IBM Toronto Software Lab

{{Short description|Software development lab in Toronto, Canada}}

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| hq_location = 8200 Warden Avenue, Markham, Ontario, Canada

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The IBM Toronto Software Lab is the largest software development laboratory in Canada and IBM's third largest software lab. Established in 1967 with 55 employees,{{cite web |url=https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/sites/toronto/ |title=IBM Centers for Advanced Studies: CAS Sites - CAS Toronto |access-date=2009-03-31 |date=2006-01-23 |publisher=IBM Canada Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713001409/https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/sites/toronto/ |archive-date=2011-07-13 |url-status=dead }} the Toronto Lab, now located in Markham has grown to employ 2,500 people. These employees develop some of IBM's middleware.{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/software/ca/en/canadalabs/toronto_lab.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320002426/http://www-03.ibm.com/software/ca/en/canadalabs/toronto_lab.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2008 |title=The IBM Toronto Software Lab |access-date=2009-03-31 |date=2006-01-23 |publisher=IBM Canada Ltd. }} Some of these include Db2, WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Customer Center, Tivoli Provisioning Manager, IBM i compilers, and Rational Application Developer.

Originally located in a building at 1150 Eglinton Avenue East in Toronto, the software lab was relocated to Markham on September 11, 2001. The former building was subsequently used by Celestica.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/ibm-canada-opens-lab/article1185217/ IBM Canada opens lab]

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