Arizona Commerce Authority Announces Semifinalists for the 2021 Arizona Innovation Challenge

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The Arizona Commerce Authority announced 26 semifinalists have been selected for the 2021 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC). The AIC is designed to advance innovation and technology commercialization opportunities in Arizona by helping early-stage ventures scale. “Choosing this year’s 26 semifinalists from a competitive pool of more than 100 applicants for this round was … [More]

Hyperautomation Is Useless if Businesses Don’t Invest in a Solid Foundation

by Kevin Buckley

Hyperautomation is an idea being discussed and deployed by both the business and IT side of many businesses, large and small. In many cases, hyperautomation means different things to each group in terms of expected outcomes. I am often asked where and how business should invest to provide a solid foundation for hyperautomation. I think the answer may come as a surprise. Hint: … [More]

Boost Video Views for Business 

by John Wynn

Video is a main driving force for business marketing success and has continued to grow exponentially. It is important that CEOs and marketing managers dive into this well-known platform to maximize the business’s exposure. According to a recent survey by Wyzowl, 93% of marketers who use video say that it is an important part of their marketing strategy, up from 78% in 2015. … [More]

Tech Enables Car Theft Recovery

by Mike Hunter

As the car shortage continues to escalate, nearly two cars are stolen every minute according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Phoenix-based RecovR is an industry-leading service that locates and recovers a car for dealers as well as individual owners. Its 2-in-1, lot-management and theft-recovery solution has been developed by global tech and security leader Kudelski … [More]

AI-Powered Marketing Chat Solution Rounds Out Seed Funding Round with $3.6M

Botco.ai

Botco.ai, the leading HIPAA-compliant conversational marketing platform, today announced it has received  additional seed funding from VamosVentures, bringing the total seed round to $3.6 million. VamosVentures is a Los Angeles-based and Latinx-owned venture capital fund focused on technology companies led by diverse founders with compelling products and solutions. Botco.ai … [More]

Industry Leaders, States Launch National Roadmap to Maintain and Grow U.S. Semiconductor Leadership

Arizona Commerce Authority

Amidst heightened global demand and a steadily shrinking share of the world’s most advanced microchip factories, semiconductor industry leaders and stakeholders joined today to launch the National Semiconductor Economic Roadmap (NSER). The industry-led effort aims to boost U.S. semiconductor competitiveness through a focus on the workforce, supply chain and infrastructure to … [More]

With Rising Number of Cyberattacks, Businesses Have to Know How to Handle IP Address Abuse

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Cyberattacks have been on a worrying upward trend, especially in recent months. A number of New Zealand’s banking and postal services have been hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, rendering the services inaccessible and causing outrage among their customers, and Russia’s tech giant Yandex has fallen victim to the largest known DDoS attack to date. With the … [More]

In the Dark on Digital Transformation: Industry Leaders Need to Embrace It, But Do They Understand It?

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When his company surveyed business and IT leaders worldwide, Sri Manchala was taken aback about how they were dealing with the urgent need for digital transformation. Not only were most business leaders unprepared to drive a digital transformation, many failed to grasp even what the expression means. “We anticipated that some people might not understand the term, but not … [More]

China’s Authorities Push to Accelerate IPv6 Adoption: Should Other Countries Take Note?

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              In a bid to stay ahead in the fierce global tech race, China has set a goal of running a single-stack IPv6 network by 2030. To achieve this goal of having a single IPv6 networking stack for the nation, authorities have issued time-specific milestones to relevant agencies and operators within the Chinese … [More]

Cybersecurity Solutions Leader Continues Its Expansion to the Southwest

GuidePoint Security

GuidePoint Security, a cybersecurity solutions leader enabling organizations to make smarter decisions and minimize risk, today announced its continued expansion. Following this spring’s expansion into TOLA, GuidePoint is now helping customers locally in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii to improve their security posture. To lead the expansion into these new … [More]