Listen to the people who do business in Ontario.

Ciena Canada Inc.
With smartphone apps and video streaming demanding more and more bandwidth, network specialist Ciena knew its global telecommunications customers needed innovative solutions to optimize their networks' performance. More...

ENBALA
The Smart Grid is getting a lot smarter, thanks to world-leading technology from Toronto's ENBALA Power Networks, and that's good news for water utilities, power grid operators and the environment. More...

Miovision Technologies
For an example of how Ontario helps build ICT success, take a look at Miovision Technologies. Drivers stuck in traffic jams around the world are becoming unstuck through the ingenuity of this Ontario high-tech start-up. More...

Bridgewater Systems
David Sharpley, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Product Management

"Ontario companies have been responsible for significant mobile innovation thanks to the exceptional telecom talent coming out of our universities. We also benefit from Ontario's multiculturalism, which gives us an advantage in servicing international markets."

Context: Mobile data pioneer Bridgewater Systems' software unlocks subscriber data enabling service providers to manage traffic on their networks, reduce operating costs and launch services faster. The Ottawa-based company's 150+ clients are a who's who of mobile service providers, including SmarTone-Vodafone, Sprint, Tata Teleservices, Telstra and Verizon Wireless.

Agfa HealthCare
Chris Townend, Director of Marketing

"Waterloo gives us access to a large pool of innovative IT specialists. We're surrounded here by renowned institutions, including the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College. We've also received strong government support – the Ontario government is contributing close to $30 million for our expansion – proof of its confidence in our technology."

Context: Belgian-based Agfa HealthCare acquired Mitra Inc. of Waterloo in 2002 – and not only left the company where it was, it made the Waterloo facility its global centre of excellence for healthcare IT. To date Agfa has invested $200 million in its picture archive and communications software that allows medical professionals to store medical images, including X-rays, CT and MRI scans, and view and share them electronically anywhere.

Autodata Solutions
Chris Wedermann, Executive Vice President

"We're fortunate to have access to a deep pool of highly trained technology workers coming out of the University of Western Ontario, the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto. We're also ideally located in the North American market – a two hour drive from Detroit, a four to five hour flight from Los Angeles – and the quality of life means we can attract and keep great talent."

Context: Every month 25 million North Americans use Autodata's web-based tools to help them research and buy a car or truck. And every day, OEMs from Acura to Volvo also turn to Autodata for custom-made solutions that help them streamline and automate their sales and marketing activities. When the company was bought by Los Angeles-based Internet Brands in 1999, it was left in London, Ontario where it began.

FDM4 International
John Cutsey, President

"North Bay is a great place to live and work, so it makes it easy for a company like ours to attract and retain good people. The cost of living is much lower than in larger ICT centres and the quality of life is much greater - our commute times are ten minutes or less. Our workers, who are recruited locally from Nippissing University and Canadore College, are well-educated, talented and dedicated. Our turnover rate is very low."

Context: For more than 30 years North Bay's FDM4 has been a leader in enterprise application software and solutions for the distribution and catalogue sectors. In 2008 the firm expanded into the U.S. to be closer to its west coast customers.