Acquisition allows media and entertainment studios across Canada to
access an enhanced suite of IT sales, consulting and services through
Scalar

TORONTO, April 29, 2014 /CNW/ – Today, Scalar Decisions Inc, the
Toronto-headquartered IT solutions integrator, announced that it has
acquired 3vis of Montreal, a leading integrator of digital
entertainment creation software in the media and entertainment
market across Canada. The acquisition will give Scalar its first office
in Quebec, adding to its existing footprint in Ontario, Alberta, and
British Columbia, as well as access to a wide range of content creation
software expertise for the digital media marketplace.

Since 2004, Scalar has built a large base of customers in the media and
entertainment industry by offering a mix of IT consulting
and custom managed services. In 2012, Scalar launched StudioCloud, a
community cloud for the digital media industry, offering
on-demand computing to studios. The acquisition of 3vis now
allows Scalar to offer a full range of software applications and
associated services to media and entertainment customers. Scalar also
plans to offer compute and software licensing as part of
the StudioCloud offering, on a pay-per-use basis.

“We’re delighted to announce this latest step in our national growth and
are pleased to be gaining the experienced team at 3vis,” said Paul
Kerr, President and CEO of Scalar. “As leaders in the media and
entertainment industry, their business in software applications,
consulting expertise and client support services is a natural
complement to ours.”

Sylvain Plourde, co-founder and CEO of 3vis, said “We’re very excited to
join the innovative team at Scalar and to be part of their expansion
into the digital media market. We look forward to offering an
enhanced suite of products and services to media and entertainment
studios across Canada. ”

The current team at 3vis will all join the Scalar team,
with Sylvain Plourde taking on the role of Director of Business
Development for Media & Entertainment.

About Scalar Decisions
Scalar is Canada’s leading IT solutions integrator, focused on core
infrastructure, security, performance, and control. Founded in 2004,
Scalar has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, London, and
now Montreal. For the past four years, Scalar has been named on the
PROFIT list of the fastest-growing companies in Canada, and was
recently ranked the #1 ICT Security Company in Canada on the Branham
Group’s annual Branham 300 listing. For further details, visit www.scalar.ca . For further information on StudioCloud, visit www.scalar.ca/studio-cloud.

About 3Vis
Headquartered in Montreal, 3vis is Canada’s leading reseller of Digital
Entertainment Creation (DEC) software in the fast growing Media and
Entertainment (M&E) industry. With a sharp focus on film, games,
animation, television, and architecture/design visualization, 3vis is
unique in that it serves the entire Canadian market with branches in
Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver and offers a full range of software
applications, consulting expertise and client support services. For
further information, visit www.3vis.com

SOURCE Scalar Decisions Inc.

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