IDC Canada released a new study last week that profiles 10 Canadian New Media Companies to Watch and our readers will be very familiar with most of them. The IDC study hopes to provide insight into the solutions, go-to-market strategies, partners, and customers of the 10 select companiesvendors. Their lessons learned may provide a model for other emerging companies in the Canadian technology marketplace, and help larger vendors and investors identify partnership and investment opportunities.
The ten companies featured in the report are as follows:
The analysis in this study provides valuable input to ICT vendors, large and small, to identify success factors employed by emerging Canadian vendors with solutions that address New Media. Some of the key findings from this study include the following:
b5media is a global new media network featuring more than 255 blogs on a wide variety of subjects ranging from entertainment and news to technology... [more]
Filemobile is a media management and social media platform, providing services and tools to enable social media and networking. Filemobile’s... [more]
MyThum Interactive is a leading mobile media company, helping brands and broadcasters to build a direct relationship with consumers through their... [more]
The impact of social media on public relations and advertising is fundamentally changing the profession. Brand ownership is no longer solely the... [more]
Viigo™ is revolutionizing the way users access information on their smartphone. Every day, people around the world rely on Viigo as their gateway... [more]
LiveHive Systems™ is a privately held software development company that provides real-time, interactive solutions for the entertainment industry.... [more]
IGLOO develops leading edge online community and social software solutions for groups, teams and organizations of any size. Across the hall or... [more]
DISTIL creates automated teaching and testing solutions to enhance training and assessment. Our highly intuitive and interactive digital games... [more]
dna13 develops and sells industry-transforming communications and stakeholder management software to help established brands and highly visible... [more]
Statusfirm is a company that specializes in building Internet media networks for business, education and entertainment. Using our exclusive... [more]
No Vancouver companies? For shame...
There's enough going on in this city that the reviewers could have at least gone over the Rockies in their exhaustive search for companies on the up and up. Where's Techvibes?
