Let’s hope our government has the vision to ensure we make the most of this golden opportunity
All the hand-wringing and anger over the way the Rest Of Canada treats Alberta and its oil and gas sector obscures the fact that some very, very interesting things are developing in clean technology. It seems that cynical Canadians both to the east and west of this province are too ready to dismiss claims that…
John Shillington of Amii taks about connecting research and expertise to industry and helping Alberta businesses build their capacity for machine learning
John Shillington is president and CEO of Amii. What is Amii Innovates and what do you do? Shillington: Amii Innovates is a program run by the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii). It enables and supports Alberta-based businesses as they grow their in-house business and technical capabilities around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. At Amii,…
Toronto ranked third, Vancouver 12th, Montreal 13th and Ottawa 19th in top-50 list: CBRE report
As Calgary and Edmonton try to establish a significant tech industry in Alberta, a report released on Thursday by commercial real estate firm CBRE indicates just how far behind Alberta is when it comes to tech talent. Neither Alberta city made it to the top 50 list in North America for tech talent. But both…
CEO Melanie McClare talks about its revolutionary technology and the role the Creative Destruction Lab played in growing the company
Melanie McClare is CEO of Swirltex. What is Swirltex and what does it do? McClare: Swirltex is a Canadian water tech startup based in Calgary. Our vision is to unlock opportunities to reuse and recycle the toughest waste waters and decrease the global industrial water footprint. We have developed a revolutionary membrane technology that can…
CED research says spending will take place across all the core sectors, led by agribusiness
Research by Calgary Economic Development indicates that Alberta companies will spend $18.4 billion on the digital transformation across all industrial sectors by 2022 as business embraces opportunities in the new economy. In a news release on Tuesday, CED said Calgary is the first city in Canada to measure the digital spend forecast across its key…
Companies have collectively generated more than $120 million in revenues from supported projects, says non-profit
TECTERRA, a non-profit organization geospatial technology innovation support centre, has directly supported 269 startups and small and medium businesses since its inception in 2009. And those companies have collectively generated more than $120 million in revenues from supported projects. “We’re proud to have supported startups and small companies to develop and market new technology right…
Alberta’s leaders need to recognize that technology is changing everything, everywhere, and fast. Here's a roadmap
The Alberta election on April 16 will be won or lost on the basis of how Albertans view its economy. A pivotal part of that is the health of the province’s associated innovation ecosystem. In March, the Alberta Council of Technologies Society (ABCtech) and Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) together surveyed more than 500 business and…
David Owen Cord and Amin Lalani of Avanti Software talk about assisting companies in executing and improving people management
David Owen Cord and Amin Lalani are co-CEOs of Avanti Software. What is Avanti Software and what does it do? Lalani: Simply put, Avanti exists to help Canadian companies build better workplaces. We do this through our all-in-one, Human Capital Management (HCM) software-as-a-service (SaaS). Our integrated, end-to-end platform helps businesses find, engage, schedule, manage, pay…
Technology company ZayZoon's Early Wages On-Demand is taking off across North America, with more than 80,000 businesses participating
Imagine, as an employee, being able to access money as you earn it. Technology company ZayZoon, based in Calgary, has created a platform, Early Wages On-Demand, that allows people to access their paycheque before payday. The concept has taken off across North America. The platform is now available to more than two million employees by…
John Pollock of Quorum talks about the impact of MOSAIC software on the industry, and Calgary's growing tech reputation
John Pollock is product director of Quorum MOSAIC. What’s the history of Quorum? Why was it created and what does it do? Pollock: Quorum started back in 1998 after the founders saw an ongoing need in oil and gas for operational and accounting software. Since then, we’ve added more capabilities that help us address more…