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• Federal contracts (April 22-28)
  Capital Office Interiors Ltd. 16 Antares Dr. Description: Furniture systems and free-standing furniture Buyer: PWGSC $6,832,159 AMTEK ...
• Feds seek 75,000 square feet of downtown space
  The occupancy date likely excludes Morguard's new office tower
• BOMA Awards honour Ottawa's best in commercial...
  The Ottawa branch of the Building Owners and Managers Association, better known as BOMA, feted more than a dozen companies and individuals this ...
• PSP terminates takeover
  A press release did not state the reason for termination of the deal with ArmorWorks Enterprises LLC, which was first announced last month. A ...
• Adobe draws Acquity to Ottawa
  Earlier in the year, Acquity won partner of the year for its work in selling Adobe's products to several Fortune 500 companies and for promoting ...
• Ottawa firms asked to help draft open web standards
  The World Wide Web Consortium’s aim is to develop standards that allow the Internet to be accessible to all, regardless of hardware, software, ...
• DirectBuy franchise re-opens
  All memberships remain active and the company has offered free one-month extensions to existing members. The chain offers members discount prices ...
• Who's doing deals in Ottawa?
  A large banking institution in Qatar has standardized on March Networks' video surveillance and software applications. The technology is intended ...
• Calian Q2 profits up 13%
  The technology services seller consists of two divisions, the business and technology services division which is headquartered in Ottawa, and the ...
• WiLAN Q1 earnings jump 46% on lower revenues
  Earnings were $15.4 million, or 13 cents a share, compared with $10.5 million or nine cents a share in Q1 2011. In the same time period, revenues ...
• Housing starts decline 1.1% in April
  Apartment-style housing increased nearly 600 per cent to 153 starts, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., in stark contrast to ...
• Ottawa firms receive $1.9M in federal funding
  These businesses will be able to leverage $3.9 million from venture capital and angel investors as a result of the federal funding, a release ...
• Bearskin brings back North Bay service
  The company said it would fly planes twice a day on weekdays between the two cities, and also have a flight going through Sudbury. Weekend ...
• Who's doing deals in Ottawa?
  S.i. Systems has received a $510,300 supply arrangement from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. The contract is for consulting ...
• Federal contracts (May 15-21)
  Maplesoft Consulting Inc. 408 Churchill Ave. Description: Professional services Buyer: DND $4,385,734 TPG Technology Consulting Ltd. 887 ...
• Contracting begins on Highway 174, Road 17 upgrades
  Thursday was the deadline for contractors to submit proposals to the request for qualifications to help the two entities perform an environmental ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #10 - Design 1st
  "The fundamental value of the Wi-Fi network is BelAir software, but it all fails if water gets into it," says Kevin Bailey, founder and president ...
• Federal contracts (May 8-14)
  Promaxis Systems Inc. Description: Technical data maintenance services Buyer: DND $6,655,873 Wesco Distribution Canata LP 2320 St. Laurent ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #9 - TeraMach Technologies
  When the company was founded, it was dedicated to a single vendor and focused on one piece of technology - enterprise Unix servers, recalls ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #8 - Crank Software
  That's good news for Ottawa's Crank Software, which provides a tool suite allowing designers and embedded engineers to create rich user ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #7 - KTL Group
  "The secret to our success is being nimble enough to react to the changing conditions without going under," says KTL Group CEO Matthew Harding. ...
• Micheál Kelly leaving Telfer
  Micheál Kelly is leaving his current post at the University of Ottawa to become dean of the Laurier School of Business & Economics. ...
• Resale home prices up 3.7%
  The average resale condo price was $272,851 in April, up 6.7 per cent from a year earlier.Residential property prices rose by 2.6 per cent ...
• JDSU sees revenue drop in Q3
  The California-based firm, which has a large presence in Ottawa, posted US$409.2 million in GAAP revenues for the quarter ending March 31, ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #6 - TrueNorth Avionics
  Since the company's inception in 2006, the goal has been to not just provide an office in the sky, but a lifestyle.The company's focus is to ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #5 - Optelian
  After years of organic growth, the optical networking technology maker bought Vancouver's Versawave Technologies Inc. in January for an ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #4 - TradeMerit
  The recession of 2009-10 encouraged him to sell his services to emerging markets overseas. A lack of interest among manufacturing giants in ...
• UPDATE: Seprotech releases reverse takeover plans
  Under the arrangement, Seprotech would consolidate its shares on a 10-to-one basis and then acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #3 - Stratford Managers
  "The quality of advice that a company can tap into will sometimes determine the extent of its success," says Mr. Roche, adding that it can come ...
• FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES - #2 - StoneShare
  Microsoft SharePoint, as in years past, remains the focus of its work. But it now offers both strategy and support services to help customers ...