Technology

Mobile devices, social media and the cloud can improve efficiency in business, but they also can increase data security risks

The results of a new study of startups around the world reveal that Vancouver is in the top 10 when it comes to having the right ecosystem to promote tech startups.

Vancouver's BroadbandTV has hit a billion monthly impressions, the media and technology company announced September 9.

Richmond-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) (TSX:MDA) has signed a $706 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency to build three radar satellites, the company announced yesterday.

Vancouver technology company Ultrasonix Medical Corp. announced January 8 that it will be bought by Peabody, Massachusetts-based Analogic Corp. (Nasdaq:ALOG) for $83 million cash.

A great number of the public documents from universities are glitzy advertisements about the “good things” that happen on campus. …We could not find detailed information on the cost of educating students and their graduation rates in the

A Vancouver clean-tech company has inked a deal with American chemical giant Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) to collaborate on a process for turning used plastics into fuel and chemicals.

Vancouver's Response Biomedical Corp. (TSC: RBM) (OTCBB: RPBIF) has entered into a distribution agreement with Laboratory Supply Company, Inc. (LABSCO) in Louisville, Kentucky, to distribute cardiovascular products in the U.S. to hospitals with fewer than 150 beds.

A White Rock company that specializes in hydrological mapping is getting a boost from the federal government to field test a new satellite imaging system for mapping rivers.

It will be business as usual for the Vancouver employees of Peer 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX:PIX), as the data centre company changes hands in a friendly takeover, says Peer 1 president and CEO Fabio Banducci.