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21 April 2012
April 21,2012, The Record -   WATERLOO REGION – Kurtis McBride is not one to leave any stone unturned. The chief executive officer of Miovision Technologies was looking to hire two software engineers to take the company’s traffic analysis platform to the next level. All the usual recruiting procedures were in place. Ads and posts Read More...
7 April 2012
April 7, 2012 The Record -  KITCHENER — When Asim Siddiqui moved from Mississauga to Waterloo Region to take a job at Research In Motion a couple of years ago, he faced a problem that is familiar to anyone who has moved to a new city. Making connections and getting to know Read More...
2 April 2012
April 2, 2012, Market Watch -  WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Apr 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Today, less than four months following its initial launch, a new release of the mobile interpersonal connectivity application "Touch," that is transforming social networking by seamlessly connecting people with their closest relationships, has been made available Read More...
21 March 2012
March 21, 2012, Market Watch -  WATERLOO, Ontario, March 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group DSGX -0.24% CA:DSG 0.00% , the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., a leading wholesale distributor, has successfully implemented Descartes' cloud-based MobileLink solution. The mobile Read More...
20 March 2012
HAVANT, England, March 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Xyratex Ltd (Nasdaq: XRTX), a leading provider of data storage technology, today announced that it is opening two new facilities in North America. A new center of excellence for storage software development, based in the Kitchener-Waterloo region of Ontario, Canada, will be primarily Read More...
5 March 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 5, 2012) - Canada's Ontario Technology Corridor Attends the World's Largest Professionals-Only Game Industry Event to Attract New Investment and Trade Partnerships According to Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, "a good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck Read More...
28 February 2012
February 10, 2012, WATERLOO - ClevrU Corporation entered the first annual Pitch Off competition for start ups at Canada 3.0 with over 75 start up companies and finished in the top three companies. ClevrU earned a trip to participate in the Banff Venture Forum in the fall, one of Canada’s premier Read More...
27 February 2012
ClevrU and China Telecom sign Memorandum of Understanding to jointly work together in developing the mobile online education market in China and in 50 other countries. Beijing, China – February 9, 2012 - China Telecom and ClevrU Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding today in Beijing China witnessed by the Read More...
6 January 2012
January 6, 2011, The Record -  WATERLOO REGION — The growing community of technology startups in this region and around southern Ontario now has a magazine dedicated to that dynamic sector. Pivotr is based in Kitchener; the second issue will be released in early February. The number of startups in this region is Read More...
5 January 2012
 January 5, 2012, Daily Exchange -  WATERLOO - Sandvine announced its Network Analytics product, featuring the Real-Time Entertainment Dashboard, has been selected by Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's leading rural broadband provider. Xplornet Communications Inc. became a Sandvine customer in 2008 and purchased the Network Analytics product in fiscal 2011. Xplornet has been Read More...
3 January 2012
December 29, 2011, The Globe and Mail - Google marked its 10th year in Canada by nearly doubling the size of its staff here and the Mountain View, Calif.-based company intends to make its Canadian presence even larger in 2012. “Canada is one of the fastest growing markets for Google Read More...
2 December 2011
December 2, 2011, The Chronicle Harald - Thursday was a landmark day for a Halifax file-sharing firm. Less than a year since co-founder Milan Vrekic launched TitanFile, the cloud computing company opened its first satellite office in Waterloo, Ont. The time was right to expand the company to a new area of Read More...
26 November 2011
November 26, 2011, The Record - KITCHENER — The social networking giant Facebook is looking at space in a former auto-parts factory on King Street West, according to a published report in The Daily Commercial News and Construction Record. Facebook is eyeing space in The Breithaupt Block, a collection of old industrial Read More...
23 November 2011
 November 23, 2011, Market Watch -  WATERLOO, ONTARIO AND MADRID, SPAIN, Nov 23, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. Telefonica Digital and Research In Motion RIMM +0.80% CA:RIM -2.74% today announced a pilot program of the Telefonica Wallet for BlackBerry(R) smartphones. In Read More...
21 November 2011
 November 21, 2011, Market Watch -  WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Nov 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors note: There is a photo and video associated with this press release. Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in digital image sensing technology, will feature its latest advancements in digital X-ray imaging Read More...
18 November 2011
 November 18, 2011, The Record -  WATERLOO REGION — Former Global TV and ABC News anchorman Kevin Newman is joining the board of directors of Communitech, the association representing tech companies in the region. Newman was one of six new directors appointed to the 20-member board at Communitech’s annual general meeting Thursday Read More...
3 November 2011
November 3, 2011, The Record - WATERLOO — Descartes Systems Group has acquired a Dutch company specializing in the transmission of electronic data. InterCommIT serves more than 800 customers by helping trading partners connect and collaborate to exchange data electronically, the Waterloo-based provider of logistics management software said Wednesday. With the acquisition Read More...
2 November 2011
November 2, 2011, The Record - WATERLOO — Research In Motion is being honored by International Medical Corps after its aid workers used BlackBerry smartphones to co-ordinate recovery efforts following the earthquake in Haiti and other disasters around the world. The Waterloo company will receive the global impact award at the Read More...