
Shopify to focus on fulfilment, international merchants after US$124M Q4 profit
Ottawa-based e-commerce firm’s revenue totalled US$977.7 million, up from US$505.2 million in the last quarter of 2019.
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Shopify to focus on fulfilment, international merchants after US$124M Q4 profit
Ottawa-based e-commerce firm’s revenue totalled US$977.7 million, up from US$505.2 million in the last quarter of 2019.

‘2021 will be the year that the world finds out that we exist and that we’re special.’

How Ottawa meeting planners are creating engaging virtual events
With in-person events on hold for the foreseeable future, event planners in the capital are putting a new spin on virtual gatherings.

Data protection software firm Rewind’s first acquisition opens door to ‘massive market opportunity’
The 65-person local startup, which works mainly with Shopify merchants, announced this week it has acquired German software company BackHub.

Calian Group raises fiscal 2021 guidance after surge in Q1 health-care revenues
Kanata firm reported revenues of $116.2 million for the three-month period ending Dec. 31, 2020, up 17 per cent from a year earlier.

Account executive Claude Miron joins Scrivens Insurance and Investment Solutions
Past Forty Under 40 recipient currently serves as chairman of the Ottawa Insurance Brokers Association board.

BlackBerry QNX software to help power Hyundai AV technology
Kanata firm’s Black Channel Communications platform is designed to ensure a vehicle’s embedded safety systems are able to seamlessly and securely exchange data.

Telesat reaches $3B agreement with French-Italian firm to build LEO satellite fleet
Project will pave the way for the Ottawa firm’s customers to deliver high-speed internet to the farthest reaches of the globe.

Kivuto Solutions’ new CEO pursues ‘next phase’ of growth for educational software firm
New boss Mark McKenzie has decades of experience scaling up companies in Silicon Valley.

Ford’s shift to Google infotainment software won’t put brakes on BlackBerry QNX’s ascent: analysts
Canadian firm’s secure operating system remains a key component of automaker’s vehicles, experts note.
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