Waterloo Tech News

The Record - “How can I help you today?” the female voice asks in a pleasant tone. “Briefly explain why you are calling. Here are a few examples of what you might say: Pay my bill. Talk to a representative . . . .”

CNW Group - The University of Waterloo is today launching North America's first school focusing on environmentally responsible business and development with more than $23 million in donations.

Ontario Government - The digital media and mobile computing sectors are among the fastest growing industries in the world economy. Ontario’s digital media industry already generates more than $1 billion annually – and is growing fast.

570 News - The province is putting up almost 27 million dollars to launch The Communitech Hub: Digital Media & Mobile Accelerator. Today's announcement was made by Minister of Research and Innovation, John Milloy at The Tannery in downtown Kitchener.

CNW Group - ARISE Technologies Corporation (TSX: APV and Frankfurt: A3T), which is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, high quality, cost-effective solar technology, will release its 2009 third-quarter financial results after 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Exchange Magazine - The future potential entrepreneurs of Waterloo Region - young people from some of the area's secondary schools -- are gathering for a special day on Wednesday, November 11th to hear what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

570 News - The Ontario government will unveil a multi-million dollar initiative for digital media in Kitchener this afternoon. It will support entrepreneurs and businesses in Waterloo Region and the province who are focusing on digital technology and is expected to total $100-million dollars.

xinhuanet.com - Mobile phone software maker Sybase Inc is stepping up the pace of its mobile computing business in China as the country's 3G industry has started to blossom, a senior company executive said. The company expects to maintain the 25-percent growth rate it achieved in the last two years in China this year also, said John Chen, chief executive of Sybase.

The Record - They went green long before it was cool to be green. They are Canada’s largest consulting firm exclusively committed to environmentally efficient buildings.

eChannelline.com - Application Delivery Networking vendor Blue Coat Systems, Inc. has announced that it is implementing a strategic plan to drive future revenue growth and increase its non-GAAP operating profitability. This plan includes entry into an agreement to acquire S7 Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., an IT research and development firm based in Bangalore, India.

Globe and Mail - Research In Motion Ltd. moved to prop up its sagging share price Thursday, announcing that it will repurchase up to $1.2-billion (U.S.) worth of its stock over the next 12 months.

Wired.com - Over the past decade, Research In Motion’s BlackBerry phone has become a cultural phenomenon. But can it stay one? With a confusing mix of new products, poor developer support, lack of innovation and an unwillingness to take risks, RIM is in danger of being outsmarted and overshadowed by aggressive new rivals, such as HTC and Motorola.

eweek.com - Sybase launched new product offerings for the iPhone with an eye toward increasing the smartphone's enterprise functionality. Among the features are administrative policy lockdown control and bidirectional synchronization between iPhone and database.

Exchange Magazine - Thanks to the exceptional generosity of Kitchener-based technology company Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc., United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area has been able to provide many individuals from the programs and initiatives it supports - and many of its volunteers – with free tickets to an exclusive Saturday November 7th matinee of Cirque de la Symphonie at the Centre in the Square. Some attendees might otherwise never have the opportunity to experience a live show

Exchange Magazine - Desire2Learn Incorporated is engaging participants and providing answers to their eLearning questions at EDUCAUSE 2009, the premier IT event in Higher Education, being held this year in Denver, Colorado from November 3 - 5, 2009.

EarthTimes - DALSA Corporation, a global leader in machine vision technology, today announced the availability of three new models in its Falcon high performance camera family, headlined by a new high sensitivity VGA camera delivering 300 frames per second.

Exchange Magazine - Small to medium-sized companies involved in the development of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) were given a boost November 2, 2009 with the announcement of $2.1 million in funding to accelerate the commercialization of first-of-their-kind technologies.

marketwire - Covarity Inc., the leading commercial loan monitoring and portfolio management solution provider, today announced that Servus Credit Union has chosen Covarity as the platform for commercial loan monitoring in its province-wide network of Business Banking Centres.

CNW Group - COM DEV USA, LLC, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$7 million to provide UHF equipment for a satellite payload. Design and production work will be performed at COM DEV USA's manufacturing facility in El Segundo, California with delivery scheduled by the end of calendar 2010. The order was finalized and recorded during COM DEV's 2009 fiscal year.

IT Jungle - Organizations that use Open Text's host access software will be able to take advantage of some of the spiffy new features that Microsoft built into Windows 7, such as jump lists and multiple document preview. The company's Connectivity Solutions Group (formerly Hummingbird) will offer support for these features in the upcoming release of Host Explorer version 14, due by the end of the month.

CNW Group - ARISE Technologies Corporation, which is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, high-quality, cost-effective solar technology, today announced the filing of a preliminary prospectus supplement to its September 29, 2009 base shelf prospectus in connection with a non-brokered offering of up to $1,000,000 of Units. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Pricing of the Units will be determined in the context of current market pricing. The share purchase warrants will expire two years following their issuance unless such expiry is accelerated in accordance with their terms.

laboratory product news - As part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) has announced that it is naming its new 55,000-sq-ft addition for the renowned Professor Stephen Hawking.

CAD CAM News - Maplesoft™ has announced several new products that will help educators, researchers, and students better understand and manage the complexity of engineering modeling and simulation problems. MapleSim™, the most advanced solution for physical modeling, combined with a collection of new toolboxes, enables fast model development, advanced analysis, and the creation of complex multi-domain models that lie at the core of modern engineering.

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CNW Group - ARISE Technologies Corporation ("ARISE" or "the Company") (TSX: APV and Frankfurt: A3T), a leader in high-performance, high-quality, cost-effective solar technology, today announced that its shipments of photovoltaic ("PV") cells in the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 were approximately 3.5MW, a 21% increase from the 2.9MW shipped in the second quarter, for a total of approximately 8.7MW shipped through the first nine months of the year.

Exchange Magazine - The University of Waterloo school of optometry, Canada's only English-speaking optometric training institution, will dedicate the Witer Learning Resource Centre early next week to recognize a $500,000 donation from philanthropists Dr. Marta Witer and Ian Ihnatowycz.

information management - Open Text Corporation released its 2010 product roadmap for Web content management, digital asset management and social media solutions. The enterprise content management provider is emphasizing the role of a successful enterprise 2.0 strategy as business expectations for the Web increase.