EDS Advanced Solutions Inc (EAS), a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard (Canada) Co., announced a name change today, that EDS Advanced Solutions will become – Advanced Solutions, An HP Company.

Advanced Solutions helps government clients transform and improve their business operations through Information Technology, Business Processing and Application Services. Incorporated in 2004, the company has created a labour-friendly unionized working environment with more than 400 employees and industry-leading business partners.

“As part of HP Canada, we are a strong combination of excellent service delivery and leading IT technology,” said James Hamilton, president and CEO, Advanced Solutions, An HP Company. “Comprehensive solutions are what our clients need today to provide increasing levels of excellence to citizen-centered services. We’re now in a position to offer our clients our own award-winning services plus the offerings of HP Canada’s portfolio of technology.”

About Advanced Solutions, an HP Company
Advanced Solutions, An HP Company, is a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. Incorporated in May 2004, the company is headquartered at the Vancouver Island Technology Park in Victoria, British Columbia. As HP Canada’s unionized service delivery company, Advanced Solutions delivers world class business process and information technology outsourcing services in a professional and labour-friendly environment. More information about Advanced Solutions is available at: www.hpadvancedsolutions.com
About HP
HP, the world’s largest technology company, simplifies the technology experience for consumers and businesses with a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.

Streetlight Intelligence Inc. ("SLQ", or "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has received a purchase order from the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, for a Lumen IQ(TM) Adaptive Street Lighting System.

"We are particularly excited to participate in this project because our Lumen IQ(TM) monitoring and control technology will be integrated with LED-based fixtures," states Vince Krynski, CEO of SLQ. "To our knowledge, this will be the first adaptive LED street lighting installation in Canada. As we expect LEDs to play a more prevalent role in street lighting over the next 10 years, this project presents the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the performance of our Lumen IQ(TM) technology when integrated with LED fixtures."

Comprised of 40 lamp controllers, the system is scheduled for installation in the Yaletown district of Vancouver by the end of January 2010. "The location and timing are ideal," continues Krynski. "Yaletown is one of the more popular night-life areas of Vancouver and the system will be illuminating a busy pedestrian zone located between two venues that will be used during the 2010 Olympics."

This purchase order evolved from an Expression of Interest announced by the City of Vancouver in August of 2009, where the City of Vancouver indicated it wished to explore installing decorative adaptive lighting fixtures and LED light engines. Specifically, the City of Vancouver was seeking the following capabilities:

    -   the ability to be remotely controlled individually, in groups, or in any combination required from the kiosk or laptop to attain the specified lighting levels;

    -   the ability to have light level transition times set for the lamps on pre-defined schedules;

    -   the ability to have the lighting output levels adjusted to reduce energy consumption during non peak hours; and

    -   the ability to be triggered by dawn or dusk to accommodate for localized ambient lighting.

The City of Vancouver appointed PBA Consulting Engineers to review all responses to its Expression of Interest and to recommend the appropriate technology. SLQ's Lumen IQ(TM) Adaptive Street Lighting System was selected along with Philips' Lumec LED lighting fixtures (provided by Metrolume Lighting Systems Inc.) as the two technologies that best served the city's criteria.

Check out why Michael J. Fox, Kim Cattrall, Ryan Reynolds, Erick McCormack, Steve Nash and Sarah McLachlan say You Gotta Be Here in 2010.

Researchers at the BC Cancer Agency have identified a never before seen mutation (or DNA spelling mistake), in the two most common types of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. No other types of lymphoma or other cancers have been found to contain this particular mutation.

What makes this discovery especially significant is the recurrence of this mutation at the same site in a gene called EZH2. Usually mutations are observed in different sites in individual tumours, rather than affecting exactly the same part of the gene. This means the mutation can be considered a marker for the sub-types of lymphoma studied and will aid in diagnosis and predicting treatment outcome.

Even more important, this could potentially lead to specifically targeted medications that treat the lymphoma cells but would be less likely to produce side effects because the patient’s normal cells would be unaffected.

Using the same high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques that were recently used to sequence a breast cancer genome, researchers studied cancer cells from more than 20 lymphoma patients. In total, the DNA sequence of thousands of genes in malignant cells from 31 patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma and the entire DNA in all the chromosomes of the malignant cells of one patient with follicular lymphoma. 

When the mutation was found at exactly the same position in many of these cases, further lymphoma patients’ malignant cells were examined and were found to be mutated in the same way in almost one quarter of the cases. This is one of the most frequently mutated single genes ever found in lymphomas.

About Lymphoma
Lymphoma is the fifth most common cancer in Canada, and there is an estimated 1,000 new cases diagnosed every year in B.C. It is the fastest growing cancer in North America with a three percent annual increase in incidence.

Lymphomas are cancers that originate from white blood cells known as B-lymphocytes that circulate in the lymph vessels throughout the body. A diagnosis of lymphoma is made when a small piece of the lymphoma (a biopsy) is surgically removed. The tissue can provide clues to what type of lymphoma is present and how the patient will respond to treatment.

This study focused on two of the most common types of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma, which are named for their appearance under the microscope. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is an aggressive cancer that can only be cured in about 65 percent of patients and requires strong doses of chemotherapy. Follicular lymphoma is a more slowly growing cancer that cannot be cured, but it can be kept in check for long periods of time with relatively mild chemotherapy.

This afternoon U.S. Representatives Gabrielle Giffords and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation that would provide a strong boost to state and local economies by encouraging the construction and expansion of science parks. The House bill is a companion to S. 583, the Building a Stronger America Act, which was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas. The bill was approved by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and awaits action by the full Senate.

"This bill will spur innovation and help create the kind of high-paying, high-technology jobs we need to be competitive in the global economy," said Giffords, a member of the House Science and Technology Committee. "Seed money provided to science parks today represents a wise investment in our future." 

"When world-class scientists and entrepreneurs put their minds together, anything is possible," Heinrich said. "Science parks leverage a region's existing competitive strengths and are a key component to becoming a nation of sustainable growth and quality jobs." Read more–U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich

Ask and you shall receive. No phrase is truer for the Victoria Children's Museum. After an opportunity to bring exhibits from Vancouver's TELUS World of Science over to the Capitol Region arose last year, the organization spent months searching for a suitable venue, and in the 11^th hour, found a perfect fit.

This March, Science World British Columbia will come to downtown Victoria, thanks to the generous provision of space by the Parkside Victoria Resort and Spa for 'Explore Galore,' a temporary attraction incorporating TELUS World of Science exhibits that will run until the end of August 2010.

"Explore Galore is a wonderful way to bring Science World to another part of B.C.," says Bryan Tisdall, president and CEO, Science World British Columbia. "We have a mandate to bring the excitement of science to all corners of our province, and thanks to the support of Parkside Resort and the vision and energy of Victoria Children's Museum board and volunteers, we are able to offer engaging, interactive learning opportunities to children, schools and families on Vancouver Island."

Opening for Spring Break, Explore Galore will offer programming for school groups and the public. "This is exactly the calibre of programming that families can expect from a permanent children's museum in Victoria," says Marilyn Harris, president, Victoria Children's Museum.  

For Explore Galore, the Parkside Victoria Resort and Spa has offered the Victoria Children's Museum the use of more than 3,500 square feet of ground floor space along with access to some of the building's amenities, including their 30-seat home theatre for films and science-based videos. "We are so grateful for the generosity of Parkside Victoria Resort and Spa in providing an ideal space for this exciting attraction," says Harris. "This couldn't have happened without their support." 

The Victoria Children's Museum is proud to continue to present quality programming for children while operating as a museum-without-walls. Discussions are underway with the Township of Esquimalt to identify a permanent location following Explore Galore and the departure of the Science World exhibits. 

LifeSciences BC is pleased to welcome the Honorable Kevin Falcon, Minister of Health Services for the Province of British Columbia, to share Government’s perspective, vision and plan for the future of healthcare in the Province, and the role the local life sciences industry plays in that vision.

Present and foreseeable healthcare challenges call for a concerted, comprehensive and multifaceted solution drawing from our combined strengths in research, commercialization and care. Minister Falcon will discuss the critical role that industry, academia and public service providers will together undertake to ensure BC’s position as a national leader and international model for excellence in the delivery of innovative, equitable and sustainable healthcare.

We will also be joined by representatives of both BCIT’s Product and Process Applied Research Team and the BC Preclinical Research Consortium to introduce their respective organizations and capabilities to the local life science community. Both organizations serve as outstanding examples of uniquely capable, valuable and local resources for the design, engineering and testing of new technologies to improve the standard of healthcare, in BC and abroad.

Date: Friday, February 5, 2010
Time: 7:30am – 10:00am
Location: Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver

Registration:

LifeSciences BC Members – $25
Non-members – $50

Click here to register

EDS Advanced Solutions Inc (EAS), a subsidiary of EDS Canada Corp., a member of HP Enterprise Services, today announced it has been selected as one of the region’s top tech companies by the Victoria Advanced Technology Council.

“There are nearly 900 technology companies in Victoria, we are very pleased to make the list of the Top 25,” said James Hamilton, president and CEO of EDS Advanced Solutions. We are thankful for the recognition. VIATeC does a great job in bringing people and technology together; it’s a healthy and strong industry on the island. We’re pleased to contribute in that way.”

The VIATeC survey hosted by KPMG, revealed exceptional growth and increased stability for Victoria’s thriving technology sector.  Companies are ranked by revenue and location of their headquarters among other things. VIATeC promotes that revenue growth is a solid indicator of the success of the local tech industry.  The VIATeC 25 total revenue numbers have increased by 99% since 2004.