Engineering

Ericsson has announced a new multi-year partnership with Carleton University to further advance the school's programs for engineers and computer scientists and generate research...

5 smart city trends for 2020

- December 27, 2019

By Brian Jackson At a smart city forum hosted in Dublin by Enterprise Ireland, practitioners from around the world discussed some of the early successes...

Telus IoT Shop lets businesses buy IoT data without credit checks

Tom Li - October 23, 2019

Telus recently launched an IoT Shop for small enterprises and developers to easily purchase IoT connectivity for product development and equipment testing. Traditional IoT connectivity...

Raspberry 4 released, now supports 4GB RAM and dual 4K displays

Tom Li - June 25, 2019

Raspberry Pi, the tiny programmable computer adored by DIYers, developers, and creative tinkerers alike, has been upgraded to version 4. Visually, Raspberry Pi 4 is...

Nominations closing soon for NSERC innovation award

Buckley Smith - March 29, 2019

A research grant of up to $200,000 is up for grabs through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) annual Synergy...

BlackBerry and Telus partner with Ottawa-based accelerator for new IoT-focused program

Brian Jackson - March 27, 2019

Ottawa-based software as a service (SaaS) accelerator program L-Spark Corp. is launching a new Secure IoT Accelerator program, working with Telus Corp, BlackBerry Ltd....

Canadian government invests $1.4 million in Waste Robotics

Derek Malcolm - March 8, 2019

Today, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, François-Philippe Champagne, on behalf of Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, announced that Sustainable Development...

Microsoft announces HoloLens 2, its mixed-reality headset with game-changing tools for businesses

Derek Malcolm - February 27, 2019

The next generation Microsoft’s mixed-reality headset, the HoloLens 2, made its debut in Barcelona this week at Mobile World Congress (MWC), wowing spectators with...

BlackBerry announces new Security Credential Management System for smart cities

Tom Li - December 10, 2018

BlackBerry has announced a new Security Credential Management System (SCMS) to secure vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. Developed as a turnkey certificate-based authentication system, the BlackBerry SCMS...

Salesforce adds new ‘low-code’ tools to Lightning Platform

Meagan Simpson - September 18, 2018

These days users expect apps to be well designed and easy to use, that’s even true when it comes to businesses applications. In its...

If 110-year-old PCL Construction can digitally transform, your business can too

Mandy Kovacs - August 14, 2018

Why 110-year-old PCL Construction is the recipient of a 2018 ITWC Digital Transformation Award.

Ottawa CEO Francoise Gagnon on leadership, scaling up, and women in STEM

Meagan Simpson - August 3, 2018

Working in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) industries without having any type of formal training in those fields can’t be easy, but...

Cisco opens up DNA Center, brings intent-based networking to third parties

Alex Coop - June 13, 2018

ORLANDO --- Many of the world’s aging networks are expensive, fragmented, and sometimes vulnerable to attacks, but Cisco Systems is hoping its latest decision...