Byron Capital Says Buy Macdonald Dettwiler

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Since 1969, when John MacDonald and Werner Dettwiler formed their eponymous venture, McDonald Dettwiler (TSX:MDA) has been a part of the fabric of Canadian technology. The Richmond, BC based aerospace giant’s Canadarm, a robotic space arm developed in the 1970′s to repair and service NASA space shuttles, is iconic. With the Canadarm literally set to [...]

Despite Sluggish Q4, Versant says buy CGI Group

Last year's acquisition of Virginia-based systems integrator Stanley is helping Michael Roach and CGI Group further open the door to the US market.

CGI Group (TSX:GIB.A) released its 2011 fourth quarter and year end results Friday. The Montreal company, which is Canada’s largest IT stock, beat their year prior results handily. Revenue was up 15.8% to $4.32 billion and earnings were up nearly 10% to $562 million. CGI CEO Michael Roach says the company’s big bet on the [...]

Versant Still Bullish on Wi-LAN

Wi-LAN CEO Jim Skippen. Versant Partners today maintained its Buy rating on the Ottawa-based patent player.

Versant Partners wasn’t thrilled with what they saw from Wi-LAN’s (TSX:WIN) Q3 today, but analysts Tom Liston and Justin Kew are still bullish on the Ottawa based patent player. While Wi-LAN’s Q3 revenue of $27.8-million was an increase of 158 per cent compared to the $10.8-million the company reported in the same period of 2010, [...]

Terry Matthews: Nortel is Gone, Here’s How we Get Over It

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Quick, think of a Canadian technology company with annual revenues of more than a billion dollars. OK, you said Research in Motion, right? But what about a second, a third? The truth is the number of Canadian tech companies with more than a billion in revenue is woefully slim. This worries Canadian tech legend Terry [...]

Is Aastra Technologies Canada’s most undervalued tech stock?

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Considering its financial position, Aastra Technologies (TSX:AAH) is an extremely volatile stock. The stock traded above $40 in 2007, below $8 in 2008, above $36 in 2010, and has now come all the way back down to $13 in 2011. One might expect this kind of stock price volatility for a heavily-levered company with a [...]

Can Poynt and Ortsbo turn Eyeballs into Dollars?

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2011 is the year that tech became sexy again. In the US, Linkedin and Pandora are already public. Groupon, Twitter, and Facebook are surely not far behind. In Canada, the effect has been more muted but, on most days, a small cadre of tech stocks is starting to crash the mining and metals party. Two [...]

Will Research in Motion be Acquired? Three points to consider.

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Ever since the release of Apple’s iPhone in 2008, Research in Motion (TSX:RIM) has been under the gun. Shares of the company have fallen from a high of $148 midway through that year to a recent low of $21.40. The Waterloo mobile giant, despite growing from $6 billion in fiscal 2008 to nearly $20 billion [...]

Five Ways BlackBerry Bold 9900 is a Potential iPhone 4 Beater

Released just last week, reviews of RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9900 are some of the best the company has had in years.

It’s been more than a year since Research in Motion (TSX:RIM) released its last offering, the Torch 9800, a phone that combined a QWERTY keyboard with a sliding multi-touch screen display. The Torch was slow out of the gate, but ultimately went on to become the sixth best selling smart phone in the US last [...]

Canadian Tech Rally? Three Ways it Could Happen

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In the US, they’re talking about another tech bubble. With LinkedIn, Pandora and Zillow already public and Facebook, Groupon, Twitter and FourSquare surely not far behind, the valuations are off the charts. In Canada, however it’s a different story. Canadian listed technology companies are still struggling in the considerable shadow of resource plays. So what would it take for tech to heat up again in Canada? This month, we look at three sparks that could ignite a tech rally on this side of the border.

Tech Sparks: Can Canada’s Tech-Triangle Become the next Silicon Valley?

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This article is part one of of a three-part series called Tech Sparks, which examines sub-sectors of Canadian technology that could speak an overall resurgence in the public Canadian tech sector. For parts two and three follow the links at the bottom of the story. When Stanford grads William Hewlett and David Packard moved out [...]