A Kanata-based AV consultant is spearheading the creation of the Canadian Autonomous Vehicles Institute (CAVI) to support and promote Canada’s autonomous vehicle capabilities and ready the country for…
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Kanata’s cannabis cluster: Pot producers, security companies and law firms look to dominate emerging market
Among the Legget Drive towers that house a community of established and growing technology companies, one name stands out: Tweed. Though not a tech company in its own right, Tweed and its parent compa…
BlackBerry QNX and L-Spark launch new accelerator
BlackBerry QNX and L-Spark have teamed up to create a startup accelerator targeting early stage companies in emerging technology fields such as Internet of Things, autonomous transport and medical dev…
Profit at the pump: iPocket232’s networking gear to generate new revenues for retailers
In the heart of the Kanata technology park, a small company focused on networking gear for gas stations has been quietly working on a new project – a chip-card reader retrofit for self-serve gas pumps…
To the ocean floor and back: RBR marks 45th anniversary
RBR began in 1973, in the basement of a British engineer’s Glebe home. Founder Richard Brancker launched the business to provide electronics consulting for the government, and what started as a small …
Breaking the monopoly (again): Purecolo the latest independent data centre in Kanata North
By Rosa Saba When Granite Networks first opened in Ottawa in 2011, it was something new on the data centre scene: a carrier-neutral data centre, competing alone against a monopoly – at the time, Primu…
Neptec sharpens its focus: New tech to increase automation, accuracy and security aboard space missions
By Rosa Saba Technology developed by Neptec Design Group has long been a fixture on the International Space Station and shuttles. Now, armed with millions of dollars in new contracts from the Canadian…
KNBA launches first national AV directory
The Kanata North Business Association has created Canada’s first Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Innovator Directory. The launch, which coincided with National Autonomous Vehicle Day on May 31, is i…
Protecting cyberspace from Kanata: Diverse hub of tech companies finding new ways to safeguard an increasingly connected world
By Leo Valiquette and Lucy Screnci Just before 9 a.m. on a Tuesday in November 2016, Carleton University’s IT department notified the public about “network issues” on campus. This wasn’t some r…
Harnessing Kanata’s innovation engine to help beat cancer
Ottawa not-for-profit teams up with Kanata tech firms to power medical research…