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Local Data Collection Tech Firm to Expand it’s HQ with Acquisition of Alberta Tech Company – Markham, York Region
May 21, 2013
Source: Yahoo Finance Markham-based OCR Canada Ltd. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Aurora Bar Code Technologies Ltd. in order to increase the OCR presence in Western Canada and expand its enterprise mobile computer, barcode scanner, RFID, and wireless network capabilities. With this acquisition, OCR will gain a strong presence in both Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, building [...]
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York Region Named a Startup Canada Community
May 17, 2013
Source: IT Business Last May York Region’s ventureLAB hosted a Startup Canada Town Hall. At the time, the Startup Canada, team set out to “brainstorm community-driven ideas for supporting local entrepreneurship” with the the 80 entrepreneurs and mentors in the audience that day. It was exciting and productive. York Region was very happy to have contributed. [...]
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York Region’s innovation centre ventureLAB joins the Canadian Digital Media Network
May 14, 2013
Source: Canadian Digital Media Network The Canadian Digital Media Network today announced that ventureLAB will join its nationwide network of more than 20 hubs that embody the collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit necessary to create companies, jobs and wealth as part of Canada’s digital economy. ventureLAB is York Region’s innovation centre for advanced health tech, digital [...]
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Locally based IBM Canada receives title “Canada’s Most Attractive Technology Employer” – Markham, York Region
May 8, 2013
Source: TechVibes The most attractive employer in the technology secor was IBM Canada, which ranked third overall. BlackBerry ranked second among attractive employers in tech. The Randstad Award rewards and encourages best practices in building the best employer brands, and is the only employer award where winners are chosen entirely by workers and job seekers [...]
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Huawei Technologies poised to expand business in Canada – Markham, York Region
April 26, 2013
Source: China Daily Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, China’s telecommunications giant with a global business in routers and other telecommunications equipment, is poised to introduce innovations for carrier operators in Canada, including new smartphones. Scott Bradley, Huawei’s vice-president for corporate and government affairs in Canada, said the company continues to do very well in Canada, with [...]
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Local IT Solutions Enterprise Selected by Canadian Telecom to Provide Data Centre Infrastructure – Markham, York Region
April 23, 2013
Source: IT Business Markham, York Region based IT solutions and enterprise data centre provider OnX Enterprise Solutions has won a contract with mobile service provider Public Mobile for hosted data centre services. OnX, which was recently named one of the Top 100 Solution Providers in Canada by our sister publication, CDN, has been tapped to [...]
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PCI Geomatics Releases Innovative Tech to Manage Large Data Projects in China – Richmond Hill, York Region
Source: Directions Magazine Richmond Hill, York Region based PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has released key technology in China to help its customers manage increasingly large geospatial projects. “PCI Geomatics is releasing several new products simultaneously in China in response to a demand [...]
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Redline Awarded its Largest Wireless Oilfield Contract to Date – Markham, York Region
April 18, 2013
Source: Broadcaster Markham, York Region based Redline Communications a leading provider of broadband wireless solutions for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced that it has received its largest contract to date for a wireless oilfield network installation. The contract, from an existing oil and gas customer and having a value over its life of more than [...]
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Redline Communications Aiming to be Pioneer in the “Digital Oilfield”; Sees Growth in Wirelessly Connected Oil Fields – Markham, York Region
April 15, 2013
Source: The Canadian Press Redline Communications, headquartered in Markham, York Region, is aiming to be a pioneer in the “digital oilfield.” The company provides oil and gas producers with a secure, high-capacity wireless communication network to monitor their operations in harsh or remote areas. “The digital oilfield is a brand new industry, a nascent industry, [...]
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Top Chinese Electronics Manufacturer Selects Technology Developed by Local Semiconductors Company – Markham, York Region
April 9, 2013
Source: PR NewsWire Markham, York Region based Spectra7 Microsystems Inc., a high performance analog semiconductor company delivering unprecedented speed, resolution and signal fidelity to consumer and wireless infrastructure products, today announced that Konka Group Co., Ltd, a leading television and mobile phone manufacturer in China, has selected Spectra7 as the major supplier of advanced TV [...]
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Global Engineering Firm ARCADIS Expands in Canada by Acquiring SENES Consultants – Richmond Hill, York Region
April 2, 2013
Source: Yahoo! Finance ARCADIS, the leading pure play global engineering and consultancy firm, today announced that it has acquired SENES Consultants Limited and its affiliated company DCS Limited. SENES is a Richmond Hill, York Region based firm specializing in environmental, radiological and risk assessment services for the mining, energy, oil & gas and industrial sectors. DCS [...]
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iSIGN Media Corp Releases Detailed R&D Plans for Interactive Mobile Advertising Solutions – Richmond Hill, York Region
March 28, 2013
Source: Market Watch Richmond Hill’s iSIGN Media Solutions Inc., a leading provider of interactive mobile advertising solutions that serves advertisers, manufacturers, retailers and advertising agencies throughout North America, is pleased to announce preliminary details of its ongoing research and development plans for the upcoming fiscal year. In light of many companies supplying mobile devices to [...]
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US based Digital Realty Completes Purchase of 120,000 sq.ft. Data Centre Property in Markham, York Region
Source: PR Newswire Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a leading global provider of data center solutions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of 371 Gough Road in Markham, York Region, a 120,000 square foot data center development property that is located approximately 17 miles north of Toronto’s central business district; construction on the facility is [...]
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Local Healthcare IT Corp Signs $3M Deal to Provide Electronic Records Soultion to First Nations Health Organizations – Markham, York Region
March 27, 2013
Source: Equities Markham-based Nightingale Informatix Corporation, a provider of cloud-based electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, today announced that it has signed an exclusive CDN $3.0 million, five-year agreement with Giiwednong Health Link (GHL), a health and information management joint venture between First Nation health organizations for the communities of Manitoulin Island and [...]
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Biosign Technologies Partners to Deliver Telemedicine Solutions in the U.S. Market – Markham, York Region
March 21, 2013
Source: Telecome Reseller Clear2there LLC, a leading provider of advanced video surveillance, smart-home and smart-business, communications, and M2M solutions for service providers and enterprises, announced it has joined forces with Markham, York Region-based Biosign Technologies Inc., a provider of health information technology that leverages cloud-based services, to address the burgeoning market for smart healthcare and [...]