ClearDATA raises $14M to expand cloud computing

ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced the close of an over-subscribed $14M Series B funding round that will provide the company with capital to maximize its growth opportunities and momentum in the Health Information Technology (HIT) cloud computing market. ClearDATA went back to the well with investors … Read more

ZIVELO CEO moves HQ home to Scottsdale and brings jobs

ZIVELO, a kiosk and digital sign manufacturing company, is moving its corporate headquarters from Marion, Indiana to Scottsdale. The 5-year-old company, which has been called “the Apple of the kiosk industry” will add at least 70 jobs to the Phoenix market when it moves into a 13,000-square-foot space at Fashion Square Mall in January. ZIVELO will … Read more

Startup inKumo seeks to help employees share their expertise

Startup inKumo has developed the Cloud Campus, a cloud- and video-based knowledge sharing software product for companies. This product can be used by organizations to storytell and capture knowledge from employees and use the information for training, marketing, interviews, problem solving, employee retention and more. The Phoenix-based company was started by Bala Adiseshan and Michael … Read more

CEO GoDaddy Blake Irving talks AZ startup scene – video

In my interview with CEO of GoDaddy Blake Irving, we discuss why Arizona is a “favorable place” for startups as well as the challenges they may face in comparison to other tech cities. Blake Irving has more to say about building GoDaddy and helping small businesses thrive, watch my interview series with him at AZ … Read more

RevolutionParts: Simplifying the automative parts industry

Encodium, a Scottsdale-based company founded in 2006 as a part-time consulting venture, has evolved into a specialty company offering software service, RevolutionParts, which helps automotive dealerships sell factory parts online. Early on the founder and CEO Ibrahim Mesbah, along with Co-Founder and CTO Andreas Ronneseth contracted with Showcase Honda in 2008 to develop an automotive … Read more

Startup Stat Coordinations: Saving Time, Money and Lives

As a flight nurse since 2004, founder and CEO Ryan Heck of Stat Coordinations, LLC, has been involved in transporting patients from smaller hospitals to larger hospitals in order for patients to receive a higher level of care. Heck began studying how labor intensive the transfer process was for physicians and decided to create a … Read more

HP Split x2 – tech review – national HP video

Hewlett Packard launched their HP Joy Caravan, a seven-city cross-country tour fueled by social media featuring the best in innovative HP tech. From tablets to laptops to printers, HP is getting the word out about their latest technology for the holiday season. HP asked AZ Tech Beat to review the latest Split x2 as a … Read more

Kevin Goldman, founder of 29th Drive, the 9 step designer+developer dance – Dec. #FLFPhoenix

At the November Free Lunch Friday, Greg Head, CMO of Infusionsoft, gave a talk about strategically positioning ones’ company for growth to another SOLD OUT crowd at Infusionsoft HQ. Greg began the talk with explaining how marketing strategies have changed and businesses today are not just selling to their customers anymore, they also need to … Read more

Secrets to Cyber Monday – AZTB on AZ Family TV

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday in a few days, no doubt the tech savvy are looking for the best deals online.  With all the retailers pushing for consumer’s holiday dollars earlier, even on Thanksgiving, and Amazon updating their deals every 10 minutes on Black Friday, the question then becomes will there really be a … Read more