FirstHand Makes Fierce15 List

Ottawa-based FirstHand Technologies, which makes technology to enhance the capabilities of smartphones and PDAs, has been named to FierceVoiP’s First 15 list. “FierceVoIP congratulates FirstHand Technologies on being named as one of the Fierce15,” said Dan Rosenbaum, editor of FierceVoIP. “By bringing mobile phones into the enterprise, FirstHand helps realize the promise of fixed-mobile convergence.” FirstHand, formerly known as SIPquest, raised $7-million in venture capital earlier this year in a deal led involving BDC Venture Capital, Covington Capital and Skypoint Capital. Update: Ottawa-based Iotum also made the First 15 list (my apologies to Howard Thaw and Alec Saunders!). For more, check out Jon Arnold.