Archives: Ottawa News

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Wind River and BlackBerry QNX turn Ottawa into automotive battleground

Ottawa Business Journal - Tech leaders and politicians often like to pitch Ottawa as a potential hub for automotive software, but it may be more accurately described as a battleground. While BlackBerry QNX has generated the lion’s share of fanfare in the city’s development efforts in autonomous drive and connected cars, Kanata neighbour Wind... More

Monday, April 24, 2017

Autonomous Car Could Hit Kanata Streets This Summer

Ottawa Community News - Drivers may see an autonomous vehicle on Kanata roads as early as this summer. BlackBerry QNX developed a test loop along Terry Fox and Legget drives and is working with the city to prepare the route, said John Wall, senior vice-president and head of BlackBerry... More

Monday, April 3, 2017

What Ford’s High-tech Investment Means for Ottawa

Ottawa Business Journal - Analysts say Ford’s decision to hire hundreds of former BlackBerry employees and set up shop in Ottawa will lead to more business for the QNX division and bolster the city’s credentials as an autonomous vehicles... More

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Ford investment brings Ottawa closer to becoming autonomous vehicles hub

Ottawa Business Journal - Almost exactly one year ago, we published an article asking the question, “Can Ottawa be an autonomous vehicle hub?” Today, with Ford’s announcement that it would be investing $337.9 million to build an autonomous vehicles R&D centre in the capital, we took one step closer to answering that... More

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Ford to invest $1.2-billion in Canada, create Ottawa R&D centre

Globe and Mail - Ford Motor Co. will establish a research and development centre in Ottawa as part of a $1.2-billion investment it will make in its Canadian operations over the next four years. The auto maker made the announcement Thursday in Windsor, Ont., where its Essex Engine Plant will begin building a new... More

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Businesspeople celebrate Ford’s future driverless car centre in Kanata

CBC News - Business leaders in Ottawa are celebrating the announcement of a new cutting-edge research centre in Kanata that will focus on new car technology, including autonomous vehicles, and add close to 300 jobs in the... More

Friday, January 6, 2017

Driverless cars could put Ottawa’s tech industry back in the fast lane

Ottawa Citizen - A future in which driverless cars shuttle people here, there and everywhere, may still be a long way off, but many of the key players who could make that future a reality have set up shop in Ottawa. Simply put, things are starting to get interesting for tech in the capital... More

Friday, September 30, 2016

The push to make Kanata a testbed for self-driving cars

CBC News - As the automotive world speeds toward a future with self-driving cars, there's a push to make Kanata a hub for the technology. That could include seeking permits to allow road tests of automated vehicles in its high-tech business... More

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Tech giant Apple to open office in Kanata

Ottawa Citizen - Apple Inc., one of the world’s most-recognized technology companies, will open an office in Kanata, the Citizen has learned. According to several sources in the Ottawa real estate community, the Cupertino, California, tech giant has leased a 22,000-square-foot space on the third floor of 411 Legget Drive after shopping for... More

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Cybersecurity non-profit finds home in Ottawa suburb

CBC News - Tony Bailetti stands in what once housed a town council table and theatre, looking at the wide-open space that will become the VENUS Cybersecurity Corporation. Parts of the ceiling are missing and wires dangle. He knows they will have to be swept to make sure they're free of high-tech... More

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