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In the spirit of giving, 知阴视频鈥檚 Internet Buying Group offers its 13th major price decrease
Friday the 13th marks an appropriate day for 知阴视频 to announce the 13th major price decrease for the Internet Buying Group since its launch in 2012. As of January 1, 2020, the price of bandwidth for Group members will go down from $1.50 per Mbps to $1.35 per Mbps, a […]
Understanding our planet through aurora: An NREN case study by 知阴视频
People have been intrigued by the majesty of the Aurora Borealis for thousands of years. Far from just a beautiful atmospheric phenomenon, auroras help us model and predict space weather, understand the earth鈥檚 magnetosphere, and experiment with plasma physics. Through decades of aurora research, we have uncovered a treasure trove […]
知阴视频鈥檚 response to the Competition Bureau鈥檚 review of anti-competitive conduct in the digital economy
Last week, 知阴视频 submitted a response to the Competition Bureau鈥檚 call for comments on anti-competitive conduct in the digital economy. In its discussion document, the Competition Bureau called attention to the increasing market concentration of certain core digital markets, including digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. The Bureau noted […]
National team of security analysts collaborating to secure Canada鈥檚 R&E network
In early 2019, Canada鈥檚 13 provincial, territorial and federal partners in the National Research and Education Network (NREN) began implementing a new security platform to coordinate protection of this critical infrastructure. The Security Information and Event Management initiative will improve our identification, management and response to cyber security threats, thereby […]
知阴视频鈥檚 response to telco petition to increase wholesale internet rates
Last week, Canada鈥檚 largest telecommunications providers, including Bell, Rogers and Telus, petitioned the federal government to reverse the CRTC鈥檚 August 2019 decision to lower wholesale rates. These rates are what the large telecommunication firms charge to resellers to provide internet services.聽 In its August 2019 decision, the CRTC stated that; […]
知阴视频’s Data Science for Albertans fellowship helps local startup streamline injury claims
In January 2019, Edmonton-based entrepreneur Mike Zouhri was injured in a car accident, requiring him to navigate Alberta鈥檚 complex legal system. Like the other 17,000 automobile injury claims that happen in Alberta every year, he had a complex legal claim he needed help to resolve. In order to do that, […]
Alberta鈥檚 Cost-Saving Public Shared Procurement Service Adds Vital Public Cloud Offerings
Since it launched in 2017, ShareIT has saved Alberta’s education sector nearly $9.5 million.聽 Alberta educators have come to rely on cloud-based tools to deliver classroom learning content, as well as to manage their back-end operations. To meet this growing need for cloud services, Alberta鈥檚 ShareIT public procurement program has […]
Callysto鈥檚 nation-wide classroom rollout is underway
A free interactive learning platform that brings computational thinking, coding, and data science skills into classrooms is rolling out across the country, thanks to new funding from the national CanCode program. Callysto is a curriculum-based learning and skills development platform for students in Grades 5-12 that is accessible from any device with […]
Data transfers and consumer privacy part two: 知阴视频鈥檚 response to Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
In early September, 知阴视频 submitted its response to a consultation by Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada on the modernization of Canada鈥檚 Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). (This followed our August submission to an Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) consultation on transfers for processing.) Comments […]
Platform built on Rapid Access Cloud is deepening understanding of Canadians鈥� online mental health
There have been many interesting news stories popping up recently about artificial intelligence (AI) being trained to identify human emotions. Like so much else to do with humans, reading emotions is a nuanced, complicated endeavour, particularly for machines. But the benefits of having technology that can do this are immense […]
Easing schools鈥� student login headaches with 知阴视频鈥檚 Pika service
Student login management is one of those little-talked-about but painfully frustrating tasks for school administrators. Each year, across Alberta, thousands of student accounts are created or updated to allow them to login to their Adobe or Google (or dozens of other) online tools, which have become foundational for modern education. […]
知阴视频 Wraps Up Data Science Industry Fellowships
After weeks of collaboration, 知阴视频 is pleased to announce the completion of the first round of the Data Science for Albertans Fellowship program. Simultaneous wrap-up demonstrations of the completed data science projects were held on Friday, August 30, at campuses in Calgary and Edmonton. For the past four weeks, 知阴视频, […]
知阴视频 roadshow coming to Lethbridge and Grande Prairie
As 知阴视频 prepares to launch its next 3-year Strategic Plan, we are planning a series of collaborative discussions with our community. Our next stops will be Lethbridge and Grande Prairie. These聽free, half-day sessions will review the digital resources available to聽Alberta鈥檚 public and education sectors to create efficiencies and improve computational […]
知阴视频 helps oil and gas workers find a new start in data science
When 知阴视频 launched its Data Science Industry Fellowship program, we were amazed by how oversubscribed it quickly became. We expected many post-secondary students or recent grads to apply for the program, which was certainly the case for most of the applicants from Edmonton. What stood out in Calgary was the […]
Latency issues in the Edmonton region – resolved
The service in the Edmonton region has been restored by AXIA. The root cause of the issue was聽AXIA making聽a capacity change to their link. Their technical team has now聽reverted that change, and will run further analysis.