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 …
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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…
How DataKinetics has thrived amid dramatic tech changes to reach 40 years
Think about this for a moment: DataKinetics is older than the internet. How many tech companies are older than the internet? The list isn’t that big, and the internet – as we know it now – has only be…
Why colocation makes a lot of sense for businesses in Canada
In my day to day, I come across a variety of people who still think a cloud is something that resides in the sky. However, the reality is that very soon there may be more “clouds” on the g…
TEDxKanata applies tech solutions to human problems
Local speakers pose thought-provoking questions about how we live alongside one another…
At NXP Semi’s Kanata North facility, every day is a moonshot
Kanata North team tackles the crucial hardware piece for autonomous vehicles…