Waterloo Tech News

CBR Online - Descartes Systems Group (DSG) and Microsoft have collaborated to fuse technology for Descartes' SaaS 3.0 offerings on Descartes' Global Logistics Network (the GLN).

Reuters - Canadian network equipment maker Sandvine Corp on Thursday posted a third-quarter profit, helped by growth at its digital subscriber line and mobile access markets. For the June-August quarter, net income was C$2.2 million, or 2 Canadian cents a share, compared with a net loss of C$4.4 million, or 3 Canadian cents a share, a year ago

CNW Group - COM DEV Europe, a subsidiary of leading space hardware manufacturer COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV), announced today that it has signed a (euro)5 million contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of new SB-SAT (SwiftBroadband for Satellite) technology.

Softpedia - Today, Opera Software and Netsweeper, Inc. have announced the signing of a partnership aimed at enhancing the security and Internet content filtering for wireless carriers around the world who distribute the Opera Mini mobile browser.

Exchange Magazine - Tim Jackson and Jacqui Murphy, partners in Tech Capital Partners, are taking their approach to venture capital investments and putting it to work for the region’s non-profit sector.

Exchange Magazine - The University of Waterloo Research + Technology Park received an Excellence in Economic Development Award for their WATCH Magazine in the category of Magazines for communities with populations of 25,000 – 200,000 from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).

VeloCity - We are really excited to announce a new expansion of University of Waterloo’s VeloCity, the VeloCity Workspace.

MarketWatch - Descartes Global User Group Conference -- Descartes Systems Group announced an alliance with The Createch Group, a Bell Canada Company and a leading Canadian provider of supply chain optimization and information technology solution integration.

Montreal Gazette - Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully bid for privately held Ontario network operator Atria Networks LP, giving the telecom giant a needed boost into the small to medium-sized business and enterprise markets, analysts say.

Marketwire - Harmonized Change Control and Configuration Management Improves Product Quality and Gets Complex Products to Market Faster

Exchange Magazine - GREY Canada is excited to announce the opening of a new branch in the heart of Canada’s Technology Triangle.

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 preliminary financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Business Wire - Aimetis Corp., a global leader in intelligent IP video management software, today announced that Munich Airport has expanded the use of Aimetis Symphony™ video surveillance to Terminal 2, bringing the total cameras under Aimetis management to 1,900.

CNW Group - BIOREM Inc. today announced that new orders totaling $2.4 million have been received since August 2010.

Montreal Gazette - Michaelle Jean was the people's gover nor-general, never more so than when she wore her heart on her sleeve, shedding tears for her native Haiti, or hugging a veteran at a ceremony on her last days in office.

GuelphMercury.com - Waterloo physicist John Moffat has a personal reason to be grateful to Albert Einstein.

Investors.com - Software maker Open Text sees several ways it'll manage to grow.

CTV News - There was a lot of advance hype for the BlackBerry Torch before its specs were first released in August, and even a few predictions that it could challenge Apple's mighty iPhone as the best smart phone on the market.

Exchange Magazine - Steven Woods, co-founder of Eloqua, a marketing automation company that provides digital tools for marketers looking to better connect with their customers, led a peer-to-peer learning session at Communitech in Kitchener Tuesday morning.

The Toronto Sun - All eyes will be on Research In Motion next week as the blogosphere lights up with rumours about a new smartphone and tablet computer that could be unveiled at the company’s annual BlackBerry Developer Conference starting Monday.

Geek.com - When Research In Motion unveiled their new Blackberry tablet, the PlayBook last week, one welcome surprise was the software running it: the QNX operating system, which resembles something of a mix between iOS and webOS.

CNW Group - COM DEV International Ltd., a leading manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, today announced that its data services subsidiary, exactEarth Ltd. ("the Company"), has added a strategic investor that will play an important role in delivering and growing the Company's exactAIS(TM) service in the marketplace.

MarketWatch - The Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), today announced the launch of a private sector committee.