Ontario Gets High Marks for ORION

What is ORION? It is the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network. ORION is a really cool 3,700-kilometer high-speed network that will connect Ontario's 43 post-secondary institutions and its 50+ publicly funded research institutes and organizations. Why do we think it is important? It is important because "connectivity" is key to synergy in conducting research and it is very important also in applying research results in products and services for the future marketplace.

This will put one of the world's leading optical-based networks into the hands of Canadian researchers. ORION is scheduled for completion in late January and it is expected to be fully operational later this Spring. This is one to follow.

You can download the Ontario report here. It also contains an information report on R&D by Ontario companies.