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Frontline workers poised for major exodus: survey
14 October 2021 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Research conducted for Waterloo, Ont.-based Axonify suggests that nearly half of frontline workers are on the brink of quitting their jobs, citing burnout as a primary factor. Read more
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The wheels on the bus are 5G-connected
27 July 2021 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, News
Audesse, a startup in Waterloo, Ont. that provides IoT devices for fleet vehicles, used the ENCQOR 5G testbed at Communitech to boost the capabilities of its products. Read more
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5G testbed streamlines R&D for video analysis company
23 July 2021 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, News
Vubble, a Canadian startup whose technology analyzes and categorizes video content, tapped into the ENCQOR 5G testbed to conduct R&D at the Communitech Data Hub in Waterloo. Read more
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A magical, immersive way to explore a city
12 July 2021 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, News
The 5G testbed at the Communitech Data Hub in Waterloo, Ont. enabled EXAR Studios of London, Ont. to test its new augmented reality app for exploring cities. Read more
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AssetFlo leverages 5G test bed for new tracking sensor
15 June 2021 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, News
AssetFlo recently completed six months of testing of a new asset-tracking sensor using the ENCQOR 5G test bed at the Communitech Data Hub in Waterloo, Ontario. The sensor builds its own mesh network to… Read more
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A year of learning in the future of work
22 April 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
The final part of our series following a Laurier employee during her partial secondment to Communitech in the longest year ever Read more
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Toronto engineer wins $1M Leaders Prize for fake news solution
11 September 2020 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Machine-learning engineer Bill Yu Wu has bested a field of 150 programmers and won $1 million in the challenge to create an artificial intelligence-driven program to sort fake news from real news. Read more
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Agtech startup BinSentry lands US$7.7M investment
10 September 2020 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Randall Schwartzentruber, CEO and co-founder of BinSentry, speaks on how he came up with the idea for his company as they complete a financing round of US$7.7 million. Read more
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ProNavigator raises CAD$5.6 million to drive expansion
02 September 2020 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
ProNavigator, an insurance tech company has raised CAD$5.6 million in a financing round, its second multimillion-dollar round in slightly over a year. Read more
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Working from home times two
01 September 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
Part 3 of a series following Lindsay Tayler, a Wilfrid Laurier University employee on a one year partial secondment with the Talent team at Communitech this time taking a look at her unique perspective… Read more