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TriCon Technical Services Inc. is a Calgary, AB-based company in the Computers and Electronics sector.
We protect ideas. World leader in fostering innovation and managing intellectual property.
8base, a Techstars-backed company, is a next-generation backend-as-a-service for developers to build and run SaaS and market-facing applications using serverless and GraphQL. 8base is great for anything from personal projects or hackathons to building consumer-grade software applications for Global-2000 companies.
Pureport makes cloud connectivity fast, simple, and scalable with innovative hybrid cloud software. Cloud computing shouldn`t be complicated, so our connectivity solutions simplify the process, while amplifying your results and keeping them secure. What the cloud did for storage and computing, Pureport is doing for software defined networks. Pureport`s multi cloud access solution allows you to establish a dedicated network connection between your infrastructure and cloud services including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
Jim Fruchterman, Benetech`s founder and CEO, was an engineering student at Caltech when he learned how pattern recognition technology could guide a missile to its target. “If you could use this technology to recognize tanks or bridges,” Jim thought, “perhaps you could also recognize letters and words. Then we could use software to read those words aloud to people who are blind.” Years later, after a stint as a rocket engineer, Jim cofounded a VC-backed tech company called Calera Recognition Systems. Calera invented the first successful machine that could read almost any printed font without requiring human training. The products based on that technology had many commercial applications, but Jim hadn`t let go of his earlier idea. Soon he and the Calera team began prototyping a reading machine for the blind. Calera`s investors were impressed that the reading machine worked; however, they didn`t want to pursue Jim`s vision as it would generate negligible profits and take the focus away from developing more profitable products. Jim realized his dream didn`t fit in with the for-profit model. In 1989, Benetech was born with a business model intended to keep costs low for users. The organization quickly became the largest maker of affordable reading systems for the blind. Due to limited revenue to invest in new ideas, Jim decided to sell the reading machine product line to a for-profit company and reinvest the money from the sale—$5 million—to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good. Today, Benetech continues to be a different kind of tech company—a nonprofit—with a pure focus on developing software for social good. More than two decades after our founding, we`ve grown to include multiple program areas and initiatives that provide software to improve—even transform—the lives of people all across the world. You can read more about our work through our four main work areas: Education, Human Rights, Environment and Poverty. As a nonprofit tackling tough social issues, the funds to identify and develop new software solutions come from individuals, foundations, corporations, partner organizations, and agencies. Please consider supporting our work or partnering with us. Together, we can ensure that all of humanity benefits from technology.