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Cloud infrastructure to grow to $250 million market by 2016: IDC

Vendors in the Canadian infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market have a 50 per cent compound annual growth rate to look forward to over...

3 refreshing perspectives on big data from Ideacity

When approaching both the challenges and opportunities posed by big data in the IT space, it's popular to try and quantify just how much...

Indiegogo makes Canadian push as founder ‘excited’ about equity crowdfunding

Crowdfunding Web site Indiegogo is deepening its roots in the Canadian market place and closely watching as securities regulators consider allowing non-accredited investors to...

Canada’s meeting of the minds: ideacity coverage from ITBusiness.ca

A woman who works 90 hours a week and used a 72-step checklist to find a husband through online dating. A man who was...

Ex-Facebook employees launch data visualization startup Polychart

Startup name: Polychart Co-founders: Lisa Zhang, CEO; Samson Hu, vice-president of business development; Fravic Fernando, vice-president of user experience Funding: Raised $135,000 in seed funding 36321 Startup premise: Back...

Sciencescape cataloguing research papers everywhere, one essay at a time

Startup name: Sciencescape Presenter: Sam Molyneux, CEO and co-founder Funding: Closed seed funding of $1.1 million 36321 Startup premise: Sam Molyneux has always been involved in research. In...

Extreme Startups wraps third cohort demo day, announces new managing director

Toronto-based startup accelerator Extreme Startups launched its latest cohort of five startups yesterday at a demo day event in Toronto, following its latest 12-week...

Brika connects shoppers and makers through e-commerce

Startup name: Brika Co-founders: Kena Paranjape, crafter of brand; Jen Koss, builder of business Offices: BRIKA, 500 Sherbourne St, Ste 2109, Toronto, Ontario Funding: $500,000 secured out of...

Instaradio aiming to be the YouTube or Instagram of audio

Startup name: Instaradio Presenter: Kevin Kliman, CEO and co-founder Funding: $300,000 committed out of $1 million 36321 Startup premise: There's YouTube for videos and Instagram for photos, but...

Koge Vitamins cutting out middleman to sell vitamins for less

Startup name: Koge Vitamins Co-founders: Alex Hyssen, Andrew Lenjosek Funding: $500,000 committed of $850,000 36321 Startup premise: When Andrew Lenjosek first got into the finance and startup game, he...

Tips on how to charge for your business services

It’s a dilemma many small businesses, freelancers and independent contractors have faced: what should I charge for my services? Too high and you could...

Google, HP partnership offers ‘SMB IT in a Box’

LAS VEGAS – Hewlett-Packard and Google Inc. have joined forces to develop and one-stop-shop technology solution for small and medium sized businesses. At the HP...

MaRS to unveil report on Canadian accelerators

With so many startup accelerators sprouting up in Canada, the MaRS Discovery District has been gauging their efforts to boost companies emerging into the...

Toronto misses out on Intelligent Community title to Taichung, Taiwan

Taichung City, Taiwan is the Intelligent Community of the Year as awarded by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), beating out Ontario communities Toronto and...

Take our State of the SMB 2013 Survey for a chance to win

What aspects of IT security stress you out the most? What are the most important factors you consider when approaching cloud computer? What's the...

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