JDA software, the leading provider of end-to-end, integrated retail and supply chain planning and execution solutions for more than 4,000 customers worldwide, is full steam ahead and overhauled its image to appeal to the next generation of execs and customers. Let’s face it JDA hasn’t updated their logo in forever, their outfacing messaging is meh, customers have lost … Read more
For all of you adrenaline junkies out there who skydive and jump from extreme heights, there is a new kind of rush…space jumping. Alan Eustace, a Google vice president, broke a world record for parachute jumping after diving from the stratosphere with the help of Tucson-based Paragon Space Development Corporation. [youtube]http://youtu.be/T711k05nJmw[/youtube] Eustace was carried into … Read more
Every time you use a computer, you leave behind a record of what you do, what programs you use and plenty of personal information. Tucson-based startup Avirtek wants to harness those digital fingerprints to help protect you. They call it user cyber-DNA. The company, born in a University of Arizona laboratory, offers software solutions to … Read more
Last month at AZTB Lunch and Learn, Matthew O’Brien, Founder Mint Social, was the super ninja with his advice on how to build out one piece of content into a full-blown campaign using 10 plus social media platforms, as well as boosting your influence online. O’Brien said content needs to be organized into three buckets … Read more
This week’s edition of Gadgets for the Guru is all about securing your personal content. Eggcyte The Egg, a personalized web server, aims to solve the issue of relying on big data companies for cloud storage, without the privacy concerns or monthly fees. The device itself is rather small and feels smooth and … Read more
This week’s edition of Weekend Reads focuses image management, work styles and marketing to the puzzling millennial generation. Snarky commenters on social media, computers taking over our professions, and the most influential generation of consumers ever. Sometime overnight, your world exploded. Everything was fine when you left work yesterday. But while you were sleeping, some … Read more
The National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2014 Venture Capital Investments report of the top 20 metropolitan areas receiving funding through September 30, 2014. As expected, startups in the tech bubble, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, received about half the funding. According the report, investments focused on startups in SaaS, telecom and business services. … Read more
It’s settled, GT Advanced Technologies Inc has reached an agreement with Apple Inc. According to a statement from GT, they would be released from all exclusivity obligations under its various agreements with Apple. While GT will retain ownership of all production assets from Mesa, they will recover Apple $439 million pre-payment made to GT over … Read more
Who needs cash for their startup? Hey founders, you could score some serious cash at the Arizona Commerce Authority Innovation Challenge, where you could win up to $250,000. The business plan competition gives startups and other early-stage companies the chance to compete for up to a quarter million dollars each to help take their ideas … Read more
Two minutes, 15 companies, three winners. Last night 15 Arizona startups competed and pitched to a room full of investors and entrepreneurs at the TiE AZ Fast Pitch Event to win a slot in the upcoming Venture Madness competition, where startups have the opportunity to win a piece of the $50,000 prize, and TiE AZ Venture Capital pitch event, … Read more