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ventureLAB launches nation’s first Hardware Angel Network

Markham, Ont.-based ventureLAB last week launched the Hardware Angel Network (HAN), a new entity that it described as the “only hardware and deep-tech focused...

BlackBerry CEO maintains company is ‘on the right path’

BlackBerry CEO John Chen tried to paint a bright face on the company’s financial future at the company’s virtual annual general meeting on Tuesday. “I...

ventureLAB exec zeroes in on challenges facing startups and how to conquer them

Yesterday at the annual Digital Transformation conference,  IT World Canada’s chief information officer, Jim Love, sat down with Matt Skynner, chief operating officer of...

Analysts’ concerns about Broadcom’s buy of VMware not wavering

Alarm bells appear to be ringing everywhere about the much delayed US$61 billion sale of VMware to Broadcom and what it will mean to...

Canada’s big banks, insurers to face tougher cyber tests

Canada’s financial regulator is urging the country’s biggest banks and insurance companies to perform a new controlled threat assessment of their cyber resilience every...

CleanTech North event probes complex world of tax credits

There appears to be much to be excited about as far as cleantech initiatives go following the release of last week’s federal budget. But...

Rogers boosts earnings guidance as merger completes

Last Friday, Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne approved the transfer of Freedom Mobile’s wireless spectrum licenses to Vidéotron, the pre-conditional deal on which the two-year...

TD Bank announces immersive VR experiences for colleagues and customers

TD Bank (TD) has announced that it has launched multiple immersive experiences, using virtual reality (VR) to provide interactive engagement for customers and colleagues....

Rogers details potential financial woes if merger with Shaw is not completed by deadline

Rogers released its annual financial report yesterday, in which it painted a happy future together with Shaw. But the report also detailed the colossal...

Record $117M funding for Scale AI supporting 15 AI projects

Montreal-based Scale AI announced recently that it has completed a $117 million financing round, its largest to date. This funding will support 15 AI...

Rogers confident to face increased competition after robust Q4 earnings

Last week, Rogers announced its fourth quarter earnings, reporting a 25 per cent increase in net income to C$508 million, up from C$405 million...

A bad day for Intel as rating lowered … but a great day for AMD

Following an announcement that Intel Corp.’s executive team will slash their salaries by up to 25 per cent and cut employees’ pay by five...

Global IT spending to total over US$4 trillion in 2023: Gartner

According to the latest forecast by Gartner Inc., worldwide information technology spending is set to grow by 2.4 per cent, totaling US$4.5 trillion in...

Government of Canada invests $360 million in new National Quantum Strategy

Today at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced the launch of the National Quantum...

Will Avaya end up going the way of Nortel? Analyst says it could happen

A veteran communications and telecom analyst has likened what is currently happening to Avaya Holdings Corp. to that of the final downfall of Ottawa-based...

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Major Canadian insurer riding the digital wave

The insurance industry has always traditionally been slow to adopt digital technologies. But with customers now demanding the kinds of services and tools being...

Canada’s leading digital bank moving boldly into digital future

For many organizations that came into being before the birth of the Internet, “digital” was something they had to learn to be. Tangerine Bank,...