“CY-Fi” brings super-fast Wi-Fi speeds to Calgary’s tech innovators

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Visitors accessing the public Wi-Fi at Calgary’s Alastair Ross Technology Centre (ARTC) will now experience some of the fastest internet in Calgary. The ARTC — which offers affordable office space and business advisory services to over 100 local start-ups — has recently connected to Alberta’s Research and Education Network to provide innovators with an invaluable […]

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Alberta’s Public Sector Celebrates Four Years of (More) Affordable Internet

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Members of the Alberta Internet Buying Group may have noticed their internet bill was a little lower this month. July 2016 marked the seventh major decrease in the cost of bandwidth for the group, which was reduced from $5.75/Mbps to $5.00/Mbps. This month also marks the fourth anniversary of the Internet Buying Group. To celebrate its achievements over the past four

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Doing Science with Data

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As part of Cybera’s mandate to explore new technologies and share our experiences with stakeholders, we are actively looking for new ways to improve our processes and bring value to our research and education community. One of the first projects I worked on when I joined Cybera was our metrics dashboard… More specifically, I was

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Why you should care about internet number resources (and here’s how to get involved)

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The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the non-profit, community driven organization responsible for managing internet number resources in North America and parts of the Caribbean. Anyone residing in the ARIN region with an interest in internet governance is encouraged to apply for the Fellowship Program.

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Data Science – So Hot Right Now!

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Last month’s Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) started with some hands-on problem solving for attendees to mull over: How long will it take 3,000 people  to filter through one registration desk, given there are four possible streams they could register through, sorted alphabetically by last name? You might be tempted to reference last year’s registration

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SDN Symposium 2015

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Cybera will be hosting an invite-only, one-day technical symposium in which participants will learn and exchange practical technical experiences with SDN, OpenFlow, and OpenStack. The symposium will kick-start exploration and adoption in the Canadian Innovation, Research and Education community. It will precede the 2015 Cyber Summit, which this year is focusing on the evolving discipline

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CRTC Wraps Up Hearing on the Future of Broadband in Canada

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Last month, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) wrapped up a three-week hearing on the future of broadband in Canada. Nearly 90 academics, public interest groups, individuals, municipalities, and telecom companies appeared before the commission to comment on the feasibility of including high speed internet as a “basic telecommunications service.” The scope of the

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Disaster recovery cloud resources available to Albertans

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Businesses or individuals who are affected by the fires in and around Fort McMurray are invited to use Alberta’s Rapid Access Cloud to temporarily store a backup of their servers, or get their websites, email hosting or other services back up and running. Available through Cybera, Alberta’s not-for-profit technology accelerator, this free disaster recovery service

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Banff Venture Forum

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Alberta Enterprise is a Foundation Partner of the Banff Venture Forum.  Hosted on September 22 & 23, 2016, the Forum is designed to showcase the hottest hi-tech companies from across North America, offer insight into key issues within the industry, provide a premium networking opportunity and give companies a chance to learn from world-class professionals in

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