BCBusiness unveils Most Innovative Companies in 2011; HootSuite, Indochino, Strangeloop among them
Business magazine BCBusiness's latest issue reveals what it believes to be our country's top 20 most innovative companies this year.
Topping the list is the City of Vancouver, with its open-data initiative that floored the judging panel. Mayor Gregor Robertson received an award on behalf of the city last night for his efforts in the field of innovation.
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Annex was founded in 1998 to fill a marketplace need to provide high quality information technology solutions at competitive prices. Annex has since completed 1,000 projects with a 97% customer satisfaction rating.
Vision:
Be the leading project-based information technology service provider in British Columbia.
Mission:
To deliver high quality information technology solutions that...
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Vivonet is a Software as a Service Provider (SaaS)… that processes millions of transactions every month for customers in the hospitality and retail sectors across Canada and the United States. Growing at over 100% annually, our mission is to enable, acquire and organize the world’s retail transactions into the world’s most trusted source of retail performance information.
Enable: Vivonet provides on-demand...
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Zymeworks is a privately held biotechnology company developing proprietary biocatalyst (enzyme) engineering technologies to create novel process development solutions for industrial, specialty chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The cornerstone of Zymeworks' science & technology is its unique molecular modeling platform that enables the company to accurately simulate the physical and chemical properties of...
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Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) is an innovative leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of electronic pay stations, management software, and online services for the parking industry. DPT products provide complete financial tracking, control, and reporting on parking revenue collected by cities, municipalities, universities, parking management companies, private operators, and national parks, from...
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Vision Critical is a leader in the development, marketing and deployment of online research software in North America. The company''s innovative tools - custom panels, interactive surveys, private communities, and 3D Web environments - help organizations make critical decisions that positively impact their bottom line. Vision Critical is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and has offices in Toronto, Calgary and...
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Indochino - is the world’s premier online custom clothier, making fashion accessible for every man. Indochino makes it easy for any man to explore fashion, regardless of size, budget or location. Taking high fashion and making it matter to the general public, Indochino provides stylish suits in fine fabrics, at the best price, with the fastest delivery time. Indochino features an ever-changing assortment of both...
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Strangeloop designs, builds, installs, and supports hardware and software solutions that accelerate the performance of websites and web-based applications.
Founded in 2006, Strangeloop’s original product offering was the Strangeloop AS1000, a delivery-focused accelerator for ASP.NET. In 2010, the company launched Site Optimizer, a next-generation solution that offers a powerful set of features that work together...
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By working closely with security professionals, and leveraging our unique expertise in security, digital imaging and enterprise software, we have developed a high definition surveillance system with unmatched performance. Comprised of a line of multi-megapixel IP cameras, ranging in resolution from 1 to 16 megapixels, and high definition NVRs that capture and preserve surveillance evidence using lossless...
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HootSuite is a social media management system for businesses and organizations to collaboratively execute campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard. Launch marketing campaigns, identify and grow audience, and distribute targeted messages using HootSuite’s unique social media dashboard.
Streamline team workflow with scheduling and assignment tools and reach audiences with...
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iQmetrix is the leading provider of retail management solutions for the wireless industry in North America. Our company values center around an entrepreneurial spirit that focuses on speed and agility, innovation, quality and customer service. We support community-building events and worthy causes because we believe in reaching out, taking part and giving back. It’s a big part of who we are.
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Founded by Vancouverites for Metro Vancouverites over 14 years ago, we were the first carshare co-op in North America. Today, we have built our membership to well over 7,000 members sharing over 230 vehicles in Metro Vancouver.
Our name might be new but the concept is proven. Carsharing is easier, less expensive, and better for our environment than owning a car - and Modo is the best deal in town.
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Knowlton is the Associate Editor of Techvibes.
A Vancouver-based writer and author, Knowlton has been published in national publications and has also appeared on television and radio. He has written two ebooks and more are in the works.
Previously, he was an editor for New Westminster weekly The Other Press and served on its board of directors.
When not working, Knowlton enjoys playing...
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Business magazine BCBusiness's latest issue reveals what it believes to be our country's top 20 most innovative companies this year.
