Liquid Computing appoints new CEO

1541 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
After more than a year of interim leadership, Liquid Computing has announced a new president and CEO....

UPDATE: Local law firm seeks representation of Nortel employees

1536 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
The first shots in Nortel Networks Corp.'s (TSX:NT) insolvency proceedings will take place in provincial court on April 20 and 21 in......

Westinghouse adds on to V-chip deal with Wi-LAN

1536 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN) has expanded its existing relationship with electronics company Westinghouse Digital Electronics LLC with a new......

COM DEV revenues soar year-over-year in Q1

1536 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Revenue at COM DEV (TSX:CDV) has jumped by more than a quarter year-over-year, the company said in a release Monday, with $56.5 million......

IDC gets southern exposure with new cinema deal

1536 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
International Datacasting Corp. (TSX:IDC) is continuing to get international screen time with a digital cinema deal in the Asia Pacific......

DragonWave sparks rural revolution

1536 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
DragonWave Inc. (TSX:DWI) has won a deal to supply its networking equipment to five counties in southern Georgia....

Ottawa organizations to support women in tech through new federal funding

1536 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
The University of Ottawa and CATA WIT (the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance's Women in Technology branch) are two of several organizations that will use new federal funding to help women consider......

He's picking up good vibrations

1536 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
It could be said that Kostyantyn Khomutov's research is literally cutting edge....

Neptec signs deals with Canadian Space Agency

1535 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
A trio of recently inked agreements with the Canadian Space Agency will help local aerospace firm Neptec push its research into the emerging generation of space technologies, according to Jason Di......

UPDATE: Nortel may parcel off parts of business

1535 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Signalling that restructuring may not be in the cards, Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) is discussing selling off two of its key business......

Nordion earnings rise in Q1

1535 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
MDS Nordion reported stronger earnings in its first quarter, but parent company MDS Inc. (TSX:MDS) was less fortunate in escaping the......

Best Theratronics to pay half for prostate cancer treatment line

1535 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Best Theratronics Ltd. is getting a discount on a line of prostate cancer treatment products it's buying from California-based North American Scientific Inc., but the news may be one reason the latter......

UPDATE 2: Nortel may parcel off parts of business

1535 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Signalling that restructuring may not be in the cards, Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) is discussing selling off two of its key business......

Telesat sees red ink in 2008

1534 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Telesat Holdings Inc. saw a steep net loss of $822.4 million in its fiscal 2008 year as a result of foreign exchange losses and other one-time charges, the satellite services company said Friday....

Semiconductor Insights engineers partnership

1533 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Semiconductor Insights Inc.is teaming up with a Vermont-based ipCapital Group Inc. to provide a suite of intellectual property (IP) services, the companies announced Friday....

Economic downturn prompts shift in EMS SATCOM management

1531 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
EMS SATCOM has shuffled its upper decks, bringing in a new general manager who will be focused on tightening up the satellite technology business's operations....

Pronto paired with solution for logistics industry

1531 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
TrueContext Corp.'s paperless form software is being put into a Montreal company's mobile systems integrator's offering, the companies announced Monday....

PharmaGap pairs with Swiss firm to work on arthritis and multiple sclerosis drugs

1530 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
PharmaGap (TSX-V:GAP) has teamed up with a Swiss bioscience company to develop drugs that could be used to treat diseases such as......

OneChip wins $19.5M funding deal

1530 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Amid the bleak investment scene, OneChip Photonics has scored the city's first disclosed venture capital deal of the year and the largest financing since the first quarter of 2008....

Tech firms make court appearance

1530 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Representatives of the individuals accused of bid-rigging government contracts in 2005 crowded a provincial courtroom Tuesday in their first appearance since the Competition Bureau charges were......

Mxi gets Swede deal

1529 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Mxi Technologies aircraft maintenance software is now being used by the Swedish military, the company announced Tuesday....

NAV Canada, SolaCom tech tapped for Down Under upgrade

1529 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Airservices Australia looking to fix up three aging air traffic control towers selected both Ottawa NAV Canada....

IDT closing Ottawa office

1529 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Mixed-signal semiconductor firm Integrated Device Technology is closing its Kanata office, a move that will affect 21 positions in Ottawa, a company official said....

Ottawa capital pool company wraps up IPO, targets local website firm

1529 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
A new capital pool company has been born in Ottawa, with the completion of Interactive Capital Partners Corp.'s initial public offering....

EION Wireless gets Italian job

1527 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Italian firm Sirtel will join forces with Ottawa's EION Wireless to spread the word about the Canadian firm's broadband wireless products in Italy, the companies announced in a release on......

Tundra to be bought for $86M

1527 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
The local tech industry is on the verge of losing another stalwart, with the announcement of Gennum Corp. (TSX:GND)'s $86-million......

'Catfighting' lawyers define Nortel case

1524 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Law firms battle for employee representation in company's insolvency proceedings...

Employee group seeks to represent all Nortel's former workers

1524 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
A committee made up of more than 2,000 retired and laid-off Nortel workers is seeking a court order to represent all of the troubled telecom company's former employees at an April hearing, and has......

Atreus Pharma working on molecular imaging chemical with B.C. partner

1523 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Local biotech startup Atreus Pharmaceuticals and its Vancouver-based partner have come up with the first part of a technology that could be developed for monitoring cancer and arthritis, the companies......

"Hard to kill" sometimes means doing things twice

1523 days ago      From: Ottawa Business Journal-Technology News      
Fresh from acquiring a Dutch digital graphics company, the head of an area video production technology company says businesses operating on a pay-as-you-go basis, rather than loading up on debt, will......