Nortel’s patents sold for 4.5 billion dollars–a true indictment of the many dollars and years of R&D investment. Some of Canada’s top scientists worked there–it truly was an innovative company (unfortunately with bad management). It is also very sad that Nortel’s leadership, including Mike Zafirovski, did not know the true value of what they had [...]
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The last of Nortel’s legacy sold off
July 5, 2011The Importance of a Technology “Anchor”
June 20, 2011Not a long post from me today, but just a link to an article in the Globe and Mail that explains what RIM’s misfortunes could mean for the city of Kitchener-Waterloo. I doubt that they will become the next Nortel, but hopefully they won’t.
Ottawa Tech Sector / RIM
June 19, 2011A while ago I was going to post a quick something that I saw about the Ottawa Tech Sector from the Ottawa Citizen, but didn’t post it. Unfortunately things didn’t seem to be going well in Ottawa high-tech despite some encouraging signs from some companies. Article below: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/thinning+ranks+Ottawa+tech+sector/4564755/story.html?cid=megadrop_story But now it seems we could have [...]
Motorola’s come-back
September 10, 2010Just reading the EE Times article talking about Motorola’s resurgence. It’s good to see the inventor of the cell phone to be back in the business. The Android operating system really is helping Motorola come back. Will this be Apple’s undoing? Doubtful–but gives the competition some breathing room.
Management Rewired
September 8, 2010As I’ve mentioned in the past, I am somewhat loyal listener to Chris Gondak’s podcast—The Invisible Hand. It’s a podcast that reviews new business and economics books by interviewing the author. Recently I received an Amazon gift certificate and purchased some of the books I’ve heard about from the podcast. Included in that list is [...]
What’s going on at the iPad factory?
April 1, 2010Just a quick post on this one. Read the story on EE Times, and looked a little further into it. This can’t be coincidence with the upcoming delivery of the iPad. Should Apple (and others) reconsider using Foxconn?
iPad is coming! How about paper reduction?
March 31, 2010Coming soon to stores on April 3rd, the iPad is causing quite a stir. Will it be “all that”? The most interesting part about the iPad, the Kindle, and other tablet PCs and e-readers (and yes I know e-readers and tablet computers are really different things!) is what it might actually do to the print [...]
Go east young man (or woman)
March 18, 2010I know this is happening in the technology industry, so I am not surprised that recent business school graduates are seeking adventure and fortune in Asia. I can definitely see the attraction that unattached people might have. Speaking as someone who did work overseas for two years, there is no guarantee of success, it could [...]
Positive signs
March 17, 2010I look through some of my posts and realize that I have a slightly negative tone to the blog. Well, today I will pass on some positive news–at least it’s positive for the industry I work in. The good ‘ole supply and demand economics is working, with semiconductor companies not going overboard building fabs so [...]
Craig Barrett on regional innovation
February 11, 2010Was just reading an article on The Next Silicon Valley website that details some of the talks that Craig Barrett (formerly of Intel) was giving in Ireland. He has some strong opinions on how a real technology sector can grow. I think he has a lot of good things to say, with the biggest [...]
