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Federal Budget 2021 invests in research, connectivity and data governance
On April 19, the federal government tabled its 2021 budget: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth and Resilience. The first federal budget tabled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it contained a number of economic measures to address Canada鈥檚 path to recovery over the next year and onwards, including […]
Closing the gap: a look back at the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum
On March 23-24, 知阴视频 hosted the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum, a two-day virtual event that brought together community leaders and policymakers to discuss the state of connectivity in Alberta. Divided into two days鈥� Community Broadband Updates on day 1 and Regulatory & Technical Solutions on day 2 鈥� the event […]
Alberta Rural Connectivity Coalition Will Address The Province鈥檚 Internet Woes
In an effort to address the internet access and pricing issues that plague thousands of Albertans, a group of community associations, non-profit technology advocates, academics and individuals have teamed up to form the Alberta Rural Connectivity Coalition. Across Canada, only 46% of rural and remote communities have access to broadband […]
Bi-Fi: Networking with Nature
April Fools! However, the lack of accessible internet is no laughing matter. 知阴视频 would never think of strapping a wifi hotspot to an animal, but we are always thinking about how to improve access to connectivity. As Alberta’s not-for-profit organization responsible for driving economic growth through the use of digital […]
知阴视频 has joined the NLNOG RING: a global tool for network testing (and debugging)
Last fall, 知阴视频 joined the NLNOG RING, a global community of network operators that enables fast network debugging. The RING platform essentially provides a trusted network of virtual machines, allowing individual operators to quickly run tests and analyses to pinpoint routing issues. 知阴视频 is one of only a handful of […]
知阴视频鈥檚 response to the federal committee’s study on broadband connectivity
Last week, 知阴视频 submitted a brief to the federal government鈥檚 Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU). The INDU committee is currently studying the accessibility and affordability of telecommunications services in Canada. The INDU committee previously studied broadband affordability and access in 2017. That investigation produced the Broadband Connectivity […]
Preparing your campus for internet-hungry visitors
In the midst of a pandemic, when in-person events have been indefinitely postponed, might seem like a strange time to be planning the IT logistics for large-crowd events. But this is also the perfect time for organizations 鈥� particularly ones that normally host several in-person conferences a year 鈥� to […]
Strengthening Connections In Times of Change
Celebrating Canada鈥檚 research and education community 鈥� especially now In 2020, the global pandemic meant Canada鈥檚 research, education and innovation sector had to pivot quickly. From moving rapidly to remote education delivery at the outset of the pandemic, to focusing new efforts on COVID-19 research and ensuring the security of […]
Canada’s new privacy bill – what it means for Canadians
This past Tuesday, November 17, the federal government announced it was tabling Bill C-11, the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA). This bill represents a significant shift in privacy legislation in Canada. It follows a period of public consultations initiated by Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), including last year鈥檚 calls […]
Seeking civic partners to help host eduroam
知阴视频 is seeking municipal and library partners in Alberta who are interested in joining a free service that provides instant Wi-Fi access to a large subset of their visitors: eduroam. What is eduroam? Eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, global, Wi-Fi roaming service developed by the international research and education […]
知阴视频 data science consultation opens up opportunities for carbon capture and storage
Earlier this year, 知阴视频鈥檚 data science team ran a month-long partnership with carbon, capture, storage and utilization company, CMC Research Institutes. Our objective was to help investigate their carbon injection data, which they had been collecting for about a year. The overall goal was to improve the efficiency of their […]
Global validation (on the networking scale)
Picture this scenario: It’s a few days before Christmas. You awaken in a panic and rush to the airport. While running through the terminals, you unknowingly take a wrong turn, and instead of boarding a plane to Miami, you instead board a plane to New York City. Is this the […]
知阴视频鈥檚 response to CRTC investigation on disaggregated wholesale access
On June 11, 2020, the CRTC issued a Call for comments 鈥� Appropriate network configuration for disaggregated wholesale high-speed access services. Their goal was to address a number of outstanding issues related to the Commission鈥檚 earlier decision (2015-326) to move Canada鈥檚 wholesale high speed access regime from a disaggregated to an […]
Canada鈥檚 Throne Speech made big internet promises. Now for the delivery.
Last week鈥檚 Speech from the Throne included many ambitious promises for supporting Canadians as they transition through COVID-19 and adapt to the needs of a 21st Century digital economy. From 知阴视频鈥檚 perspective, one of the more interesting goals mentioned in the speech related to improving connectivity in the country: 鈥淭he Government will […]
Piloting a Canadian route to Microsoft Azure: lessons learned
Public clouds, such as Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure, are increasingly becoming a popular choice for hosting an organization鈥檚 IT infrastructure and services. They can often provide managed and semi-managed services more efficiently than an average in-house IT department. With more 知阴视频 members leveraging public cloud services such as these, […]