Lumension and FrontRange merger brings new jobs to Scottsdale

Scottsdale based IT security provider Lumension and IT infrastructure organizer FrontRange have teamed up and merged to create HEAT Software. HEAT Software will be headquartered in California with offices staying in Scottsdale where Lumension was formerly headquartered. After the merger, HEAT Software will consist of over 350 employees with about 50 percent of those employees … Read more

Waste Management Phoenix Open turns into one giant hot spot

Golf fans attending the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open can selfie and upload with speed  during tournament with help from additional cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots. This year Cox Business has turned the entire golf course into one giant Wi-Fi hot spot. They also added more than a dozen new Wi-Fi wireless access points between the 16th and … Read more

SF-based Revel Systems expands to Scottsdale bringing jobs

Revel Systems, a San Francisco-based iPad point-of-sale provider, announced their expansion to Scottsdale and adding 160 new jobs over the next three years. The Revel mantra is to empower merchants by providing a complete end-to-end commerce platform that can fit any size of business. Their systems can be found in enterprise food service and retail … Read more

Zenefits taps Yammer founder David Sacks for COO position

Zenefits, a company that offers cloud management of human resources, announced on Wednesday that David Sacks, founder and former CEO of Yammer, will be its new COO. Sacks has been involved in startups and the tech industry since the 1990s, when he joined PayPal as its COO. More recently, Microsoft purchased his company Yammer in … Read more

Video: Galleria tech companies bring flavor to Old Town Scottsdale

If you’ve been to Old Town Scottsdale in the past year, you may have seen something a little different than the standard stretch of quirky shops, night clubs and great restaurants. Tech companies have been moving to Old Town to take advantage of the area’s abundant space and walkability, and bringing their own style and … Read more

Yodle adds 12,000 sq ft and 100 jobs

Yodle, a New York-based online marketing tech company, announced this week that it will be expanding its presence in Scottsdale, Ariz. Yodle is expanding its office at Arizona State University’s SkySong and is looking to add 100 positions over the next year. The new office adds an additional 12,000 square feet to Yodle’s operations, giving … Read more

Weebly opens its Scottsdale HQ, ping-pong table and all

Weebly, a website creation service based out of San Francisco, is the latest company to open its doors in the Valley of the Sun. Last week, the company unveiled its new North American customer operations headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., which will serve more than two million Weebly customers. Complete with a ping-pong table, the 25,000-square-foot … Read more

Weebly to bring 250 new jobs to its new Scottsdale office

Weebly, a global service that lets everyone create a high-quality website that they are proud to share, has signed a 25,000-square-foot office lease in Scottsdale, Ariz. The office space will serve as the company’s North American customer operations headquarters to support its growing customer base. Weebly’s expansion to Scottsdale will comprise a considerable impact on … Read more

TASER authorizes stock buy-back program

TASER International, Inc., headquartered in Scottsdale, announced that the Board of Directors approved a stock buy-back program authorizing the company to purchase up to $30 million of the company’s common stock; subject to SEC regulations, stock market conditions and corporate considerations. TASER anticipates adopting a stock trading plan (the “Plan”) established in accordance with Rule … Read more

ASU and Scottsdale Libraries Will Launch "Eureka" Co-working Spaces

ASU Venture Catalyst and the Scottsdale Public Library system are launching a new initiative called the Alexandria Network to help inventors, problem-solvers, social enterprises, entrepreneurs and small businesses. The Alexandria Network is designed to provide support for the innovation economy within designated libraries, creating a network of locations across the greater Phoenix area, and eventually across the … Read more