• Qlik’s Chief Learning Officer Passionate About Promoting Data Literacy Using a Variety of Methods

    Qlik’s Chief Learning Officer Passionate About Promoting Data Literacy Using a Variety of Methods

    Qlik, the data integration and analytics company headquartered in King of Prussia, provides software to empower people to make meaningful discoveries that drive actual change. It helps individuals and organizations find insights in their data to answer business questions. Qlik’s vision is to create a data literate world, one where people, businesses, organizations, and governments…

  • Newtown Software Outsourcing Company EPAM Evacuates Engineers from Ukraine

    Newtown Software Outsourcing Company EPAM Evacuates Engineers from Ukraine

    EPAM Systems, the Newtown-based company with software engineers in Ukraine, is responding quickly to the international danger to both its workforce and its ongoing ability to conduct business. Joseph N. DiStefano, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, reported the corporate concern for the welfare of all. The software-outsourcing firm has about 14,000 employees in Ukraine. Several thousand…

  • Federal Funding to Juice Up Number of Local EV Charging Stations

    Federal Funding to Juice Up Number of Local EV Charging Stations

    Thanks to a recently launched $5 billion program by the Biden admiration to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging networks nationwide, the Philadelphia region will likely soon see several new charging stations being installed. Mike D’Onofrio and Taylor Allen plugged into the particulars for Axios. Access to the battery revival sites is becoming increasingly important in…

  • Philly Tech Trends: Office Lobbies Get Little Noticed Security Makeover

    Philly Tech Trends: Office Lobbies Get Little Noticed Security Makeover

    While the number of Covid cases is thankfully diminishing, do not expect workplaces to take their health precautions any more lightly when you return to the office. As reported by the New York Times recently, while workers have been remote and away, companies have been busy ensuring that the modern office will be much more…

  • Philly Tech Trends: Video Production Isn’t As Hard As You Think

    Philly Tech Trends: Video Production Isn’t As Hard As You Think

    Video production has been an increasingly valuable skill for individuals to have thanks to the widespread use of social media and sites like YouTube. But if you have never tried it yourself, you might assume it requires advanced training to learn. The site My Tech Decisions explains why making and editing videos is probably much…

  • King of Prussia-Based Qlik Prepares for Second IPO with Series of Acquisitions

    King of Prussia-Based Qlik Prepares for Second IPO with Series of Acquisitions

    King of Prussia-based Qlik is preparing to offer another IPO opportunity after recently boosting its product line through acquisition, writes Joseph DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. One of the largest homegrown software firms in the Philadelphia area enables clients — including Honda, Novartis, and Vanguard — to collect data from sales, suppliers, and customers, by…

  • St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Receives $750K Gift for Tech Upgrades; Source Remains Anonymous

    St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Receives $750K Gift for Tech Upgrades; Source Remains Anonymous

    New tech equipment and software is coming to St. Mary Medical Center, yet the Langhorne healthcare facility has no one to thank for the resources to purchase it. That’s because the $750K gift came from a generous donor who prefers to maintain his or her anonymity. The donation will upgrade the technology associated with the…

  • Philly Tech Trends: Create Meaningful Virtual Event Interaction with Zoom’s Expo

    Philly Tech Trends: Create Meaningful Virtual Event Interaction with Zoom’s Expo

    Many people are not the biggest fans of virtual events, having experienced attempts at virtual interaction that are either lacking or feel gimmicky. But advances are constantly being made to improve upon that, with Zoom unveiling its latest in the form of Expo. A new post from Zoom delves into what this offers, but here…

  • Simpay, Trevose, Deepens Its Direct Sales Bench with Addition of Three Vice Presidents

    Simpay, Trevose, Deepens Its Direct Sales Bench with Addition of Three Vice Presidents

    Simpay, a Trevose full-service payments, payroll, and POS provider, is continuing to expand its executive leadership team with the addition of three vice presidents to the direct sales channel.  “Our road map includes bolstering our presence in every state with regional leadership,” said Lazaros Kalemis, Simpay’s Founder and CEO. “The appointment of these three vice…

  • Intraprise, Yardley Healthcare Cybersecurity Firm, Opens HR Firewall to Welcome New CEO

    Intraprise, Yardley Healthcare Cybersecurity Firm, Opens HR Firewall to Welcome New CEO

    Intraprise Health, Yardley, has announced the hiring of George Pappas as Chief Executive Officer. The news of the new leader was piggybacked with an announcement of growth-investment funding from dual sources. Pappas is a healthcare technology veteran who most recently served as Chief Customer Officer and Chief Operating Officer at DrFirst, a Rockville, Md., medication…

  • Philly Tech Trends: Four Tips for Better Audio on Your Next Zoom Call

    Philly Tech Trends: Four Tips for Better Audio on Your Next Zoom Call

    If one or two people have told you they have trouble making out what you are saying in Zoom meetings, you might just chalk it up to audio troubles while chatting online. But if it’s a common complaint you hear, there is probably a reason you are the common denominator. Fortunately, there are several simple,…

  • CyberCrunch in Aston: The Final Resting Place for All Your Gadgets

    CyberCrunch in Aston: The Final Resting Place for All Your Gadgets

    When high-profile companies like Comcast and DuPont need to make sure their no-longer-used computers and phones are smashed to bits, they turn to CyberCrunch, an electronics recycling and data destruction service, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Their two plants, one in Aston and one in Greensburg, Pa., shred the devices into confetti…

  • ServiceWhale, Trevose, Partners with Japanese Tankless Water Heating Provider

    ServiceWhale, Trevose, Partners with Japanese Tankless Water Heating Provider

    ServiceWhale, a Trevose software platform company that automates home improvement project quotes, announced a international tech partnership. It has established a business relationship with Noritz, a Japanese firm that provides tankless water heating equipment worldwide. The collaboration is designed so that ServiceWhale improves the overall customer experience for online purchasing of the Noritz product line.…

  • Philly Tech Trends: How Zoom Phone Helps Keep Your Communications Secure and Compliant

    Philly Tech Trends: How Zoom Phone Helps Keep Your Communications Secure and Compliant

    When it comes to communicating digitally, most people are just focused on wanting it to be convenient. Concerns about security often don’t become a priority until after something bad has already happened. While people associate Zoom with its video capabilities, Zoom Phone is also a great option for regular calls. Not only is it convenient,…

  • Fort Washington-based CMO Launches Journal My Health, Comprehensive App for People with Chronic Illness

    Fort Washington-based CMO Launches Journal My Health, Comprehensive App for People with Chronic Illness

    Tracey Welson-Rossman, chief marketing officer for Fort Washington-based Chariot Solutions and founder of nonprofit TechGirlz, has launched Journal My Health, a comprehensive app that helps people with chronic illness communicate better with healthcare providers, writes Kennedy Rose for The Business Journals. Welson-Rossman got the idea for the digital platform over a decade ago, after a…

  • Philly Tech Trends: The Top Platforms for Hosting Virtual Events

    Philly Tech Trends: The Top Platforms for Hosting Virtual Events

    If you were hosting an in-person conference, one of your first priorities would be finding a venue that could accommodate the type of event you wanted to host. Not every location will have what you need. And the same is true if you are deliberating over what platform to use to hold a virtual event.…

  • In the Pandemic New-Normal of Online Life, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions Keeps Devices Humming

    In the Pandemic New-Normal of Online Life, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions Keeps Devices Humming

    Although it’s true our lives were digitally focused before the pandemic, now, with work-at-home provisions becoming even more entrenched, tech reliability is a major priority. Professionally and socially, users simply cannot afford to have the devices they rely on fail. The effort to keep them clean and healthy, however, is now more convenient in Bucks…

  • One Bucks County Firm Among Local Public Companies with Biggest 2021 Market Cap Increases

    One Bucks County Firm Among Local Public Companies with Biggest 2021 Market Cap Increases

    Public companies in the Philadelphia area added nearly $122 million to their market cap in 2021. One of those that saw its value increase the most is in Bucks County, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. EPAM Systems, headquartered in Newtown, ranked No. 14. The company recorded a market cap increase of 89…