Boot camp rewrites the workforce development code
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re connecting important new dots at the Nebula Academy, where an innovative approach to software development is answering a 21st century workforce challenge. You don’t need…
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Webair reveals global plot with new ‘Master’ plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new “master agent” alliance will introduce Webair’s advanced IT services to an impressive range of potential clients. The Garden City-based provider of cloud and managed-infrastructure…
Northwell, IT ace Allscripts going for the record
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State’s largest health system and a Chicago-based provider of digital healthcare solutions are teaming up on a new electronic health record system. New Hyde…
New home, new partners for ambitious STEAM startup
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s all coming together for slightly nomadic nonprofit We Connect the Dots, which may have found a permanent home – and has definitely identified some promising…
In Merrill Lynch deal, another score for SmartCoparent
By GREGORY ZELLER // An up-and-coming app angling itself as the best friend of the separated co-parent is now offering access to top-shelf Merrill Lynch financial advisors – the first…
NSF backs NYIT team’s critical climate-change mission
By GREGORY ZELLER // With irrefutable scientific data confirming the global climate change crisis, a New York Institute of Technology research team is supporting a multinational effort to digitally forecast…
Evolving SmartCoparent app adds a vital piece
By GREGORY ZELLER // A simple app launched to help separated co-parents manage shifting childcare schedules has ignited its second-stage boosters – and a new partnership with a leading online…
Two billion if by sea, with Island’s new NYNJ-1 cable
By GREGORY ZELLER // They like to be under the sea at Cleareon Fiber Networks, a data-transmission specialist that’s happy to have its headquarters in New York City, but prefers…
Hauppauge innovator ups its video-surveillance game
By GREGORY ZELLER // Making good on a promise by CEO Pat Lavelle, Voxx International Corp. has unveiled a new line of “innovative public safety products” focused heavily on video…
Homeland Security coming for Westbury hackers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A multistate hacking effort centered in Westbury has attracted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s attention – and agents are coming. But no arrests are imminent:…
Comtech inks $96.2M in new emergency-call contracts
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-based communications cornerstone will manage a 911 emergency network and wireless 911 services affecting millions of U.S. customers, according to a series of new…
Digital-writing pro lends a hand to the caregivers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new alliance with a national caregiver-support network is among the biggest deals to date for digital-writing specialist FJD & Associates. The 2010 Westbury-based startup, which…
Cemtrex closes in on key VR software acquisition
By GREGORY ZELLER // Reality check: A Farmingdale-based tech firm is reinforcing a lucrative virtual vertical with a big push into VR. International tech manufacturer and distributor Cemtrex Inc. announced…
Digital Donations eyes $5M (real) to back crypto ‘coin’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Melville tech developer pursuing distinct nonprofit and commercial verticals has launched a $5 million crowdfunding campaign to help create its own cryptocurrency. Digital Donations Inc….
A profitable pivot (sorta) for Digital Donations
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re thinking big at Digital Donations Inc., as in Big Data. The Melville tech manufacturer has made its bones providing “alternative fundraising solutions” for nonprofit organizations,…