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Klout for Business beta helps CIRA track social media success

As a communications manager for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), Mark Buell has been spending a lot of time on Twitter - but...

SMBs have growing need for high performance computing, big data

In many ways, high performance computing is still more of an industry concept than a real strategy among Canadian SMBs. Yet high performance computing (HPC),...

DataAppeal creates everyman tool for 3D geo-spatial data visualizations

Nadia Amoroso never imagined that she’d be working in a tech startup. What she did know was that she would be some day be...

Can Wikipedia data predict the stock market?

Can a company’s performance on the stock market be predicted by the number of views and edits of its Wikipedia page? That’s the question...

SAS eyes SMB market with cloud-based analytics offerings

SAN FRANCISCO – The typical case study that Cary, N.C.-based analytics software company SAS Institute trots out is a major bank using its analytics...

Big data startups a magnet for venture capital: study

Big data startups are getting big money. According to CB Insights, which tracks venture capital investment in the U.S., big data startups have attracted...

SAS pitches visual analytics to mid-market

Software vendor SAS is targeting the mid-market with its new Visual Analytics solutions. The visual data exploration software combines business intelligence with analytics and graphical...

IBM launches lineup of new SMB servers for big data

IBM Corp. is releasing eight new servers in its Power Systems lineups that are targeted at small to mid-sized businesses looking to tap into...

Government-backed monopoly may be needed for broadband networks, ITU says

Ever wonder what the industry leaders of the telecommunications industry think the future holds for the future of ICT? Well a 35-page report on...

Big data startup gets big seed funding

Openera of Kanata, Ont. has raised $250,000 in seed financing

Big data train leaving the station without Canadian businesses

A new report from IDC warns Canadian companies are unprepared for the big data wave. SAS executive Carl Farrell has some advice on where they can start

Startups jump on board SAP’s big data platform

SAP's HANA platform runs on Amazon's cloud and is attracting startup firms to develop applications on the platform.

Big data a ‘Holy Grail’ of opportunity for startups in cloud era

Feature story: Venture capitalists are funding startups that can help businesses turn the massive amount of data at their finger tips into decision-making action items. But the big data revolution was born almost a decade ago.

NexJ acquires Broadstreet Data for $8.2 million

The two Toronto-based firms will be merged after the deal, designed to compete in the growing cloud-services market.

Big data meets building trades as BuildDirect raises $4 million

Vancouver firm has now raised a total of $20.6 million for its analytics e-commerce site that takes the guessing game out of construction costs.

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