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Ten Canadian software companies to watch

idc.com — IDC has released a new study that profiles ten relatively small, emerging software companies in Canada that it deems particularly worthy of note.

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  • MatttK, on 10/11/2007, -6/+30Good job. How long'd it take you to come up with that zinger?
  • Zenithan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Do games not count as software anymore? Bioware? Relic Entertainment? Anyone?
  • finista, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15The ten companies featured in the report are:
    * Apparent Networks
    * Casero
    * Coveo
    * Halogen
    * Idée Inc.
    * Loki
    * M-Tech
    * Objectworld
    * Osellus
    * Privasoft

  • TehSwat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11Stop the Canada jokes, seriously get a life. If your going to try and insult us, at least be funny.

    And hell Ubisoft Montreal makes a lot of great games. Sure they aren't on the list, but they are still Canadian.
  • cros, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12Looks like these companies buy from the same generic multicultural-corporate-hip stock photo collections:

    http://www.casero.com/about.html

    http://www.osellus.com/

    Perhaps they all pitched in on one copy - filthy socialists!
  • dburka, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Idee is definitely doing interesting things in the area of visual search. Very strong little company.
  • Dradis, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Of course we have computers. Our King decreed last year that we may purchase a computer for 12 beaver pelts at the local Bestest Buy igloo.

    :P
  • mlerner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I'm digging this.. I happen to work for one of those 10 companies.
  • j.carcinogen, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Would you like to toot any more of your own horns?

    I think people who have the capacity to innovate and/or write good code are not always the types that are employed by one of "the top software companies to watch".
  • borderinsanity, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Links to the mentioned companies' websites: (and product offering)

    http://www.apparentnetworks.com (network performance monitoring)
    http://www.casero.com (private label branded social networking suite)
    http://www.coveo.com (secure enterprise search with audio-to-text capability)
    http://www.halogensoftware.com (employee performance management suite)
    http://www.ideeinc.com (visual/image search engine)
    http://www.lokisys.com (workforce management -- payroll, time and attendance, etc.)
    http://www.mtechit.com (user identity management)
    http://www.objectworld.com (unified communications for voip/fax/email)
    http://www.osellus.com (software development process management)
    http://www.privasoft.com (legal case management software)
  • mendicant, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4M-Tech? I hope they've cleaned up their act. I worked for a company formed from a group of former M-Tech employees. Apparently Gideon has a penchant for up and firing half of his development team just cause he's having a pissy day.

    The other half just leave because of the poor working conditions.
  • moltar2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3All these companies need to rewrite all their copy. It's so 2000. Just bunch of buzzwords formed into sentences that don't make any sense and don't tell me what the hell they do.

    "[...] is a leading provider of enterprise-class software process solutions that help development organizations maximize the effectiveness of their end-to-end processes."

    "[...] is at the forefront of broadband value-added services with its white-label Digital Media Suite, Premium Device-Based applications and Broadband Application Platform."

    what?
  • bimtott, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7Why all the Canadian jokes? Seriously...everyone needs to remember that Corel has produced a lot of good software over the years, and compared to (US-based) Adobe software, there's more and more to like about them as time goes on.
  • prettyha8, on 10/11/2007, -1/+321 pages for $3,500.00!! i pass.

    http://www.idc.com/research/viewtoc.jsp?containerId=CA3EA7
  • three60, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@ fkuall

    At the current exchange rate, $3500CAD is about $3281USD. Many are predicting the exchange rate will be at par by year's end.
  • gadimus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I would've expected Point2 but I suppose it is well emerged...
  • airmann90, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Bioware?!
  • matriculated, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Does Ubisoft count?
  • Endoplasmic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Digital Extremes is based out of London Ontario (met the guys there, all very cool people).

    They made this little game called Unreal Tournament. Dark Sector looks to be just as killer.

    http://digitalextremes.com

    I know DICE has an office somewhere around here as well which is also pretty cool.
  • moltar2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1that's friggin hilarious and annoying at the same time. I hate stock photos (but use them anyways) :)
  • cyberwarriorx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You forgot Silicon Knights
  • willemk, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Any of them web hosting companies?

    no mirror?
  • KRCollins, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Loki Management Systems is still in business, and the company is based in British Columbia.
  • srotman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Um... Loki isn't Canadian. They're located in Boston. Last I checked that's not in Canada.
  • dehvknull, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Didn't Loki go out of business?
  • Error601, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I got 100 more "stocks to watch" in my spam folder. Dug down as spam.
  • sardion2000, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Eat some more fried chicken you stupid fat american.
  • fkuall, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Don't forget, that's in Canadian dollars.
  • themarq, on 10/11/2007, -10/+8Cool, I interviewed at M-Tech about a year ago. I chose not to take the job as I got something at a more exciting company (not on this list) but I admire what they are doing. They have a great product that needs more exposure.

    My brother works for Halogen... damn. I'll have to let him know people are watching.
  • FredC, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3Sheesh. What do you gotta do to get noticed these days. We're in Canada. We make software. We're small. We're innovative.
  • Scheissen, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Adobe > corel

    canucks...
  • fahadmp, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2"STOP MAKING FUN OF US!!!!!!!!!"

    we're a sensitive bunch..lol
  • pyman, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3Is that all there are? 10?
  • johnisfat, on 10/11/2007, -15/+5I wonder when Terrance and Phillip will start their own company. They are the greatest Canadians alive!!!
  • dsendecki, on 10/11/2007, -15/+3Floppy-headed Canadians FTW
  • HideoKojima, on 10/11/2007, -16/+2They have computers in Canada???
  • darlok, on 10/11/2007, -54/+4no way eh

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