solution, the company is taking customer service to a new level.
Swift Trade Inc.
Swift Trade Inc. is the first and largest direct-access electronic trading centre in Canada. Its proprietary traders operate on the NYSE, NASDAQ, Chicago Mercantile and AMEX exchanges. In 2004, Swift Trade placed second in the annual PROFIT 100 survey of Canada's fastest-growing companies.
