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Cybera Supports SWIFT Call For Equal Access to the CRTC’s Broadband Fund

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Bright/translucent lines: Areas where SWIFT estimates internet service provider offer service packages with speeds that meet or exceed CRTC’s 50/10 “basic service” target. Dark hexagons: Areas considered served/ineligible to apply to CRTC fund. Last week, Cybera submitted a letter in support of Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT)’s appeal to the CRTC to reconsider its Broadband […]

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Cybera’s Latest Initiative Teaches Data Science Skills to Alberta Entrepreneurs

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The rise of the digital data economy Cybera has unveiled a new service to provide data science training and tools to Albertans. The Data Science for Entrepreneurs initiative provides Alberta entrepreneurs, businesses, and social enterprises with free training workshops and access to data science expertise. Funded by the Government of Alberta’s Community and Regional Economic Support (CARES) program, this

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Cybera’s Case to the Telecommunications Legislative Review

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Last week, Cybera submitted a brief to the federal government’s Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel. The panel has been tasked with reviewing Canada’s communication legislative framework in the digital age, focusing on issues of content creation, net neutrality and cultural diversity, and how to strengthen the future of Canadian media. We would like to

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Introducing the AI Initiative: Alberta’s Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Source

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By Shea Johnson, Founder of the AI Initiative What is the AI Initiative? Borne from the drive to learn more about artificial intelligence, my vision for the AI Initiative is to provide post-secondary students, the general public, and eventually K-12 students with the knowledge and resources to work with AI. Through this vision, I want

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SuperNet Outage

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Category: Network service disruption on the Calgary SuperNet Start Time: Thursday, Nov 1, 2018, 08:23 MDT End Time: Thursday, Nov 1, 2018, 09:40 MDT Duration: 77 minutes This was a wide spread outage and service interruption to multiple services in the Calgary and aggregating communities. Axia dispatched a tech to the site, and the connection

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ConnectIN:Testing the gaps in First Nations’ Internet connectivity

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Getting adequate access to internet continues to be an issue for First Nation communities. But the extent of this problem is still not fully known. In 2019-2020, ConnectIN evaluated the internet connectivity of First Nation communities in western Canada. Led by led by three First Nations regional technology organizations, its goal was to better assess

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Foreshadow: What you need to know about the IaaS vulnerability

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Intel recently raised awareness of several new vulnerabilities that affect its hardware processors. The vulnerabilities, known as L1 Terminal Fault, or “Foreshadow”, enable malicious users to obtain sensitive information from a processor's cache that should normally be secured and unaccessible. The Foreshadow series of vulnerabilities is particularly dangerous in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud

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The Ins and Outs of Blockchain — What Alberta Organizations Need to Know

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By Cybera’s Data Science Team Key Blockchain Terms Smart contract: A programming technology that validates a transaction automatically. It can authorize or decline a transaction, based on whether it meets pre-existing conditions. The smart contract could be compared to a banking program that immediately declines your debit card payment when you have insufficient funds. Open

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Grade 6 Students Learning to Analyze Climate Data and Government Spending Using Callysto

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A class of grade six students from Sherwood Park’s Westboro Elementary are among the first to test Callysto, a new and unique online learning tool from Cybera and The Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS). The Callysto platform was created to give Canadian students in grades 5-12 access to specialized, curriculum-based learning modules that utilize

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Cybera’s Virtual Firewall Service: An Introduction and History

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Earlier this month, Cybera launched a Virtual Firewall Service (VFS) for Alberta’s public sector institutions. In this first of a two-part blog series, I will describe the history of Cybera’s VFS and what the future holds. Part Two will then provide a deep-dive into the technologies that the VFS uses, and how Cybera members can

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Research networks avoid the pitfalls of US net neutrality changes – for now

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Author: Cathy Bogaart, Director, Marketing and Communications, Orion. Undoubtedly, you have seen the recent news coverage about the US Federal Communications Commission repealing Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Many fear that US-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will change the way people access applications and services over the internet, no matter if they are living in the US

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Why rural connectivity is an issue for EVERY Canadian

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As part of our core mandate, Cybera continually pushes for the democratization of technology access in Canada. We’ve seen some major policy successes over the years — particularly with the CRTC decision to mandate bandwidth as a basic communications service needed by everyone. We’re also pleased to see increasing investments by governments (from the municipal

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