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October 16, 2020
COVID-19 brought about unexpected, dramatic, and in some cases complex problems and changes. It also created an environment for reflection. The challenges now faced are not just economic, but social as well. We have been reminded that we are all connected in many ways, and that the things we do or the things we make…
October 16, 2020
As COVID-19 began affecting businesses around the world, many responded with new strategies that took them and their products into new industries and markets. Ottawa-based Teldio is another such company. Most Teldio customers are Fortune-1000 corporations, running private radio and data networks at locations that sometimes have no IT staff, no Internet connection and no…
October 16, 2020
This Quarter, UK-based Talkative saw an opportunity to adjust some business and marketing strategies as their target market of call centers was disrupted like so many others. From the start, the company has been positioned as a holistic website communications provider, with live chat as a flagship feature. More and more customers have been recognizing…
October 16, 2020
This Quarter saw Alacrity Turkey company Pisano secure another US$2.5M in external investment, coming from lead investor Elevator Ventures (EV). The partnership with EV goes back to 2018, when Pisano management met a team from Elevator Ventures parent company RBI, one of the largest banks in Central and Eastern Europe, at an event in London…
October 16, 2020
As one would expect, operations at Wesley Clover Parks were impacted significantly over the last Quarter, given the social, event-centric nature of the Park. That said, there were still a number of noteworthy developments that deserve to be shared: CAMP With travel restrictions in place, the team set their sights on offering a shortened camping…
October 16, 2020
The Quarter brought with it new challenges as well as new opportunities for L-SPARK. Many start-ups in the ecosystem struggled over the period, but as you have read, many also were able to adapt and move ahead perhaps in ways not previously planned for. The team at L-SPARK needed to make some adjustments of their…
April 15, 2020
Ottawa-based ThinkRF is a leader in software-defined spectrum analysis solutions for monitoring, detecting and analyzing complex waveforms (radio signals) in the rapidly evolving wireless landscape. The products provide more flexibility, greater coverage, increased functionality and better ROI than competing options, making them ideal for regulatory monitoring, telecom deployment optimization and Radio Frequency (RF) application development.…
April 15, 2020
Echosec Systems is now a leader in digital threat intelligence software, and provides some of the most influential organizations in the world with tools and services that make hidden online data more accessible and actionable. The company, which was built on a social media monitoring tool, has evolved its offerings to provide risk and threat…
April 15, 2020
User experience can make or break the return on investment for services like Unified Communications, video conferencing, enterprise office suites and other software tools. Unfortunately, as these services increasingly become cloud-based, it is more difficult to control their performance and ensure a consistent user experience. Consider Microsoft Office 365. With more than 200 million users,…
April 15, 2020
A graduate of the Alacrity program in Newport, UK, Talkative provides communications software for web chat, web calling, co-browsing, email and video calling services in contact centers of all types. The company this Quarter was pleased to announce the successful completion of work to join the Salesforce ecosystem as an official ISV Partner. Talkative software…
