Media Mentions, Public Appearances
& Accomplishments
Interview With Rick Spence
(Former Editor and publisher, Profit Magazine)
March 14, 2007
My
favourite interview is
the one with my PROFIT 100 friend
John Nemanic,
of Tucows, iDirect and Hostopia fame. John talks very
frankly of the entrepreneurial obsession and overwork
that led to the breakdown of his first marriage, and
takes full responsibility for messing up.
Hostopia Announces Resignation of
Chairman February 14th 2007
John Nemanic has resigned from the post of Chairman and
Director of the company to pursue other opportunities.
SEC Hostopia IPO Filing November
11th, 2006
Hostopia Ranked in Profit
Magazine’s List of Canada’s Fastest Growing
Companies June 15 2006 - Hostopia, leading provider of
wholesale web, email, and hosted applications, announces
its placement on the 18th annual PROFIT 100 ranking of
Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies, by PROFIT: Your
Guide to Business Success. This marks Hostopia’s second
year in a row to earn this achievement.
TransGaming Appoints John Nemanic
to its Board of Directors
Market Wire, April, 2006 - TransGaming Technologies (TSX
VENTURE:TNG) ("TransGaming"), a leader in the
development of software portability products for
cross-platform gaming, today announced the appointment
of John Nemanic to its Board of Directors...
Report on Business:
Globe and Mail Update: February 28, 2006: Sasha Nagy:
John Nemanic - "Ultimately your true measure of success
comes down to your human relationships and how well you
get along with each other"
Information Technology Association
of Canada TVG Breakfast Meeting - “Perogies
and Maple Syrup: Outsourcing, The Ukraine and Other Tall
Tales of Adventure” featuring keynote speaker John
Nemanic, Chairman, Hostopia.com Inc. December 14, 2005
The Fastest Five: Company
profiles: Rick Spence
From the June 2005 issue of PROFIT Magazine
#1 Persistence of vision -
Hostopia defied the Internet bust thanks to a marquee
customer-turned-investor and tactics that could fill a
textbook on coping with hard times ...
Tech Downturn Proves Beneficial
for Hostopia, Adam Eisner, theWHIR.com (April
15, 2002) Telus turned to Hostopia (hostopia.com), a
Florida-based firm that specializes in providing
private-label hosting solutions, to help with the move.
I.D. Internet Direct Sues Spammer
(April 1, 1999)
E-TRADE Canada Announces New
Strategic Alliance With Internet Direct (June
9, 1999) E-TRADE Canada(TSE:V.) (ME:V.) E-TRADE Canada(R)
today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance
with I.D. Internet Direct, an online service provider.
This agreement, combined with other key strategic
alliances is designed to enhance E-TRADE Canada's
presence in the Canadian marketplace by promoting its
service through the leaders in Canadian e-commerce.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Look Communications - I.D. Internet Direct merger (October 29
1999)
Look Communications
Inc. and I.D. Internet Direct Ltd. shareholders have
approved the completion of the amalgamation of their two
companies.
ISP Files Cease & Desist Against
Spammer
Newsbytes News Network, March 17, 1999
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1999 MAR 17 (NB) -- By Martin
Stone, Newsbytes. A Toronto-based Internet service
provider (ISP) has filed a court notice seeking relief
from the actions of a bulk e-mailer, an individual who
has been using the company's services to send bulk
unsolicited commercial e-mail (BUCE, also known in
popular slang as spam)
Brave New World at CRTC:
by Robert Cribb: Toronto Star: May 19, 1999
Bell and ISPs are back in the ring,
Kimberly Chapman, IT World Canada (January 29 1999) "Our
position is very simple," said John Nemanic, president
of Internet Direct and board member of the Canadian
Association of Internet Providers (CAIP). "Bell is being
anti-competitive. They're leveraging their monopoly in
order to drive us out of business."
1998 Canadian Technology Fast 50
Winners
Proceedings of the Subcommittee on
Communications, 1998
Appearance Before Canadian Senate,
1998
Spam - Toronto Star
Fast Forward Computer Wares column October 2, 1997
Injured boy crafted bomb from
Internet, Globe and Mail,
by Jill Mahoney (May 6, 1997)
The Canadian Association of Internet Providers has a
voluntary code of conduct for its members that states: "CAIP
members will not knowingly host illegal content." The
association's director, John Nemanic, said he believes
that Canadian Internet service providers who provide
access to illegal information that originates from
Canada should be disciplined.
