Ingenia Communications Corporation
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Ingenia Communications Corporation is the name of a Canadian internet technology company that was acquired in 2001. The company was incubated at Carleton University
in Ottawa
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Ingenia became known on the world stage for supporting the development of Canada's SchoolNet
and received a number of awards. In the early dot-com days Ingenia had a fairly high profile at conferences and worked on marquee projects for the Canadian federal government and other public and private-sector organizations. President Karen Kostaszek received awards including the 1995 Caldwell Partners Top 40 Under 40 Award.
In the mid 1990s Ingenia's faced leadership and strategic challenges related to a drive to migrate from a services to a products company. In 1997 Ingenia encountered financial difficulties when an investment deal was not successfully concluded. The company narrowly avoided bankruptcy in being acquired by Stittsville-based Software Kinetics in a 2 year earned buy-out arrangement which included taking on the majority of the company's employees, the clients, and contracts. Software Kinetics was then taken over by Xwave Solutions which is the IT Consulting arm of the maritime TelCo Aliant
.
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
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Ingenia became known on the world stage for supporting the development of Canada's SchoolNet
SchoolNet
Canada's SchoolNet was a partnership run by Industry Canada to promote the effective use of information and communications technologies in libraries and schools across the country...
and received a number of awards. In the early dot-com days Ingenia had a fairly high profile at conferences and worked on marquee projects for the Canadian federal government and other public and private-sector organizations. President Karen Kostaszek received awards including the 1995 Caldwell Partners Top 40 Under 40 Award.
In the mid 1990s Ingenia's faced leadership and strategic challenges related to a drive to migrate from a services to a products company. In 1997 Ingenia encountered financial difficulties when an investment deal was not successfully concluded. The company narrowly avoided bankruptcy in being acquired by Stittsville-based Software Kinetics in a 2 year earned buy-out arrangement which included taking on the majority of the company's employees, the clients, and contracts. Software Kinetics was then taken over by Xwave Solutions which is the IT Consulting arm of the maritime TelCo Aliant
Aliant
Bell Aliant Inc. is a communications company providing services in various areas throughout eastern Canada, as Bell Aliant throughout Atlantic Canada, and under the NorthernTel, and Télébec brands in rural areas of Ontario and Quebec....
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