Week of June 29

Susan Richards, CMA, vice-president of finance and chief financial officer at Chipworks received the Intuition Award at the Certified Management Accountants of Ontario Creative Leadership Awards ceremony. Ms. Richards created a significant and sustainable cash source and profit generator for Chipworks by reframing the issue of declining cash flow from a research and development perspective.

Corel Corp. has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards winner as Global ISV Consumer Partner of the Year. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology, The Microsoft Global ISV Consumer Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award is given to the global independent software vendor partner that has demonstrated consumer applications leadership excellence.

Kinaxis was named to the 2009 Supply Demand Chain Executive 100 for the fifth consecutive year, in recognition of its innovative approach to supply chain challenges. The 2009 Supply and Demand Chain Executive 100 recognizes supply chain solution and service providers that are helping customers and clients both respond to the downturn and, more importantly, position themselves for growth ahead.

InAIR Environmental

Lan Chi Nguyen Weekes, partner with InAIR Environmental Ltd., was honoured for chairing the Indoor Environmental Quality Technical Committee in 2008 at the recent American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo. The IEQ Committee was selected as one of the Outstanding Technical Committees for 2008. As chair, Ms. Weekes received the award for the committee.

Donald Weekes, also a partner with InAIR Environmental, also received an AIHA award for 2008 Best Seller book. The award recognized that the book, Recognition, Evaluation and Remediation of Indoor Mold, was the bestselling publication for AIHA in 2008. Mr. Weekes was one of three editors for the book.

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Week of June 22

SpotOn Systems Inc. has received IBM Cognos's 2009 Global ISV Technology Partner of the Year award. This award recognizes SpotOn Systems as an outstanding provider of products, services and technology expertise that help IBM Cognos customers improve performance management.

Maplesoft has received recognition for its innovative research. Presented by the Canadian Operational Research Society, the 2009 Omond Solandt Award recognizes Maplesoft's exceptional contribution to operational research and development of innovative and revolutionary mathematical software systems. The Omond Solandt Award is presented by CORS to an organization, private or governmental, that is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to operational research in Canada. Dr. Solandt was the founder and first chairman of the Defence Research Board.

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Week of June 15

Rogers Cable's facility at 475 Richmond Rd. was named Ottawa's best corporate facility at the Building Owners and Managers Association awards. Rogers Cable in Ottawa also won a second award for outstanding customer service in a category that recognizes innovation, teamwork, outstanding service and commitment to clients. Rogers was honoured with this award for its numerous customer service programs and contributions to the community.

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Week of June 8

Five Ottawa companies were among those honoured on the PROFIT 100 list of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies. Children's toy maker PlaSmart Inc. was the highest-ranked Ottawa company on PROFIT's list, in 13th place, and ranked 16th was e-commerce technology firm ThinkWrap Solutions Inc. QMR Staffing Solutions ranked 33rd; Panacis, a custom medical and military products manufacturer, took 67th place and Allphase Research Services Inc. came in 81st.

The Ottawa Hospital was honoured with a GHXcellence Award for achievements in improving supply chain performance. The awards are granted to those organizations that best met specific criteria during the 2008 calendar year, including increased use of e-commerce solutions throughout the health-care supply chain; the number of trading partners with whom they conducted e-commerce; the percentage of orders transacted electronically; and reduction in order and invoice discrepancies and errors. The Ottawa Hospital was presented with the Healthcare Provider of the Year (Canada) award.

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Week of June 1

Enablence Technologies Inc. has been recognized with a 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corp. for both its BAS-150 Broadband Access Switch and its Trident7 8-Port GPON High-Density Blade. The award recognizes companies for groundbreaking achievements and demonstrated vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious award.

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Week of May 25

Amika Mobile has been selected for three industry awards. The company was chosen by Silicon Valley's Telecom Council as having the best communication solution out of 100 startups. The global service provider members of the council voted to honour Amika Mobile with the 2009 Alexander Graham Bell Award. As well, analyst firm IDC has recognized Amika Mobile as one of Canada's Top 10 fast-rising mobile consumer and enterprise solution companies. Amika Mobile was profiled for its innovative technology in emergency alerting broadcasts over Wi-Fi hotspots in addition to its market opportunity in mass notification. The Ottawa startup was also named to the Branham 300 Top 25 Up and Comers list, which recognizes leaders of tomorrow within the ICT industry. Companies were selected for their innovation, uniqueness and long-term potential.

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Week of May 18

EION Wireless's MAX WiMAX family of base station and subscriber station products has been named as a recipient of the 2009 WiMAX Distinction Award from Technology Marketing Corp.'s Internet Telephony magazine. The Second Annual Internet Telephony WiMAX Distinction Award recognizes vision, leadership and attention to detail.

Dr. Paul Corkum, an attosecond science researcher at the National Research Council Canada and professor in the department of physics at the University of Ottawa, is this year's winner of the $500,000 Premier's Discovery Award for Natural Sciences and Engineering. It is awarded annually to a researcher who demonstrates leading-edge achievements in the study of physical sciences or engineering. Dr. Corkum's research focuses on ways to control the movement of electrons as they speed along inside molecules, which promises breakthrough applications in fields ranging from quantum computing to diagnostic medicine.

Kevin Dee, CEO of Eagle Professional Resources, has been named the Consumers' Choice Award's Businessman of the Year for the Ottawa-Gatineau region. This is the second time a member of Eagle's executive has won this prestigious award; the company's president and COO, Janis Grantham, was a recipient in 2005.

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Week of May 11

John Crichton, president and CEO of NAV Canada, is this year's recipient of the C.D. Howe Award from the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, honouring his lasting contributions to the country's aviation industry over the course of more than 30 years. The C.D. Howe Award is presented for achievements in the fields of planning and policymaking and overall leadership in Canadian aeronautics and space activities. The first achievement came while he was a senior executive at First Air, where Mr. Crichton helped shape the modern foundation of air transportation in the north between 1973 and 1990. CASI cited as the second achievement Mr. Crichton's integral role in the successful privatization and subsequent modernization of Canada's civil air navigation system.

McMillan has won a total of 11 Summit Creative Awards, which honour outstanding work by mid-sized agencies from around the world. McMillan won gold for Unfold 6, a magazine for Catalyst Paper. Among its six silver- and four bronze-winning entries was work for the Canadian AIDS Society, CMHC, the Canadian Medical Association, the Forest Products Association of Canada, and the Mental Health Crisis Line. McMillan also won silver for the consumer product website category for its own santyclaws.com holiday website.

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Week of April 27

Bridgewater Systems has been recognized as the global policy server market share leader in 2008 by Infonetics Research in its April 2009 report, "Policy Servers Market Share, Size and Forecasts." The Infonetics report noted that Bridgewater's position as the number-one global policy server market share leader is due to the company's success in the 3G and 4G market.

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Week of April 13

N-able Technologies has earned a Five-Star Certification in Everything Channel's 15th annual Partner Program Guide. The accolade marks the fifth year in a row that N-able has been named one of the IT channel's top vendors in North America. Everything Channel's PPG recognizes and rewards the overall commitment and strength of an IT vendor's channel partner program.

The winners of the 14th annual OCRI Awards have been announced. The awards celebrate excellence in the areas of research, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, partnership, and student accomplishment. More than 60 nominations were reviewed by the Society of Collaborative Opportunities and Advancement of Professionals. The full list of winners can be found at http://ocrinews.wordpress.com.

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Week of April 6

Gordon McMillan has been inducted into the Algonquin College School of Media Hall of Fame. The annual induction recognizes individuals who have achieved excellence and innovation while making significant contributions to the industry and community.

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Week of March 30

OCM Manufacturing has been recognized as a high-performance company of long standing by the Province of Ontario. The certificate presented to OCM Manufacturing salutes the innovative and valuable contributions of high-performance companies to Ontario's continued economic success, and acknowledges that OCM has constantly striven for better experiences and results for staff and clients through high-quality processes and products.

Duncan Klett, co-founder and vice-president of analytics research for Kinaxis, was recognized in Supply and Demand Chain Executive's Provider Pros to Know list for the fourth consecutive year. Mr. Klett was selected for his continued contributions to the supply chain industry. Supply and Demand Chain Executive Provider Pros to Know is a listing of individuals from a software firm or service provider, consultancy, or analyst or research firm who have personally helped clients manage risk in the supply chain, provided competitive advantages and/or delivered value to the bottom line.

Five restaurants and six hotels located throughout the north and east Ontario region achieved Diamond status in 2009 during the Four & Five Diamond Awards presentation.
The list of lodgings and restaurants receiving the prestigious 2009 Four Diamond Award (number of consecutive years in parentheses) includes: Beckta Dining & Wine (5), Perspectives (6), Brookstreet (6), Fairmont Chateau Laurier (12), Minto Suite Hotel (15), Westin Ottawa (26), Marriott Ottawa (2), and the Capital Dining Room (2). The region's only 2009 Five Diamond restaurant, Signatures @ Le Cordon Bleu, won for the fourth year in a row. Just 3.9 per cent of the more than 31,000 CAA/AAA rated lodgings and 2.8 per cent of the 27,000 CAA/AAA rated restaurants receive the coveted Four Diamond Award, and only 0.28 per cent of all lodgings and restaurants evaluated by AAA/CAA receive the prestigious Five Diamond Award.

Objectworld's Unified Communications Server is a recipient of Unified Communications magazine's 2008 Product of the Year Award. Objectworld's UC Server software provides flexible Windows-based unified communications, voice-over-Internet-protocol and communications-enabled business process solutions with centralized administration using Microsoft Active Directory.

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Week of March 23

Centrepointe Theatre has won Performing Arts Centre of the Year (under 1,500 seats) at the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards. The awards recognize excellence in the entertainment industry in Canada and are chosen by the combined votes of registered Canadian music industry professionals.

Albert at Bay Suite Hotel is a winner of TripAdvisor's 2009 Travelers' Choice Awards. The awards honour the world's bets hotels, based on travellers' real and unbiased reviews and opinions about hotels on tripadvisor.com and content from across the web.

dna13 has been named one of four Cool Vendors in CRM Marketing and Analytics in a report by Gartner Research. Gartner defines a "cool vendor" as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: innovative - enabling users to do things they couldn't do before; impactful - having or will have business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); or intriguing - having caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.