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Oregon taps Waterloo’s IMS to drive change to road-usage fees
15 March 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
IMS and Sanef ITS of New York have teamed up to equip the northwestern American state with a system that charges and collects a fee based on the distances drivers travel on all of its roads. It is the… Read more
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Perimeter Institute and Chalk.com team up to spread joy of physics
24 February 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Perimeter and Chalk announced a collaboration: Perimeter’s science lessons will land on Planboard, Chalk’s digital suite of teaching services. It is Chalk’s first offering of fee-based, premium content. Read more
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New products, new customers drive Sandvine forward
15 January 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Enterprise, Featured, News
Sandvine shared that they had an amazing year in terms of revenue and new customers. Read more
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The most important question to ask a partner
31 October 2014 | By Christian Aagaard in: Opinion
What is the most important question you need to ask when getting into a partnership with someone or a company? Supply partners, Distribution (or channel) partners or Influence partners all have different… Read more
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Eindhoven 2.0: Lessons for Waterloo Region in Dutch centre’s tech makeover
12 June 2014 | By Christian Aagaard in: Ecosystem, Featured
Mayor of Eindhoven Netherlands Rob van Gijzel toured the Communitech Hub recently and is inspired to try and create the same type of ecosystem in his home city. Read more
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The new normal: Be amazing, speakers tell STEM-minded girls
29 May 2014 | By Christian Aagaard in: Ecosystem, Featured
Jennifer Smith, executive vice-president of global market solutions at Christie Digital, encourages young women to hold on to their interests in the so-called STEM cluster: science, technology, engineering… Read more
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Attack of the green monster: DATA.BASE partner takes on algae threat
05 December 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
A local company now partnered with Communitech’s DATA.BASE program has joined the fight against algae blooms that sap waterways of oxygen and threaten other forms of aquatic life.The Centre for Community… Read more
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Participation: Essential fuel for new-age cities
15 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Smart cities need people like Anna Beard. She blogged a civil, measured critique of Day 1, noting that for all that was said about their importance, millennials (the under-34 cohort) seemed under-represented… Read more
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Weather challenges could be opportunities for smart cities
10 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Flood-control and power-grid investments are expensive, but Hoornweg, who is also Ontario’s chief safety and risk officer, said Toronto and its neighbours in the Greater Golden Horseshoe already have measures… Read more
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CityAge conference explores the big ideas that make city living attractive
09 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Municipal governments planning attractive urban centres would do well to satisfy Generation Y and they should also build urban features appreciated by women, who will make up two-thirds of the white-collar… Read more