This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Paul Vallée has spent his career championing remote working as a way to bring economic opportunity to remote communities and hard-hit resource towns. Interest in the topic has skyrocketed the past few weeks – for reasons the veteran technology entrepreneur hadn’t imagined.
“While we are cautious about the current coronavirus environment ... it is also bringing more opportunities for us,” Mr. Erba said to analysts Thursday on an earnings conference call. Ottawa-based Mitel Networks Corp., which makes corporate telephony and video-conference products, has seen a 20-per-cent jump in inbound calls in recent weeks, said Mona Abou-Sayed, vice-president of collaboration and applications.
Waterloo’s Axonify Inc., which provides software used by large companies to remotely train workers, has received 30 customer requests for content about COVID-19. It is providing a free package “to help these organizations rapidly educate their work force” on preventive habits, such a handwashing, social distancing and avoiding face touching, CEO Carol Leaman said.
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