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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Ottawa Business Journal - Ottawa’s Kinaxis has added a major automaker to its client portfolio in a deal that executives are framing as a long-term partnership. The Kanata-based firm, which sells supply chain management software, announced last week that Nissan Motors will use its flagship RapidResponse product to track production and sales... More
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Canadian Underwriter - “There is no safety without security,” John Wall, senior vice president and head of BlackBerry QNX, said this week as part of the launch of a new real-time, type 1 hypervisor that can be used in next-generation connected and autonomous... More
Monday, June 5, 2017
On May 31 & June 1 2017, the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) hosted its 4th Annual 5G Huddle in Ottawa, Canada as part of the celebrations of Canada's 150th birthday, a move which is supported by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and the Radio Advisory... More
Monday, April 24, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
A group from BlackBerry and its software subsidiary QNX Software Systems visited Carleton on March 9 to explore potential collaboration in the rapidly growing world of connected car and autonomous vehicle research. “We have a strong interest in the research that’s taking place at the university,” said Grant Courville, senior director of... More
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Carleton professor Richard Yu has received a $600,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to improve technology supporting 5G wireless networks. The project will address existing research challenges in order to make innovative 5G wireless networks more efficient and effective.... More
Thursday, January 19, 2017
With the Ottawa Autonomous Vehicles Summit taking place today, a number of Carleton experts are available to... More
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