Canadian Technology Stocks
A little digging into the business of Edmonton’s Serenic (TSXV:SER) reveals some interesting economic trends. Serenic, which makes software that helps international non-profits and NGO’s better manage their resources, appeared poised to benefit from a shift that many hadn’t noticed. As The New York Times reported at the time, the number of charities in the [...]
Imagine a hospital without an MRI machine. Or a medical centre that couldn’t take an x-ray. If Verisante’s (TSXV:VRS) vision of the future plays out, and some very smart people are betting it will, the idea of a medical professional without a Verisante Aura skin cancer detection device or a Verisante Core for detection of [...]
Tucows (TSX:TC), originally an acronym for The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software, has a long and colorful history of dabbling in various businesses that have, at times, confused analysts and shareholders alike. The Company was formed in Flint, Michigan, incorporated in Pennsylvania and headquartered in Toronto. If you noticed Tucows, it was probably in the [...]
Implementation. When technology solutions enter the public conversation, the assumption is that their practical use is not far off. Actual progress, for a myriad of reasons, is often much slower. Nowhere does this apply more than healthcare. Research firm Forrester estimates that the paper based health information wastes hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Founded [...]
Calgary’s Hemisphere GPS (TSX:HEM) is taking GPS to the next level. That level is the business world, where Hemisphere products help excavators, hydrographic surveyers, even snow grooming operators become more efficient. But it’s in agriculture where the company is seeing the greatest impact. Sales of Hemisphere GPS’s agriculture segment are making gains in South America, [...]
The trajectory of Toronto’s GuestLogix (TSX:GXI), which has grown its revenue to more than $25 million in fiscal 2010, from just over $5 million in 2007, has been much like an airliner at takeoff. In a business that can have razor thin margins, Guestlogix provides onboard store retailing technology and merchandising platform, that helps airlines [...]
Things are changing quickly in the world of fish-farming. For proof you need look no further than the man voted “Canada’s most trusted Canadian” in a recent Reader’s Digest poll; David Suzuki. In what was a stunning reversal to some, Suzuki last year penned an editorial in the left-leaning Vancouver newsweekly The Georgia Straight entitled [...]
Duncan Stewart, Deloitte and Touche’s affable tech guru, says batteries don’t follow Moore’s Law. The law, named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore says that the number of transistors on any given size of silicone will double every 18-24 months. This rule of thumb has proved remarkably accurate for decades. Moore’s Law is part of the [...]
Vancouver’s PNI Digital Media (TSXV:PN), which was once known as PhotoChannel, has an international reach. The Company’s PNI Digital Media Platform reaches clients through retail giants such as Walmart, Costco, SAM’s Club, CVS/pharmacy, Tesco, Kodak, ASDA, K-Mart Australia, and Hallmark UK. The Company’s kiosks are a hit for their ease of use. PNI’s footprint is [...]
Energy efficiency has come a long way in a short time. A typical refrigerator built in 1986 uses 1,500 kWh and costs $120 – $150 per year to run. A refrigerator built today would use approximately one third less energy. Newer light bulbs use three-fourths less energy and produce the same amount of light as [...]
