Monthly Archives: May 2012
Axosoft Gets Creative with Recruiting Tactics: Free Geek Toys
May 23, 2012 | Reid Simpson 1Ask any software company in Arizona what their #1 challenge is and the response is the same: Finding good software engineers. To secure some quality talent, Axosoft has taken a different approach by gifting a full line up of … Read More
First Arizona SciTech Festival Draws Over 200,000 People
May 23, 2012 | Derrick Yazwa 2
Arizona’s 100th birthday was celebrated in grand style with the launch of a new annual festival called Arizona SciTech Festival. The festival was created to celebrate the world-class science and engineering communities that call Arizona home–and hopefully convert … Read More
Phoenix-based iLinc Specializes in Web Conferencing Tools
May 23, 2012 | Reid SimpsonSince its inception, web video conferencing and screen sharing have been greatly received by the population for both business and personal use. This technological advancement has been used for everything between strengthening long-distance relationships, to conducting virtual international meetings … Read More
360Vantage Offers Cloud, Mobile Sales Solutions
May 22, 2012 | tdhurst360Vantage founder Mario Martinez II didn’t come to Arizona expecting to launch his own company. But after years spent building custom CRM applications, managing large-scale sales operations and related IT projects at mid-tier companies, Martinez saw cloud computing as … Read More
Kickstarter Helps Pebble, Smart-Watch for iPhones & Androids Raise over $10M
May 21, 2012 | Reid Simpson 10Heard of Kickstarter.com? Kickstarter is a place where anyone can launch a creative project to raise funding by pre-selling the product to the public and using the funds to actually build the product after the sales. You fill out … Read More
Developers Rejoice Everywhere as Google Chrome Overtakes IE for the First Time
May 21, 2012 | Hamid Shojaee 2Do you hear that sound? That’s the sound of developers celebrating the fact that Google’s Chrome has finally overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as the king of browsers in user share. What? You don’t hear anything? Well, that’s because developers … Read More
WebPT Helps Physical Therapists Level Up Your Life
May 21, 2012 | Derrick Yazwa
Physical therapists have an extremely rewarding job that allows them to make a real difference in the lives of their patients. As wonderful as the career is, physical therapists have lots of tasks that can eat away at … Read More
Facebook is Public with $104 Billion IPO but should you Buy or Sell?
May 18, 2012 | Hamid Shojaee 2Facebook is awesome. With nearly a billion users, it’s the world’s most popular web site and thanks to that popularity, it’s the largest IPO in US History raising more than $18 billion in cash (the amount raised is actually … Read More
Scottsdale based Parchment simplifies transcript exchange, college admissions
May 18, 2012 | Christina O'HaverA local data company aims to make the college admissions process easier for students, and the management of education credentials simpler and safer for institutions and individuals.
Venture-backed and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Parchment Inc.’s mission is to “unleash … Read More
CyrusOne begins construction on 1-million-square-foot data center in Chandler
May 17, 2012 | Reid Simpson 7CyrusOne headquartered out of Houston, TX, provides data center, managed hosting, colocation, and managed IT services in North America and Europe. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB).
They have expanded their company into Arizona … Read More