Announcing Founders and Funders: part deux

1484 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
After a very successful inaugural Founders and Funders Ottawa event last fall, The Ottawa Network has decided to organize a similar event again this spring. The event is set for May 20th at 6pm.Founders and Funders is a unique networking event geared specifically for investors of all types (VC, angel, working capital, government) and start-up [...

Nortel’s Fate?

1484 days ago      From: All About Nortel      
Peter Curnow-Ford, who does some consulting for writes for the Gerson Lehrman Group, an interesting take on Nortel’s fate.Nortel will not continue as a single unit, the Enterprise unit will be sold and the most probable purchaser is The Gores Group through Siemens Enterprise Networking. The Nortel Carrier/Wireless division will become part o

Electronic Commerce Protection Act: Spam prohibitions

1484 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      
Posted by Michael GeistThe Electronic Commerce Protection Act (aka Bill C-27 or the anti-spambill) is a lengthy, complicated piece of legislation. At 69 pages, it involves many new prohibitions, enforcement measures, and changes to existing laws. Given its complexity, I'll divide the substance of the bill into several separate postings. This post

BTI partners with Chinese firms

1484 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      
OTTAWA – BTI Systems signs two Chinese component suppliers to its roster of supply partners. The optical network technology maker says component makers Accelink and Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co. Ltd. (WTD) will have “a significant impact on [BTI’s] penetration of the Asian market.” Accelink and WTD, like BTI, are members of the FiberHome Tec

IDT cuts in to woo Tundra with $121M offer

1484 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
The bidding is heating up for one of Ottawa few remaining large companies Tundra Semiconductor Corp...

BTI teams up with Chinese component makers

1484 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
BTI Systems has added two Chinese component suppliers to its list of strategic partners, the Ottawa-based optical network technology maker announced Monday....

Nortel Pares Down in Europe

1484 days ago      From: All About Nortel      
From growing accounts, Nortel is chopping away at its European operations in France, Germany and Spain.This could see more than 500 positions in France eliminated, while 255 jobs in Germany were cut last week.Technorati Tags: nortel

OCRI extends benefits to qualified Lead to Win participants

1484 days ago      From: OCRI News Releases      
Ottawa, ON – Monday April 27, 2009 - OCRI, Ottawa’s lead economic development agency, is pleased to announce that participants in the reinvigorated Lead to Win (LTW) program will receive a complimentary one-year OCRI membership and be entered into the OCRI investment and commercialization intake process. LTW is a free program designed to hel

April 29, 2009 - Ottawa, ON The Reality Behind Government Investment Money OCRI Global Marketing and The Ottawa Network in partnership with Ottawa’s technology clusters present their 4th annual funding focused event. With VC and Angel almost dead, people are turning to the government programs – which ones are good and which ones aren’t? Join us [...]

1484 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Bridgewater lands deal with Taiwanese telco

1484 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) has scored a deal with Tatung Infocomm, as the latter launches its new commercial WiMAX service and is......

Calling all education technology people…

1484 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Kyle Mackie from University of Guelph got in touch to let me know he is coming to town this week and would like to hook up with anyone who is working in education technology space.  Here is a short description of what he is doing:I work at the University of Guelph in Teaching Support Services, [...]

The witness: Convicted bid-rigger takes aim at tech firms

1485 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
The sentence: a $5,000 donation to charity...

FaveQuest takes stage with Bluesfest

1485 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      
Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest hooks up with local startup FaveQuest to provide fans with an intro to the music festival’s 200 acts on Facebook and the Bluesfest website. FaveQuest, whose platform helps companies increase revenue by connecting with people, says Bluefest fans using the technology will enjoy a greater level of interaction with the event, al

Nortel Seeks More Time to Restructure

1485 days ago      From: All About Nortel      
Citing the need for “significant additional time” to restructure, Nortel is seeking approval from an Ontario court for a three-month bankruptcy protection extension to July 30.In the latest Monitor’s Report, Ernst & Young said Nortel is “working diligently and in good faith towards developing a restructuring strategy to

NextEnergy teams up with HFH

1485 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      
ELMIRA – NextEnergy Inc. digs deep to help low-income families, donating geothermal heating and cooling system for new homes built by Habitat for Humanity Canada. The green energy systems company, located just north of Kitchener, is partnering with the charitable organization in a project that will see NextEnergy provide an installed geothermal h

Conestoga using grant for women’s IT training

1485 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      

First Annual Ottawa Geek BBQ

1485 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Jamie Oastler, Chris Schmitt and others are putting on Ottawa’s first annual Geek BBQ this coming May 17th starting at 2pm.  This should be an amazing event and is a great opportunity for Ottawa’s geek community to get together and socialize.    Sign Up and get more info here.Now that Mother Nature’s last gasp of [

Nokia Looking to Tap $2B Credit Facility

1487 days ago      From: All About Nortel      
From the interesting file, NokiaSiemens Networks - the company apparently interested in buying Nortel’s wireless assets - is looking to get a three-year, $1.98-billion revolving credit facility. The proceeds will be used to refinance “certain bilateral facilities” and for general corporate purposes.Technorati Tags: nokiasiemens,

Asset Mapping Projects

1487 days ago      From: NRC-IIT News      
In New Brunswick, the NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) acts as a central R&D hub to support the economic growth of New Brunswick’s IT Cluster. Working with stakeholders and the Province of New Brunswick, NRC-IIT’s efforts are driven by the needs of the cluster.

NRC-IIT and DND collaborate on high-tech training tools to help our troops

1487 days ago      From: NRC-IIT News      

CATAAlliance Innovation Awards Gala Dinner

1487 days ago      From: Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance      
CATAAlliance Gala Dinner and Awards May 19 2009

BDC April edition of eProfit - Tap into your inner entrepreneur with BDC monthly newsletter

1487 days ago      From: Business Development Bank of Canada - Press Releases      

May 19: Meet with US IT Buyer Delegation- Ottawa, ON

1487 days ago      From: OCRI Global Marketing-Newsletter      

ICT industry pushes MPs to adopt IT 'shared services'

1487 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Officials from several Canadian high-tech heavyweights asked a federal committee Thursday to move forward with a controversial proposal to consolidate government network operations, rebuffing......

MOSAID updates patent agreement with Oki

1487 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
MOSAID Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD) has signed a new five-year patent deal with Japan's Oki Semiconductor Co. Ltd., extending a......

IDC on the ball; tech used for 3D showing across Italy

1487 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
International Datacasting Corp. (TSX:IDC) and its partners have kicked off the first operational rollout of live, three-dimensional......

ISPs Applaud Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation

1487 days ago      From: Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance      
ISPs applaud anti spam legislation

Biomedical engineering pioneer receives international award

1487 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      
HAMILTON – Professor John Brash, PEng, director of the School of Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University, is given the Founders Award by the Society for Biomaterials at its annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Professor Brash receives the honour for his more than 40 years of research, leading to the development of life-saving devices such a

IDC’s signs supply deal, debuts 3D gear

1487 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      
OTTAWA – International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) signs a major equipment supply deal with Germany’s second-largest public broadcaster, Sud-West-Rundfunk (SWR), while its 3D, high definition gear features in rollout of a new digital cinema network in Europe. The satellite broadcasting tech and content company says its European subsidiary, PROFline, h

CIRA co-sponsoring next-generation DNS software

1487 days ago      From: National Capital SCAN      
OTTAWA – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), responsible for operating the dot-ca internet domain, is investing $1 million over five years to develop BIND 10, the next leap forward in domain name server (DNS) software. CIRA will also contribute development resources to the project, which is led by Calif.-based Internet Systems Con