National stage for SBU’s computer-science center
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s cutting-edge Institute for Advanced Computational Science will play a key role in a national effort to give Big Data power to thousands of new…
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A+ Technology: New England is hot, but LI is home
By GREGORY ZELLER // The recent opening of A+ Technology and Security Solutions’ Connecticut satellite office doesn’t signal the pending defection of one of Long Island’s brighter tech stars. Instead,…
Moiety scores KiwiTech collaboration
By GREGORY ZELLER // A mobile scheduling app targeting divorced co-parents just got hitched. Woodbury-based Moiety Inc., a subsidiary of Aeonic Corp. and creator of The Moiety App, has announced…
Zuznow is now making up for lost time
By GREGORY ZELLER // A visa snafu might have slowed the works a bit, but Israeli import Zuznow has taken it all in stride. The Tel Aviv-based startup is finally…
Updating you on: Graphometric startup Web4Sign
By GREGORY ZELLER // There are good signs at Web4Sign, where everything is proceeding as planned. The graphometrically inclined Italian import has completed its move into Stony Brook University’s Center…
Geek Squad will roll in the Prius C
The Geek Squad is getting a little less geeky. Best Buy’s technical support unit will begin replacing its signature Volkswagen Beetles with Toyota’s Prius C hybrids, the company announced, each…
Famularo to head ERwin, move HQ to LI
Tampa-based software firm ERwin Inc. plans to move its executive offices to Long Island. Makes sense: Newly minted CEO Adam Famularo lives in Garden City. Famularo, a former CA executive…
Extended beta complete, meet Bettr for iOS
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bettr late than never. Originally scheduled to go live in December, Bettr – the social media-management app invented by Hofstra University chums James Knaus and Ashish…
Back story: How FLI Charge took flight
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mission impossible: a six-week window to prepare a functional but unattractive wireless charging-pad prototype for the glaring spotlight of the nation’s largest consumer-electronics showcase. Impossible, at…
For Landscaper Outlet, the green is all online
By GREGORY ZELLER // How old school is East Norwich-based Martin Viette Nurseries? Consider: Russ Ireland is the third Russ Ireland to run the family business. Ireland – actually Russ…
From Greg Artzt, 911 for 21st Century technology
By GREGORY ZELLER // He may have hung his shingle in North Carolina, but tech entrepreneur Greg Artzt sticks close to his Long Island roots. Artzt, the son of legendary…
A demand for Nomorobo-styled call blocking
By GREGORY ZELLER // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s call for telecommunications carriers to make robocall-blocking technologies available free to landline and cellphone customers could be trajectory-changing news for Nomorobo, the…
Russ Artzt: Still measuring life in ones and zeros
By GREGORY ZELLER // Old programmers never die. They just code away. For renowned digital developer Russ Artzt, that means there’s a life after CA. The cofounder of what started…
Wheels up for Stony Brook’s FlightPartner
By GREGORY ZELLER // Now boarding: FlightPartner. Just 13 months since incorporating, FlightPartner Technologies Inc., is ready to launch its namesake B2B subscription service, designed to connect travel brokers to…
Verint buys Virginia ‘customer care’ firm
Verint Systems Inc. has acquired a Virginia-based cloud- and mobile-solutions firm, moving the Melville software company a step closer to global actionable-intelligence supremacy. The undisclosed deal for Contact Solutions, a…