News and Events

New Web site Launched!

November 17, 2011

Cogniva is pleased to welcome you to our new Web site.  The site will still be under a lot of improvements over the course of the year — white papers, videos and demos are to be included shortly.

Department of National Defence Awards Contract to Cogniva

September 10, 2011

ISIS & Information Architecture. For the Department of National Defence, Cogniva is developing an integrated information architecture based on the ISIS concept. This architecture will eventually be deployed to 40,000 users.

Canada Revenue Agency Awards Contract to Cogniva

November 30, 2010

RK Directive Compliance & Information Architecture. The Canada Revenue Agency contracted Cogniva to perform a Business Process Analysis in three pilot branches in order to determine the total effort required to make the department compliant with the new TBS Directive on Recordkeeping. The Directive is a key component in the development of organizational record keeping in government departments [...]

Economic Development Canada Awards Contract to Cogniva

March 17, 2009

GoC Record Keeping Directive Compliance. For Economic Development Canada, Cogniva is developing an ISIS model to ensure compliance with the GoC Record Keeping Directive.

Western Economic Diversification Awards Contract to Cogniva

October 30, 2008

SharePoint Deployment. Cogniva was mandated to develop a SharePoint-based electronic documents and records management solution for Western Economic Diversification Canada. The two main objectives of this project were to complete most of the preparation work to determine requirements and to determine how SharePoint could be configured and deployed to fulfill requirements. Significant efforts were be spent [...]

Export Development Canada Awards Contract to Cogniva

August 30, 2008

SharePoint Deployment. The objective of this project was to develop a common foundation for Export Development Canada to serve as a starting point for all subsequent Microsoft SharePoint initiatives and permit enough flexibility to decompose and refine the common framework on a project-by-project basis.

Economic Development Canada Awards Contract to Cogniva

January 21, 2008

IM Analysis & Strategy Planning. The objective of the first phase of the Economic Development Canada project was to assess the state of information management within the agency and to evaluate the level of compliance to GoC’s IM-related legislation. Based on the results of this first phase a long-term IM strategy and investment plan was developed. [...]

Library and Archives Canada Awards Contract to Cogniva

January 9, 2008

RK Compliance & Semantic Infrastructure Development. Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is in the process of finalizing the development of a Documentation Standard for Government Programs, Activities and Results. Documentation standards will be a key component in the development of organizational recordkeeping in government departments and agencies. Additionally, LAC is planning to use the Business Activity [...]

Senate of Canada Awards Contract to Cogniva

September 23, 2007

IM Review, Audit & Strategy Planning. In October 2005, the Record Management & Archives Services of the Senate of Canada underwent an Information Management Review and Audit. This audit led to a Program Review & Audit Report that highlighted the need to revise present recordkeeping procedures and priorities within the Senate to respond to the evolving role [...]

Canada Heritage Information Network Awards Contract to Cogniva

September 9, 2007

Information Architecture & Taxonomy Development. Artefacts Canada Humanities, a database of approximately 3.5 million records representing the collections of Canadian museums, is at the core of Canada Heritage Information Network’s (CHIN) work to make Canada’s heritage accessible to all. It is central to the operation of the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) Image Gallery. With [...]