OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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OpenText acquires solutions partner KineMatik

KineMatik offers automation tools for business processes via OpenText marketplace. Kitchener-Waterloo-based OpenText, which offers information-management solutions for businesses, is expanding its portfolio of cloud-native…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ora Medical gets the BDC Bump

Plus: Halifax’s 3D BioFibR secures $3.52M for automated collagen fibre manufacturing. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein

Plus: Bolt, ex-CEO Ryan Breslow face SEC probe. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Cohere secures strategic investment from SAP as enterprise demand for generative AI grows
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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere partners with SAP, Apple preps “Apple GPT”

Plus: Meta, Google, OpenAI promise White House responsible AI development. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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These two Canadian cities added 115,000 tech jobs in the last five years

Plus: BC and Toronto venture funding bounced back in Q2 2023. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What is Reddit CEO Steve Huffman doing?

Plus: Constellation Software acquires Optimal Blue, Vitruvi acquired by Bow River Capital. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from…

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Montreal skyline from Mount Royal
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These two Canadian cities added 115,000 tech jobs last year

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Here’s how much Canada’s top public tech company CEOs were paid last year

Shopify, OpenText, Telus, CGI, Descartes Systems Group, and Constellation Software all made the list. Executives at public tech companies faced a challenging year in…

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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction

OpenText said it expects to cut the combined entity’s teams by 8 percent due to Micro Focus acquisition. Kitchener-Waterloo-based OpenText has closed its acquisition…

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