MicroAge, The Digital Transformation Experts®, announced the acquisition of cStor, a leading provider of cybersecurity, modern infrastructure, and digital transformation solutions. The acquisition will expand MicroAge's robust digital transformation service offerings to provide enhanced solutions and services for its clients, including a mature cybersecurity practice as well as … [More]
New Spaceship Manufacturing Facility in Mesa
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., an aerospace and space travel company, today announced it has signed a long-term lease for a new final assembly manufacturing facility for its next-generation Delta class spaceships. Located in Mesa adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, the facility will be capable of producing up to six spaceships per year and will bring hundreds of … [More]
New Mobile Shopping Experiences at Arizona Stores
Swiftly®, the leading technology solutions provider for retailers, is teaming up with 99 Cents Only Stores LLC for its 382 stores across California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada. The collaboration will provide customers with enhanced mobile shopping experiences and generate new advertising revenue for the extreme-value retailer. Swiftly technology is powering the 99's new, … [More]
Online: Micro-Influencers Expand Company Reach
Micro-influencers are defined as online creators with between 10,000 and 75,000 followers. The reason it’s a good idea for small businesses to partner with this tier of influencers comes down to a few factors: engagement rate, collaborative partnerships and click-thru capabilities. Micro-influencers tend to be a perfect fit for brands of every kind and size because they have … [More]
A Nervous System for Robots
RoboSkin is a line of skin-like coverings for tactile awareness for humanoid robots and prosthetics created by BeBop Sensors, Inc. the world leader in smart fabric sensor technologies. A true nervous system for robots at less than 1mm thick, RoboSkin is the only technology that fits all robotic body parts — limbs, fingers, feet, head and torso — to make robots “feel” better. … [More]
Digital Hesitation
This digital transformation playbook provides details and guidance on the tactics required to build a profitable X-as-a-Service business model, including digital customer experience, data-driven sales, customer success at scale, digitally enabled partners and outcome-aligned pricing. It’s the pragmatist’s guide to managing a technology-centric B2B company through its next five … [More]
City of Phoenix Names Agri-Food Tech Innovation Grant Recipients
The Phoenix City Council approved seven recipients of the Agri-Food Tech Innovation Grant to help them adopt agri-food technologies and innovations into their operations. The grant is part of the ARPA-funded Phoenix Resilient Food System Initiative, which provides for increased local food … [More]
Nonprofit CRM Tech Co. Expands New Digital and In-Person Events Functionality
Virtuous, the world’s fastest-growing nonprofit CRM and responsive fundraising platform, today introduced Events, an event registration and ticketing platform designed for nonprofits to more efficiently create and manage virtual, hybrid, or in-person events of all sizes for a better supporter experience. Events will give organizations freedom and flexibility in how … [More]
CampusLogic’s New Platform to Empower Colleges to Increase Financial Aid Literacy
CampusLogic, higher education’s category leader in Student Financial Success, today announced an exciting addition to its award-winning advising solution, VirtualAdvisor. The platform aims to fill a large—and growing—comprehension gap for millions of college students. “Students consume a large amount of video content,” said Chris Chumley, Ellucian’s SVP of Student Financial … [More]
Phoenix-Based Namecheap Introduces a Suite of Easy Tools to Power Small Businesses
Namecheap, the world's second-largest domain registrar and a global web services company, officially introduces Relate by Namecheap, a new suite of online tools to make it easier for small businesses to succeed and grow in the digital space. Namecheap now offers entrepreneurs and online business owners Relate™ social media management, customer review oversight, and business … [More]
Scale Up E-Commerce
All e-commerce businesses hit a plateau at some point. They grow rapidly but, once they hit a certain amount of revenue, they can’t seem to scale beyond it. Plateaus are scary but completely normal and totally fixable. With a good e-commerce strategy, businesses can expand their horizons, remove bottlenecks, and grow faster than ever. Customer Reviews Businesses aren’t the … [More]
The Internet – Transforming the Economy
The Economic Impact of the Market-Making Internet, a study released every four years by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), reported recently that the internet contributed $48 billion to the state’s GDP in 2020 and accounted for 135,900 jobs in Arizona. The growth in Arizona’s internet jobs has been remarkable, going from around 37,000 in 2012 to just under 136,000 in … [More]
How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation
Silicon Valley’s genius combined with limited corporate regulation promised a new age of technological innovation in which entrepreneurs would create companies that would, in turn, fuel unprecedented job growth. Yet, disruptive innovation has stagnated even as the five leading tech giants — which account for approximately 25% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization — are … [More]
Phoenix-Based Property Tech Co. Raises Additional $50M to Accelerate Growth
Stoa USA Inc., the company that launched the FlipOS platform for professional single-family home investors, announced it raised an additional $50 million equity round to finance expansion of its property technology. The funding from Zeev Ventures allows FlipOS to accelerate its mission to close the housing gap in the U.S. The team plans to partner with more real estate … [More]
Financial Literacy App Raises $5.2M to Launch Gamified Banking Platform for Kids and Teens
Serial entrepreneurs Scott Donnell and Travis Adams have raised a $5.2 million seed round led by Altrus Capital and a pool of private investors to launch the GravyStack financial literacy app. Key investors include Chad Willardson, Mark Timm, Gino Wickman, Jim Kwik, Kate Wells, Loral Langemeier, and David Meltzer. GravyStack will launch in mid-2022 with a … [More]
Waymo Seeking Testers for Downtown Phoenix Trusted Tester Program
Waymo is taking the next step in their multi-geo operations and launching the Waymo One Trusted Tester program in Downtown Phoenix. This marks the third area, in addition to the Phoenix East Valley and San Francisco, where we’ll be providing rides to members of the public with our autonomous ride-hailing service. A few refreshers on the Trusted Tester program and how it will … [More]
