Ottawa success stories
Welcome to the growing list of Ottawa company success stories on 82000reasons.com! Here you'll find many answers to the question "Why Ottawa?" as well as the many reasons Ottawa technology people and Ottawa technology companies are succeeding on a global basis.
From new equity financings and IPOs to exciting new discoveries and patents to high-growth business models – the innovation from the Ottawa Region will amaze you. Dive in and explore your possibilities with Ottawa!
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- Cleantech (20)
- Defense and Security (5)
- Economic development (1)
- Health and Drug Discovery (3)
- Knowledge-based Support Services (4)
- Semiconductor (2)
- Software (21)
- Space Technology (1)
- Technology (4)
- Telecommunications (8)
- Wireless (9)
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- Iridian Spectral Technologies expands and diversifies after opening new production facility
- Ottawa’s “Hot Spring” of innovation noted by McKinsey and World Economic Forum
- MapleWorks' outsourcing services typically cost 35% less than hiring developers in-house
- Entrust provides layered security solutions to more than 2,000 organizations spanning 60 countries
- For over 20 years Ottawa-based PIKA has been building industry-leading voice card technology
- Third Brigade security software protects servers and applications against hackers and malicious attacks
- Amika Mobile offers first emergency notification system via WiFi
- AgaPharm is using a popular asthma drug to prevent cataracts caused by diabetes
- Telesat’s success in satellites now orbits the world
- BreconRidge supports global communications, industrial, medical and aerospace customers
- jadedPixel’s Shopify e-commerce application has over 37,000 accounts
- EION advanced IP software, satellite and wireless technologies connect communities and businesses
- Abbott Point of Care manufactures the i-STAT System; a handheld diagnostic tool that accelerates patient care decision-making
- Pacific Safety Products bring everyday heroes, like police, paramedics and military home safe
- DEW Engineering serves global aerospace and defense industry in contracts worth $100 million or more
- Ottawa is a proud home to Nortel’s R&D prowess
- CryptoMetrics uses biometrics and photo databases to identify criminals with 99% accuracy
- The growth of digital content makes International Datacasting a star player in satellite technology
- Your spoken wish is Avoca’s command for its voice-activated music system
- Ottawa-based Senstar secures the perimeters of critical facilities worldwide
- Quantum Murray LP – Canada’s leading decommissioning service provider
- March Networks delivers IP video surveillance and monitoring that makes the world a safer place
- Liquid Computing – Delivering the “Dynamic Data Centre” to help customers meet business objectives
- With over 2 billion mobile users globally, TenXc Wireless maximizes RF network performance
- MDS Nordion leads Ottawa’s life science sector
- IPeak Networks dramatically increases the Quality of VOIP calls, gaming and online video
- Space shuttle vision spawns new defence and industrial automation markets for Neptec Design Group
- Mitel, Ottawa’s IP communications giant delivers unified solutions to customers in 90 countries
- SkyWave uses satellites to enable tracking and security solutions for hard-to-access assets, growing 40% year-over-year
- Bridgewater Systems has been profitable for 15 straight quarters with $39 million in 2007 revenues
- OZ Optics leverages fiber optic R&D into more than 20 years of successful productization
- Mxi’s airline maintenance planning software limits cancellations and flight delays to lift bottom lines
- Cyrium outshines competition with photovoltaic cells that capture over 40% of the sun’s total energy
- SiGe enables wireless multimedia capabilities with innovative RF solutions
- DISTIL Interactive set to prosper in multi-billion dollar human capital management market
- bitHeads grows 106% developing outsourced mobile, telecom and gaming software
- eSight’s founder and Chairman Conrad Lewis turns adversity into opportunity with evSpex
- DragonWave rides $32 million IPO to build its wireless advantage for global telecom networks
- Enablence raises $90 million in three years in bid to dominate fiber-to-the-home market
- Magenn Power sets sites high to generate clean energy with flying wind turbines
- Recognia’s financial analysis and monitoring tools private-labeled by many leading financial firms
- Energy Ottawa turns waste and water into green and renewable energy to power Ontario
- Fueling cars and drivers, Topia GreenStop and Real Café offers clean fuels and organic foods
- Group IV Semiconductor develops low cost silicon based technology to drive mass adoption of energy-saving solid-state lighting
- KABEN selected as “One of Canada’s Hottest 20 Innovative Companies”
- Windmill Development Group aims to serve the 89% of home buyers who prefer to buy more environmentally friendly houses
- Advanced BioRefinery systems turn agricultural and forestry waste into biomass products
- Laflèche Environmental’s BioReactor transforms waste disposal problems into valuable assets
- Energate connects energy conservation with consumer comfort and convenience
- Ottawa's Incubator Capacity is Key to Pronexus Success
- Vocantas Interactive Voice Response Systems Streamline Access to Information and Reduce Costs
- Sitebrand – getting personal and going public
- Thermal Energy energy recovery and bioenergy systems help cut energy costs and emissions while boosting profitability
- Powerbase Energy Systems provides easy-to-use solutions for small-scale bio and hydroelectric producers
- Brookfield Renewable Power generates power from the very rivers that launched the Ottawa Valley’s logging heritage
- Lumos Energy builds cleantech projects in the power and fuel sectors that make communities less dependent on traditional energy sources
- Iogen’s leadership in cellulosic ethanol production attracts multi-million-dollar funding
- Ensyn’s renewable bio-energy and bio-chemicals offer environmentally responsible options to a world with increasing energy needs
- Plasco Energy Group applies decades of plasma arc R&D to turn municipal waste into electricity
- Genesys Biogas uses 17th century techniques to extract methane from manure
- One of Canada’s top 10 cleantech companies – Menova Energy shines as a solar success story
- 3G Energy optimizes wind power generation with industry leading technology suitable for Canada’s unique climate and landscape
- Global IQX, specializes in configurable, component-based solutions for the Insurance industry
- Grantium Inc. leading the market in grants management (EGM) software solutions to the public sector
- T-Base Communications provides solutions to reach a wider audience
- Kaben Wireless leading the way in reconfigurable RF technology
- Triacta applies Ottawa telecom expertise to build a cleantech winner selling networked smart meter solutions around the world
- Partnerships Key to Flick Software Success
- dominKnow e-Learning system cuts training costs by 40%
- GlobalEx Ottawa meets specific insurance needs of tech companies, VCs and high net worth individuals
- market2world communications — PR and product launch services for fast-growth tech companies
- BelAir Networks set to fly through the wireless sky on the wings of 70% growth
- Fuel Industries fans the flame of online branded entertainment to report three-fold growth
- QNX Software Solutions ensure global companies avoid million dollar errors in mission-critical systems
- Macadamian’s winning combination of software development and services accelerates annual growth 52%