Press Release
April 20, 2006
For Immediate Release

OCRIRadio.com:
April Podcast explores R&D outsourcing theme with interviews from Macadamian, MapleWorks and Fidus Systems

Ottawa, Apr. 20th, 2006 - OCRI (the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation), in partnership with market2world communications inc., is pleased to announce that the sixth monthly podcast of OCRIRadio.com on the theme of R&D outsourcing is now available online. While some pundits and politicians shake in fear at the prospect of R&D being outsourced out of Canada, Ottawa companies have made the trend their friend and are building highly specialized and successful "nearshore" R&D outsourcing companies. Drawing on more than 50 years of local R&D talent, these companies are capable of building software and hardware products on a turn-key basis. They are also flattening the world in turn by taking advantage of specialized talent pools in Lebanon, Egypt, Russia and beyond.

Tune in to OCRIRadio.com and listen to the outsourcing success stories from three senior executives at Ottawa's most aggressive R&D outsourcing companies - Fred Boulanger, President of Macadamian; Sheila Eddin, President of MapleWorks Technologies Inc. and Andrew Waitman, Co-founder and Board member of Fidus Systems Inc. Then get an in-depth analysis of global outsourcing trends and the Ottawa (and Canadian) advantage with Michael Darch, Executive Director of Global Marketing for OCRI.

Past guests on OCRIRadio.com include Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer; David Brown, Chief Operating Officer of MKC Networks; Richard Lepack, Founder and President of Frontline Robotics Inc., and Alec Saunders, CEO of iotum Corp.

About market2world communications inc.

market2world is Canada's Web 2.0 social media agency, where markets are conversations - dynamic global conversations occurring every minute of every day inside and outside organizations. market2world puts Web 2.0 tools like blogs, podcasts, wikis, and vcasts to work so companies and institutions can tap in, participate, and grow business with social media. For more information visit "The Trojan Mouse" blog at www.market2world.com.

About OCRI

OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation), the city's economic development corporation, is leading the way for Ottawa. OCRI is the rallying point to bring business, education and research together to create the winning economic conditions that allow Ottawa's technology companies to thrive locally and compete globally. At OCRI we promote sustainable economic development to maintain our high quality of life. For more information on OCRI visit our website at www.ocri.ca and for more information on the Ottawa Region please visit www.ottawaregion.com.

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