Sectigo, a New Jersey-based web security solutions provider, acquired Scottsdale-based SiteLock earlier this month. SiteLock is a leading provider of website security protection and monitoring. Through this acquisition, Sectigo expands its product capabilities and network, and gains more than 16 million websites currently protected by SiteLock. Demand for web security hit an all-time high as … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic cost the United States over 22 million jobs. The U.S. is 8 million jobs short of where we were in February 2020. Even so, Arizona job growth is increasing. It won’t be slowing down any time soon, as the state economy recovers faster than the rest of the country. Amid the country’s … Read more
The world’s largest chipmaker looks to double down on Arizona. Reuters reports that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) may build several new semiconductor facilities, or fabs, in Arizona, in addition to an already planned fab in Phoenix. TSMC currently manufactures most of its chips in Taiwan, with older facilities in China and Washington state. But … Read more
Scottsdale-based Defendry is using technology to identify and reduce the number of mass shootings across the country. These kinds of tragedies were once fairly rare, but now there’s a news alert much too often about a gunman shooting up a school, church, movie theater or grocery store. This year, at least 104 mass shootings have … Read more
Ruby, a Portland-based live virtual receptionist and chat company, is looking to expand its presence in Arizona by hiring a number of positions here. Positions range widely from virtual receptionists to sales and marketing. The company is also looking to hire account executives and a VP of revenue operations. The majority of the open positions … Read more
Global medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has announced plans to build a $65 million state-of-the-art facility in Tucson. The new 120,000 square-foot facility will be a hub for the company’s supply chain and will serve as a final-stage manufacturing and sterilization center. The site is 32 acres and located on the northeast … Read more
Postscript is bringing one-on-one human connection to e-commerce by way of our text inboxes. Postscript CMO Mike Manheimer says that text messaging, when done correctly, has the potential to be “magical” for e-commerce companies. And yes, he used the word magical. Manheimer says that not only can SMS messaging offer customers a better experience, it … Read more
Arizona is taking a stand against big tech. App developers and users in Arizona may no longer be subject to the payment monopoly of Apple and Google. A major amendment to Arizona House Bill 2005 passed in the House Wednesday by 31-29, and will now move on to the state Senate, making it one step … Read more
LighthousePE has appointed Andrew Steele as the company’s new CEO. This announcement marks a new chapter for the Phoenix-based mobile engagement platform. Steele has more than 25 years of experience behind him. He’s founded and led several Arizona-based companies, including BeckonCall, Growthplane and Breezing Co., as well as a few California-based companies. The company boasts … Read more
The option to undo mistakes with the click of a button is one that software engineers haven’t had before when making changes in Git, until today. Axosoft, the project management software company, released their new developer tool GitKraken, in private beta, at Git Hub Universe in San Francisco last week. “We have been working on … Read more