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Viewing entries posted in 2013
Cybera members have improved tool for tracking network use
Cybera has revamped its CyberaNet Portal, the site for members using the Peering, Research and Internet Buying Group services to access their account information and chart their bandwidth use….
NorQuest College is fourth institution to join Alberta’s education cloud
NorQuest College has joined the University of Alberta, NAIT and Athabasca University in a major inter-institutional collaborative project that is using cloud computing to change the way schools deliver online services to students.
Cybera benefits from Cenovus office furniture donation
Cybera’s staff are now working comfortably in a range of high-end office suites that were donated by Cenovus and the charitable group Deliver Good.
Nine local inventors recognized by Alberta legislature
Alberta nominees for Canada’s most prestigious innovation awards, the 2013 Ernest C. Manning Awards, were introduced to members of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton last week to help draw attention to the important role of technology entrepreneurs in the province.
Cloud experts from Alberta working with world’s elite
Cybera’s team helped beta test an exciting new product called Nebula One, which is being launched today in California by Nebula, a world leader in cloud computing.
Open water data takes a big step
The results of an exciting pilot project that shares climate and water data across international borders, called the Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot, is set to be released to the public on April 16, 2013.
OpenStack developers get some guidance
The first official OpenStack Operations Guide has been unveiled this week.Cybera’s Joe Topjian was one of five cloud operators who wrote the guide, which provides a definitive source of information on installing and developing code for the cloud software OpenStack. The manual covers topics such designing and monitoring a cloud, and troubleshooting issues.To read an online version of the manual, or purchase a printed copy, please click here.
Discussing the workplace of the future
Cybera’s Robin Winsor spoke on February 20, 2012 at an event focused on the evolution of innovative work spaces in Canada.
Gaining access to free (or at least very cheap) cloud resources to kickstart innovation
On March 4, 2013, TEC Edmonton will host a Lunch & Learn series with John Shillington, Vice President, Technology at Cybera, who will describe the computing resources available to accelerate the growth of businesses in the province.
Alberta’s well water supply under watch
Instincts and estimates about rising or falling water levels in rural Alberta can now be checked by factual data through an online platform launched in early 2013.