82000reasons.com news coverage, press releases and featured technology company success stories
Check out the campaign news coverage, company success stories, and 82000reasons.com press releases below to see what the world thinks of tech Ottawa's success.
News
April 28, 2008 – National Post/Financial Post – 82000reasons and OCRI's CEO Jeffrey Dale featured in story entitled "Ottawa tech sector: A galaxy full of stars"
April 28, 2008 - OCRIRadio.com - OCRIRadio.com co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk discuss the progress of the 82000reasons.com campaign
April 4, 2008 – Business@Night – CFRA host Greg Hebert speaks to Nathan Rudyk, CEO of market2world communications, the tech PR and product launch agency that created the 82000reasons campaign
March 27, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen - Critical Pass: Selling Ottawa's tech industry
March 26, 2008, Business@ Nite - CFRA host Greg Herbert speaks with Jeremy James, President of Ottawa's Frontline Robotics, which produces autonomous robotic equipment for security and industrial use
February 20, 2008 - OCRIRadio.com - OCRIRadio.com co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk discuss the launch of 82000reasons.com
February 14, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen - An end to 'bummerism'
February 14, 2008 - Media in Canada - 82000reasons extends Web 2.0 to techies
February 13, 2008 - CFRA Business@Night - Greg Hebert interviews Frederic Boulanger, President of Ottawa-based Macadamian Technologies about its product outsourcing success
February 11, 2008 - National Capital SCAN - Campaign cites 82000 reasons
February 11, 2008 - Pro PR blog - Ottawa technology sector uses social media platform for promotion
February 8, 2008 - Government Technology - Ottawa, Canada Boasts Record Technology Employment Population of 82,000
February 8, 2008 - startupottawa blog - 82000reasons blog a great idea
February 7, 2008 - Mediacaster Magazine - Ottawa's record technology employment spawns website
Feburary 7, 2008 - A-Channel Ottawa Morning - Michael Darch, OCRI Global Marketing Executive Director, talks about 82000reasons.com
Feburary 7, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen - OCRI site talks jobs
February 6, 2008 - CFRA Business@Night - Mike Darch, OCRI Global Marketing Executive Director, talks to Greg Hebert about 82000reasons.com
February 6, 2008 - Monitor Today! - 82000reasons.com invites Ottawa tech companies and workers to tell their stories via online blogs and YouTube videos
February 6, 2008 - Frédéric Boulanger's Journal - ottawa marketing campaign - 82000reasons.com
February 6, 2008 - The new way things are blog - market2world launches PR program for tech Ottawa with Web 2.0 site called 82000reasons.com
Press releases
February 6, 2008 — Ottawa’s record technology employment population of 82,000 injects swagger into Silicon Valley North entrepreneurs
February 6, 2008 — 82000reasons.com invites Ottawa tech companies and workers to tell their stories via online blogs and YouTube videos
Featured Ottawa technology success stories
Enablence raises $90 million in three years in bid to dominate
fiber-to-the-home market
Angel capital investment of $5.5 million followed by TSX Venture Exchange IPO in 2007 is ample evidence of Enablence’s tech excellence and Ottawa as an optical technology powerhouse
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Fuel Industries fans the flame of online branded entertainment
to report three-fold growth
Ottawa’s unique combination of urban convenience, nature and accessibility to US and UK markets allows Fuel to create and deliver award-winning online branded entertainment
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QNX software solutions ensure global companies avoid million dollar
errors in mission-critical systems
Industry leader QNX demonstrates Ottawa’s excellence in operating system research and development by meeting increasing demand for software system integration
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Macadamian’s winning combination of software development and related
services accelerates its annual growth 52%
Ottawa’s vibrant software culture and business development support opportunities allow Macadamian to excel at delivering complex, time-sensitive projects
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BelAir Networks set to fly through the wireless sky on the wings of 70% growth
Employing 75 people in Ottawa and with sales offices around the world, BelAir Networks has
taken advantage of Ottawa’s telecom strengths to build world-leading Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Public Safety networking technology
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