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chosen the User ful solution.”
Another significant feat for the
company occurred when the
Canadian Forces used User ful
software to create a reliable
solution to connect the mili-
tary in Afghanistan with their
families at home. Currently,
the company is working on
connecting all the school li-
braries in Costa Rica, and
working on multiple hospitals
and medical offices in Ecua-
dor. “It’s an exciting compa-
ny to get involved in because
you hear these stories and you
see these photos from differ-
ent parts of the world, where
there are things we take for
granted, like a running com-
puter, that they don’t have.”
While based in Canada, User-
ful is globally connected and
its software is implemented in
over 100 countries. “Canada, I
think, has a surprisingly large
amount of innovation given its
size and User ful is an example
of that. It’s a great Canadian
technology company that a lot
of people haven’t even heard
of, and Canada has a lot of
great technology but we’re
not known internationally for
it. It’s time that we start be-
coming known for our tech-
nology,” says Griffin. In order
to stay innovative, the compa-
