Unifying the IP Governance Landscape

by Mike Hunter

Each regional internet registry (RIR) has its own specific set of policies governing its pool of Internet Protocol (IP) resources. However, inconsistencies across registries’ regulatory rules make it difficult for them to meet the increasing expectations of businesses as well as match the industry’s fast-paced growth. According to Aistis Zenkevičius, director of R&D at … [More]

Leading Scottsdale-Based CRM Platform Continues Its Long-Standing Commitment to Innovation

Act!

Act!, a leading customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation platform provider for small and medium-sized businesses, released new products, saw significant business growth, and earned recognition of its empowering work environment and productive company culture in 2021. Throughout the year, Act! continued to demonstrate its long-standing commitment to … [More]

4 Skills Everyone Needs to Thrive in a Digital Future

by Lee Lazarus and Janine Kurnoff 

There’s a lot of talk these days about disruption and the constant change we all seem to experience at faster and faster speeds. In the past decade, every industry worldwide has been impacted by the rise of technology, people and interactivity coming together to create an explosion of new products and services that did not even exist 10 years ago. Who could believe that one day … [More]

Identity Authentication Causes Consumer Frustration

by Donovan Neale-May

Frustration with cumbersome and repetitive authentication processes are overwhelmingly causing consumers to search for brands and digital experiences that securely unify and simplify identity verification, according to a new report by the Business Performance Innovation Network and CMO Council, entitled “Authentication Frustration. How Companies Lose Customers in The Digital … [More]

Text Marketing 101

by Clate Mask

In my experience, the key to business success is communicating the right message to the right clients at the right time. When businesspeople communicate effectively with current and prospective clients, they can increase conversion, reduce churn and build long-term relationships that result in more sales. But engaging with customers and prospects can be difficult if the … [More]

GitKraken Gains Git Strength, Adding GitLens and GitLens’ Creator

by Mike Hunter

GitKraken, creator of the world’s leading Git GUI and CLI, recently acquired GitLens, the most popular Git extension for Visual Studio Code. GitLens was created by Eric Amodio in 2016, and has since been developed and maintained nearly exclusively by Amodio in his spare time. He joins GitKraken and will serve as the company’s chief technology officer, to lead GitLens and … [More]

AZ Inno: A New National Effort Wants to Focus on the Long Game for Microchips

inbusinessPHX.com

Amid high demand for microchips, there is a new, national effort to chart the future of the U.S. semiconductor industry — and it runs right through Arizona. The National Semiconductor Economic Roadmap, known as NSER (pronounced like “answer”), launched on September 28, 2021, with a mission to “boost U.S. semiconductor competitiveness through a focus on the workforce, … [More]

New Web App Design Streamlines Hiring for Risk Management and EHS Professionals

YellowBird

YellowBird, a nationwide gig economy marketplace that matches vetted Risk Management and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) professionals with businesses on-demand, has redesigned its web app to streamline its pairing process. YellowBird’s new Web App 2.5 includes an updated look and better functionality using Artificial Intelligence to compare thousands of data points … [More]

Checkout-Free Technology Introduced at Multiple Arizona Circle K Stores

Grabango

Grabango, a leading provider of checkout-free technology for existing grocery and convenience stores, today announced the first-ever multi-store rollout in select Arizona Circle K stores. Grabango’s checkout-free solution is now available across six Circle K stores in the greater Tucson area. The six Circle K locations where shoppers can checkout with Grabango and easily skip … [More]

Eric Miller, PADT

from Eric Miller

Technology is so much a part of our lives that we take most of it for granted. We notice it only when there’s a quantum leap in innovation that disrupts our standard way of doing things, our processes at work and our habits at home.  Arizona’s technology ecosystem, like that in many other states across the nation, is thriving due to the critical role it’s played in our … [More]