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TribeHR acquisition could expand NetSuite's market by $10B: analyst
24 October 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, Startups
NetSuite, a leading developer of cloud-based enterprise resource management software, agreed to acquire TribeHR for an undisclosed sum. The purchase of the four-year-old software-as-a-service company led… Read more
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TribeHR to be acquired by NetSuite
22 October 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured
California-based NetSuite will acquire TribeHR, a fast-growing Waterloo Region provider of cloud-based human resources management software. The deal will bring TribeHR under the umbrella of one of the… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: It's that time of year again
17 October 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, View from the ‘Loo
The Waterloo Region tech community has much to celebrate since we launched Techtoberfest a year ago. Since it’s a startup festival, it’s as much about the work as it is the partying, as the list of keynotes… Read more
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Techtoberfest: the recap
17 October 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured
To see what you missed at Techtoberfest, check out our live blog recaps of each speaker. We’ve blended our own notes with some of our favourite tweets and pictures from our audience. Read more
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Participation: Essential fuel for new-age cities
15 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Smart cities need people like Anna Beard. She blogged a civil, measured critique of Day 1, noting that for all that was said about their importance, millennials (the under-34 cohort) seemed under-represented… Read more
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New appathon aims to unlock value of government data
11 October 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured
The Canadian government will hold an appathon for developers to capitalize on vast amounts of information stored in government databases. The intention is to mirror the success of other nation's appathons,… Read more
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Weather challenges could be opportunities for smart cities
10 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Flood-control and power-grid investments are expensive, but Hoornweg, who is also Ontario’s chief safety and risk officer, said Toronto and its neighbours in the Greater Golden Horseshoe already have measures… Read more
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CityAge conference explores the big ideas that make city living attractive
09 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
Municipal governments planning attractive urban centres would do well to satisfy Generation Y and they should also build urban features appreciated by women, who will make up two-thirds of the white-collar… Read more
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CityAge conference Oct. 9-10 looks at challenges, opportunities of urbanization
03 October 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured
We are trying to integrate planning and transportation infrastructure. Economic development is intimately related to planning issues and infrastructure issues. The real premise underlying CityAge is that… Read more
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Techtoberfest adds rock-star keynotes to lineup
27 September 2013 | By Meghan Kreller in: Featured
Find out more about the lineup of the Techtoberfest 2013, the two-day celebration of entrepreneurship Read more