After a whirlwind start to the year and the culmination of a successful week of International Women’s Day events, I took a moment to reflect on several recent conversations with individuals from the O…
Innovators of Kanata North: New mural celebrates local tech history
By Elizabeth Howell From the early days of Northern Electric to current rising stars such as Martello, a new installation inside the Brookstreet Hotel is documenting Kanata’s rich tech history and sho…
Kanata North tech panel explains why it’s not about women in business
More than 100 people turned out to Mitel’s offices at 350 Legget Dr. on International Women’s Day in March for a special panel discussing the importance of gender equity. Stratford Managers’ Louise Re…
Read the Spring 2019 Kanata Networker!
The Spring edition of the Kanata Networker is out now! Read the digital edition below for features on some of the interesting and innovative companies here in the technology park, as well as news, eve…
Karman Interactive grows with Kindly Beast
Kanata North company Karman Interactive will soon have a boost to their 12-person team, as an acquisition by Ottawa studio Kindly Beast will see the two firms join forces. Kindly Beast is the studio b…
Mitel laces up deal with L.A. Kings
Mitel’s software will be at the heart of the Los Angeles Kings’ new cloud-based communications services. The Kanata company is using a platform from Frontier Communications to provide analytics to the…
Government of Canada invests in research and development for technologies behind 5G networks
Investment will help make Canada a leader in the 21st century digital economy It was a full house at Nokia’s campus in Kanata as the Canadian government announces $40M investment in Nokia for 5G…
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…
University of Ottawa sets up shop in Kanata North
The University of Ottawa is poised to be the first post-secondary institution with a physical presence in Canada’s largest technology park, filling a gap that Kanata North industry leaders say will in…
You.i TV raises $23M in series-C round
You.i TV announced in November it raised US$23 million in financing in a series-C round led by Massachusetts-based Causeway Media Partners, and joined by other previous investors. It’s the largest rou…