JetForm to hire 100, boost R&D

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JetForm Corp., an Ottawa, Ontario-based company, intends to employ 100 people and boost its budget on research and development by 50% for 10 months. The hiring will bring the company's total workforce to 700, with most of the jobs to be based in Canada and Ireland. JetForm will need more people as it increases its R&D budget to C$18 million in fiscal year 1999, focusing on its Intempo software, which is used to transmit electronic documents over computer networks. JetForm posted C$100 million in revenues in fiscal 1998, and it is expected to generated earnings of C$1.12 a share in fiscal 1999.

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Intends to employ 100 people and boost its budget on research and development by 50% for 10 months

Research & development outlays, Personnel administration, Ontario, JetForm Corp.

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Learning Co. takes an Internet course

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Learning Co. of Cambridge, MA, formerly known as SoftKey International Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, is concentrating on the Internet as a new channel to market its educational and entertainment software. The firm's strategy includes using the Internet as a tool to unlock software stored in a CD-ROM as well as to link its educational titles with the curriculum at a child's school, said Learning's CEO Michael Perik. The strategy is also intended to complement its software sales at the retail market. The firm's sales grew to $392.4 million in 1997 from around $22 million in 1994.

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Is concentrating on the Internet as a new channel to market its educational and entertainment software

Computer Software, Marketing procedures, Massachusetts, Software, Learning Company Inc.

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Unix sales beat expectations

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Sales for the Unix software in 1997 has increased by a higher-than-expected 20%, from C$597 million in 1996 to C$719 million, according to International Data Corp. (Canada) Ltd. The software, which is used in operating large corporate computers, was previously expected to see a decrease in sales, but the growing need for strong systems in handling Internet traffic and electronic commerce reversed the expectation. Analysts suggest that Unix sales will remain positive since it is more powerful and flexible than NT, which is Unix's primary competitor in the market.

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Canada: Sales for the Unix software in 1997 increases by a higher-than-expected 20%, from C$597 million in 1996 to C$719 million

Canada, Sales & consumption

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