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Clean Technology
New global platform to assist development of smart cities
January 18, 2016The first World Smart City online community was launched today to assist city stakeholders in their efforts to develop Smart Sustainable Cities. The new community aims to identify the top ‘pain points’ presenting challenges to city development. The community launch is part…
Cisco launches Toronto Innovation Centre
January 12, 2016Cisco today opened its Innovation Centre at its headquarters in downtown Toronto. The centre, one of nine located around the world, is designed to catalyze and showcase digital innovation and development, the company said in a release. “(It) will bring…
The Future Is Bright, The Future Is Cloudy
December 16, 2015We live in interesting times. Keeping up with the trends in technology and elsewhere is becoming more and more difficult, as the pace of change increases. But that doesn’t mean we still won’t try to figure out what’s going to…
Autodesk is moving to MaRS
November 19, 2015MaRS Discovery District has announced that Autodesk Inc. has chosen to move into its West Tower. Autodesk will occupy the second and third floors of the West Tower, a total of more than 60,000 square feet and one of its biggest footprints…
Ericsson projects big things for 5G in Canada
November 17, 2015Launched today, the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report provides insight into the future of 5G networks, including a forecast of 150 million 5G mobile subscriptions by 2021. Canada, the US, South Korea, Japan and China are predicted to…
Philips, Mackenzie Health sign 18-year strategic partnership
November 17, 2015Royal Philips and Mackenzie Health, a regional healthcare provider serving Southwest York Region, recently announced a $300 million 18-year large scale alliance the two say will advance Mackenzie Health’s medical technology procurement and maintenance programs for the existing Mackenzie Richmond Hill…
Canadian firm Skkynet named top innovator
November 11, 2015In early August, Nokia Corp. launched its third annual Open Innovation Challenge, which the firm said at the time was designed to “offer the brightest innovators an opportunity to collaborate on game-changing ideas to shape the programmable world.” Nokia received…
Huawei, Telus to create ‘5G Living Lab’
November 6, 2015Huawei today announced a memorandum of understanding with Telus Communications Inc. to establish a “5G Living Lab.” The new project will test approaches to deliver a next-generation converged fiber wireless network in downtown Vancouver. The announcement was made during a…
IIoT offering streams industrial data into the cloud
October 23, 2015Kepware Technologies has announced the release of the IoT Gateway for KEPServerEX version 5.19. Built to support Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) deployments, it streams real-time machine and sensor data into cloud-based software platforms for real-time analytics, the company says. “This new technology will help…
Public sector network group for women in ICT formed
October 23, 2015Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) this week launched a Public Sector Network for women in technology and science at the GTEC conference in Ottawa. The announcement brought over 400 public and private sector workers together to discuss strategies for…
