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ORION in the Community & Press Kit

February 9, 2018

As a not-for-profit organization committed to actively supporting innovation in Ontario, ORION connects big ideas, big thinkers and big data through an ultra high-speed fibre optic network dedicated to enabling research, education and innovation (RE&I) in Ontario.

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ORION presents 2019 Leadership Award winners

May 15, 2019

TORONTO, May 15, 2019 – ORION has recognized three parties for their contributions to Ontario’s research, education and innovation communities by awarding them with a 2019 Leadership award at the Advance Ontario conference. This award is presented to those who ... Continue Reading

Advance Ontario: Press Kit

April 11, 2019

Advance Ontario: Advance Ontario is a conference hosted by ORION, SOSCIP and Compute Ontario, bringing together the innovative ecosystem of scientists, students, educators, clinicians, entrepreneurs, politicians, citizens, and more. Communities around the world are embracing the strength of multidisciplinary teams ... Continue Reading

Network Outages: Service restored

April 10, 2019

UPDATE: As of 5:45pm tonight, research and education network service as well as commercial internet service have been restored for all constituents. Please contact ORION's Network Operations Centre at noc@orion.on.ca or call 1-866-862-0554 if you have any ongoing issues, questions, ... Continue Reading

ORION to Host Mobile Security Workshop at Advance Ontario Conference

April 8, 2019

ORION will offer Ontario’s research and education community an exclusive EC-Council STORM Mobile Security Toolkit Ethical Hacking Workshop at the Advance Ontario Conference on May 14th - 16th, 2019. This workshop will help further ORION’s goal to improve the cybersecurity ... Continue Reading

Partners in National Research and Education Network (NREN) complete first collaborative procurement initiative to strengthen cybersecurity for Canada’s NREN

February 27, 2019

ORION has announced the successful conclusion of the first procurement for a national Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure. The SIEM initiative involves a collaboration of 13 provincial, territorial and federal partners of Canada’s National Research and Education Network ... Continue Reading