Over in Ottawa, a new legislation is going to be presented today to the press, and there are consequences for the digital industry in Canada. The new online security bill gives police access to personal details without a warrant, and the government has taken a hard stance on the legislation. The new bill would require [...]
The big news today is that Europe’s biggest web hosting company, OVH, is confirming its presence in Canada, with a data center right in Montreal. The numbers are too big too be true, yet it’s on the CEO’s twitter feed, and he reconfirms it again later. To give you an idea what 360,000 servers represents, [...]
In the category of product owners, I don’t think you can beat Michael Daudignon of iWeb. Most product owners have a vision of the product, and yes most are passionate, but only a few take it personally as much as Michael, who decided to sing about the joy and merriness that the Smart Server brings. [...]
vidyard is making headlines for its $1.65m investment, by SoftTech VC, youtube co-founder Jawed Karim, YCombinator, iNovia Capital Andreessen Horowitz and other investors. vidyard provides a professional video hosting service, for companies who use video to communicate about their products, but basically don’t want them to click on the video and get lost on the [...]
In a move that follows its recent privatisation, iWeb has launched a new site showcasing its dedicated server offerings, with a highlight on the SmartServer product, its advanced control panel. For those who know the company, the biggest difference is that the new site more focused: it doesn’t mention anymore non-virtualized server hosting. Another big [...]
This is a bit of last-minute, and is targeted at a niche but active and growing community in Montreal, those who are working in computer security. MTLSec is organizing an informal get together at Vieux-Dublin this evening. You can talk about the latest hackfest in Quebec city which got the team Amish Security from ETS [...]
BlameStella, which was launched in January this year, made an appearance today at FounderFuel. Delano Mandelbaum came with his new co-founder, Chris Murtaugh, announcing at the same time new ambitions. The product in itself isn’t much different from its launch; we’ve seen the unique presentation from the 19th century, the open source availability, as well [...]
Hypertech, a local hosting company offering colocation services, was bought recently by Bell Canada. Acquisition by a much larger company is often seen as a positive sign on the customer side, since it means larger resources available on hand, such as more support staff, or perhaps infrastructure upgrades. In Hypertech’s case though, it isn’t all [...]
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