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AC Grad I Think Security secures spot in the 2014 Fintech Innovation Lab

Waterloo’s I Think Security was founded in 2010 and graduated from the Accelerator Centre program in September of 2013. The company, which was founded by cryptologist and security expert Dr. Cédric Jeannot, has been steadily growing and launching various products aimed to those concerned with data security.

I Think Security has been named one of eight startups to be selected to participate in the upcoming 2014 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific. The core focus of the Lab is to assist early stage companies in the financial sector to develop and commercialize new technologies, specifically targeted to the Asia-Pacific region. The initiative was launched by Accenture in June 2014.

According to the Wall Street Journal, I Think Security is considering expanding into the Asia-Pacific market. Apart from I Think Security, the eight companies selected to participate are: Advanced Merchant Payments, AtCipher, Beijing Wecash Wonder Technology, FinSuite, iDGate, Jocata Financial Advisory & Technology Services and QxBranch.

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AC Grad Karos Health acquires Medical Insight A/S

Karos Health, a leader in standards-based clinical imaging exchange, storage and cross-enterprise workflow solutions, announces that it acquired Medical Insight A/S in June 2014.

Medical Insight, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a leading provider of universal diagnostic imaging solutions. Its EasyViz products use a revolutionary adaptive streaming technology for instant cross enterprise access to large examinations and reports over low bandwidth connections. Adding complete mobility to clinical workflow and displaying of diagnostic quality images directly from any PACS or Vendor Neutral Archive all without prefetching makes it the perfect tool for primary reading, enterprise viewing, tele-medicine and real-time collaborative group sessions. EasyViz seamlessly integrates with 3rd party applications such as RIS, EMR or patient portals. It is used today in many leading institutions across North America and Europe where it delivers unparalleled access to critical diagnostic imaging information at anytime, from anywhere.

Karos’ Rialto platform, combined with EasyViz, delivers a seamless solution for imaging departments and healthcare enterprises, providing our customers with a platform for clinical collaboration and rapid access to imaging information and any other clinical documents at anytime, from anywhere. The scalability, performance and comprehensive feature set delivers our vision for the future today.

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AC Grad Client Outlook's eUnity™ platform standardized by Marshfield Clinic

Client Outlook Inc., an industry leader in clinical image viewing solutions, announced today that Marshfield Clinic, one of the largest multi-specialty group practices in the United States, has standardized upon the company’s eUnity™ universal viewer and collaboration platform as its default viewer serving Marshfield’s 750+ physicians located across 54 locations and over 17,000 users through their commercially available CattailsMD EHR, which has integrated the eUnity solution.

eUnity™ offers Marshfield Clinic physicians, rapid retrieval of archived studies; anywhere, anytime ability to view diagnostic quality images from a browser or mobile device; and improved collaboration with hospital-based physicians and users within the clinic’s Tier II provider network enabling more rapid delivery of care to patients.

eUnity™ is now used across the Marshfield Clinic health enterprise to display medical images housed within the Cattails Software Suite, the Clinic’s homegrown medical records system. Marshfield Clinic’s more than 17,000 users within the Clinic and its extended Tier II provider network (referring physicians in hospitals, public health departments, nursing homes etc) access, manipulate and collaborate in real-time over full quality medical images using nothing more than a commonly configured web-browser.

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AC Grad Axonify set to transform employee education in the Middle East

Corporate training company biz-group is set to change the way employee education is undertaken in the Middle East with the launch of Axonify. The web-based training solution combines the latest research in brain science with game mechanics to significantly improve knowledge retention rates and business impact.

Axonify will be delivered across the GCC exclusively by biz-group, the Middle East’s leading corporate training, teambuilding and business strategy company. The innovative online knowledge reinforcement platform is a first for the region and is already being used by an increasing number of Fortune 100 companies and multinationals such as GE Energy, Bloomingdale’s and Toys”R”Us.

“The increasing knowledge around brain science is driving the way we deliver learning and is set to ensure training moves away from the traditional classroom structure to a lighter touch, with frequent interventions. This is supported by research that highlights 90 percent of information is being leant on the job, however, 80 percent of training budgets in the Middle East are still allocated to traditional classroom based methods. This is because, until now, there hasn’t been a solution that could reinforce learning and deliver measurable results,” said Hazel Jackson Founder and CEO of biz-group.

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AC Grad LoyaltyMatch Signs Partnership with Blue Note Entertainment Group

 

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Will introduce loyalty programs powered by LoyaltyMatch at its four venues

Kitchener, Ont. – August 12, 2014 – The Blue Note Entertainment Group (BNEG), which owns and operates live music venues including the world-famous Highline Ballroom in New York City, is partnering with LoyaltyMatch Inc, the leaders in entertainment venue loyalty program platforms, to create programs that will be available later this year to the hundreds of thousands of consumers BNEG touches annually through music.

BNEG venues have hosted the greatest names in the music industry for more than 30 years and have been pioneers in bringing the culture of jazz, and blues as well as many other genres of music, to the USA and abroad. The company reaches a wide demographic of consumers by maintaining a unique style for each of its venues, securing exceptional acts across all music genres and consistently delivering great food and service.

“When we opened our first club, the Blue Note Jazz Club, in 1981 our only thought was to present great artists and to offer our patrons outstanding services and products,” said Blue Note president and owner Tsion Bensusan. “We now reach nearly half a million people a year, many of whom come back to us again and again. We believe they should be rewarded for that loyalty. Working with LoyaltyMatch will enable us to start doing so quickly and cost effectively.”

About LoyaltyMatch Inc.
LoyaltyMatch Inc. is a privately held loyalty and engagement-computing company that provides a cloud-based loyalty management and gamification platform. It offers the fastest path to the development and delivery of loyalty and engagement initiatives revolutionizing the way businesses manage customer value. LoyaltyMatch customers include I.M.P. Productions, Clarins USA, Digital Currency Systems and Rewards Lunatics! LoyaltyMatch Inc. is based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

About Blue Note Entertainment Group
Blue Note Entertainment Group owns and operates the Blue Note Jazz Club, B.B. King Blues Club, the Highline Ballroom and The Howard Theatre . BNEG has hosted some of the greatest names in the music industry and was a pioneer in bringing the culture of jazz, as well as many other genres of music, to the USA and abroad.
Marquee artists from Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Carlos Santana to Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Amy Winehouse have all been swayed by the unique ambiance of the Highline Ballroom.

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AC Grad Clearpath Robotics Wins Silver Stevie Award® in 2014 International Business Awards

Canadian robotics company named company of the year – manufacturing

Kitchener, ON, Canada – August 18, 2014  Clearpath Robotics has been named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Company of the Year category in the 11th Annual International Business Awards.

The International Business Awards are the world’s premier business awards program. More than 3,500 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Company of the Year, Website of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Executive of the Year, among others. Clearpath Robotics won in the Company of the Year category for Manufacturing.

Clearpath Robotics is also in the running for the People’s Choice Award. Vote for the company at http://favoritecompanies.stevieawards.com/default.cfm and enter short code M804I.

“There is a lot of opportunity in the robotics market and it’s a very exciting time to be in this new age of manufacturing,” said Bryan Webb, COO at Clearpath Robotics. “We’ve got a great team of people here who enable us to deliver quality solutions and we’re incredibly honoured to receive this prestigious award.”

“We congratulate all of the Stevie winners in this year’s IBAs,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.  “The quality of entries we receive improves every year.  This year’s judges were rewarded with the opportunity to review more than 3,500 stories of business achievement and innovation from around the world.  We look forward to celebrating the winners’ achievements in Paris on 10 October.”

Nicknamed the Steviesfor the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala awards banquet at the Westin Paris – Vendôme Hotel in Paris, France on 10 October. Details about The International Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA

About Clearpath Robotics

Clearpath Robotics, a global leader in unmanned vehicle robotics for research and development, is dedicated to automating the world’s dullest, dirtiest, and deadliest jobs. The Company serves robotics leaders in over 30 countries worldwide in academic, mining, military, agricultural and industrial markets. Recognizing the value of future innovation, the Company proudly supports programs that facilitate growth within the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Clearpath Robotics provides robust solutions that are engineered for performance and designed for the customer – we are your unmanned experts. Visit Clearpath Robotics at www.clearpathrobotics.com, follow us on Twitter@clearpathrobots or like us on Facebook.

About the Stevie AwardsStevie Awards are conferred in six programs: The International Business Awards, The American Business Awards, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  The sixth program, the German Stevie Awards, opens for entries on 18 August.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com

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AC Grad Clearpath Robotics Pledges Not To Make Killer Robots

Waterloo-based robotic vehicle manufacturer Clearpath Robotics is the first robotics company to sign on with the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots “an international coalition of non-governmental organizations working to ban fully autonomous weapons.”

The aptly-named Campaign To Stop Killer Robots seeks legislation and regulation that would block people from having access to or creating robotic weapons that can make decisions to kill without human intervention.

As the main conceit behind the campaign goes, “giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield is an unacceptable application of technology.”

Meghan Hennessey, marketing communications manager at Clearpath, told Business Insider, “I came across the campaign, and [company CTO and co-founder] Ryan Gariepy was on board with their ideas. We’re the first company in the robotics industry to step forward on this issue.”

Clearpath is a five-year-old company gaining massive traction in research and development for unmanned robotics. Its client list is impressive, boasting names like the Canadian Space Agency, Google, and MIT. Most interestingly, this list also includes the Department of National Defense and the Navy — exactly the entities that might want a fully autonomous weapon that can function without a human operator.

“Even though we’re not building weapons now, that might become an opportunity for us in the future,” said Hennessey. “We’re choosing to value our ethics over potential future revenue.”

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Accelerator Centre Graduate Clearpath Robotics Celebrates 5th Birthday with an Interactive Twitter Robot

Source: CBC News
Author: Andrea Bellemar

Watch the live video from TwitBot CPR on twitch.tv
Clearpath RoboticsKitchener’s Clearpath Robotics counts the Canadian Space Agency and the Department of National Defence among its clients, plans to add more employees over the next eight months and has recently built its 1,000th robot, no small feat for a company that is now marking its fifth anniversary this June.

“It was a bit of landmark for us, especially as we approached our five-year anniversary,” said Meghan Hennessey, the communications coordinator for Clearpath Robotics. “It’s a lot of robots.”

To celebrate five years, engineer Ilia Baranov modified a robot so that Twitter users can control its movements through their tweets. (To watch the robot in action, watch the live video feed at the top of the page. Instructions on how to move the robot are below.)

Domo Arigato, Farmer Roboto
The company was founded in 2009 by four grads from the University of Waterloo’s mechatronics engineering program. Currently, the company lists nine different robots on its website, including unmanned ground and aerial vehicles, an unmanned robotic boat, and lab devices like a robotic arm and a haptic controller.

Clearpath Robotics currently employs 50 people and six co-op students, and is planning to grow to 65 employees. The move to a bigger space was needed – the company assembles the robots in Kitchener.

Hennessey says the company will launch a new kind of robot vehicle in August or September and has just launched a new division for custom services.

“We are starting to work with larger conglomerates within mining, military and agricultural divisions,” said Hennessey.

“So we could design both the hardware and the software, or just the software or perhaps just help them out with the design elements of it,” she said, adding she couldn’t expand on the exact nature of the work due to confidentially.

How to move the robot

To get the robot to move, tweet @ClearpathRobotics, use the hashtag #moverobot, and give the robot a command, such as “forward” or “backward”, “left” or “right” to move it. The lights on the robot can also be changed by tweeting a colour.

“I got one that actually said, “Make it twerk” which I thought was hilarious. Who knows, that might pop up in the next couple days,” said Hennessey.

The robot will be controllable online until the end of June.

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AC Graduate Clearpath Robotics named for People's Choice Awards – they need your vote!!

Clearpath Robotics has received honorary status in the
International Business Awards – vote Clearpath today for favorite company

(Kitchener, ON, Canada – September 4, 2013) Clearpath Robotics is in the running for the 2013 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies; a feature in the International Business Awards, which are now in their 10th year. The general public worldwide will vote for their favorite companies until September 18 at http://favoritecompanies.stevieawards.com/default.cfm. To vote for Clearpath Robotics, enter code Y216B or select the category ‘Industrial’.

“This is an incredible recognition for our company and our efforts in product innovation to automate the world’s dullest, deadliest and dirtiest jobs with robots. Robots are going mainstream and this nomination is proof!” said Matt Rendall, Chief Executive Officer at Clearpath Robotics.

Clearpath’s Grizzly Robotic Utility Vehicle was announced the Gold Stevie Award winner in the International Business Awards last month for ‘Best New Product or Service of the Year – Industrial Products & Services’. The win has qualified Clearpath Robotics for the 2013 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies; in addition, it has brought recognition to Clearpath’s ability to develop state-of-the-art, leading edge robotic vehicles. Grizzly, for instance, is the first of its kind to fuse robotic automation and utility vehicles. Any traditional utility vehicle implement can be attached to Grizzly RUV, making this robot adoptable by mainstream users.

Clearpath Robotics designs and builds unmanned vehicle robotics for research and development. The Company was founded in 2009 and has grown into a multi-million dollar company since, with customers in academic, environmental, industrial, and agricultural industries. World leaders utilize Clearpath’s platforms and services for leading edge research initiatives. Initiatives have spanned from next-generation Mars Rover prototypes to autonomous mining vehicles in harsh environments.

About Clearpath Robotics
Clearpath Robotics, a global leader in unmanned vehicle robotics for research and development, is dedicated to automating the world’s dullest, dirtiest, and deadliest jobs. The Company serves leading researchers in over 30 countries worldwide in academic, corporate and military environments. Recognizing the value of future innovation, Clearpath Robotics established PartnerBot, a grant program to support university robotics research teams, internationally. Clearpath Robotics provides robust solutions that are engineered for performance, designed for customization, and built for open source. Visit Clearpath Robotics at www.clearpathrobotics.com, follow us on Twitter @clearpathrobots or like us on Facebook.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in five programs: The International Business Awards, The American Business Awards, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

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Contact:
Meghan Hennessey
mhennessey@clearpathrobotics.com
Kitchener, Ontario
N2C 1L3 Canada
Ph: 519-513-2416 x833
www.clearpathrobotics.com