Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Awards $2.35 Million to Atlanta Metro Atlanta Entrepreneurs
Business Process Management | Corporate Development | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Media & Entertainment | Young Professionals
35 Black-owned businesses in Georgia will receive non-dilutive cash awards as part of Google’s commitment to support promising Black founders.
Fintech South Announces World Class Speaker Line Up
Blockchain | CX | Data Governance | Data Science & AI | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Fintech | Information Security | International Business
More than 250 Global Fintech Leaders to Present During Virtual Conference, Oct. 5 – 9, 2020
The Defense Logistics Agency Tags LocatorX to Develop Automated Inventory System
Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing
LocatorX begins first Phase in Project to Develop, Test and Deploy Automated Inventory Systems.
Technology Executives Roundtable to Host Accelerating Black Entrepreneurship in Atlanta Webinar
Corporate Development | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Technology Executives Roundtable (TER), an association that consists of more than 120 CEOs, CFOs and general managers in Georgia’s technology community, will feature a panel discussion on accelerating Black entrepreneurship in the Atlanta tech community. The roundtable discussion will be held virtually from 8-9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13.
EarthLink President Mike Toplisek Appointed to Technology Association of Georgia Board
Toplisek joins a group of senior executives and leaders from other prominent technology companies and organizations across the state.
PPRO Expands Global Offering With Top Indonesian Payment Methods DOKU and OVO
Fintech | International Business | Product Management
PPRO, the world’s leading local payments platform-as-a-service, has today announced its entrance into the Indonesian market. The new integration of popular Indonesian payment methods DOKU and OVO unlocks the simplest, most efficient access to Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce market.
Global Payments’ Chairman, Troy Woods, to Receive 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award
Payments Veteran to be Recognized at Fintech South for Decades of Innovation and Leadership
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Venture Atlanta Expands National Reach, Announces 2020 Lineup of Most Promising Tech Companies
Blockchain | Business Process Management | Cloud | Corporate Development | CX | Data Governance | Data Science & AI | Devops | Digital Health | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Fintech | Information Security | Infrastructure | International Business | Marketing | Media & Entertainment | Mobility | Product Management | Sales Leadership | Smart Communities & Sustainablility | Southeastern Software Association | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech | Workforce Development | Young Professionals
Top investment conference selects largest, most diverse lineup of companies to fuel tech capital and growth within groundbreaking, immersive virtual format.
Technology Association of Georgia Announces Keynote Line Up for Converge
Explores Strategies, Plans and Outcomes Emerging at the Intersection of Inclusion and Innovation.
Advanced Technology Development Center to Host Three-Day Meeting Event for Investors and Georgia-Based Healthcare Technology Companies
Virtual event to feature 14 Georgia companies.
OpEd: When Collaboration Leads to Innovation
Georgia is a prominent technology market and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is leading the charge on connecting, promoting, influencing and educating the technology industry in Georgia. Laying the foundation for innovation and creating a sustainable technology culture is key to growing the state’s competitiveness.
NCR teams up with Microsoft to keep millions of IoT edge devices at retail stores, restaurants and banks running
Cloud | CX | Data Governance | Data Science & AI | Fintech | Information Security | Infrastructure | International Business
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a software and services leader for the retail, restaurant and banking industries, today announced a collaboration with Microsoft to power NCR Digital Connected Services (DCS).
First-ever Highway Solar Mapping for Roadside Development
The Ray partners with UT Austin on interstate ROW solar research
The ABM Agency Featured on Entrepreneur
Marketing | Media & Entertainment
The ABM Agency’s Vincent DeCastro recently wrote a piece for Entrepreneur.com, titled “6 Skill Sets Every B2B Marketing Team Should Have On Its Roster.”
From Disruption to Reimagining – Creating Positive Change
Cloud | Education/STEM | Information Security
Join the National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC) for a stimulating conversation as we reimagine the future of education.
September 29, 3:00pm – 4:15pm
NXTCOMM CTO Speaking at SSPI Southeast Chapter on Sept. 23
Infrastructure | Mobility | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech
Carl Novello, who leads antenna development for Atlanta-based NXT Communications Corp., will discuss advances in electronically phased antenna designs crucial for true broadband connectivity in this free virtual meeting.
The next step in speed — experience 2 Gig now with the Google Fiber Trusted Tester program
Infrastructure | Media & Entertainment
Google Fiber announced a new 2 Gig internet plan today — bringing even more bandwidth and speed to customers in internet-intensive households who may need more than a gig to do their thing, whatever that may be. Google Fiber is looking for people to help test 2 Gig, starting in Nashville and Huntsville next month and in other Google Fiber cities — including Atlanta — later this fall.
Global Fintech Leaders Take World Stage at Fintech South
Technology Association of Georgia Partners with International Delegates to Connect the Global Community in Atlanta
Advanced Technology Development Center Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation with Double Vision Event
Business Process Management | Data Governance | Digital Health | Fintech | Infrastructure | Smart Communities & Sustainablility | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech | Workforce Development
Event will also honor eight startups that are graduating from the incubator.
Digital Safety Net Helps Georgia Small Businesses Survive During COVID-19
Data Science & AI | Marketing | Product Management | Young Professionals
Digitally Driven shows that nationally small businesses that embraced digital tools the earliest – “Digital Drivers” – expect 4x better revenue for 2020 compared to “Digital Maintainers,” those who are generally skeptical of digital tools’ value and typically use only a few basic tools such as email and perhaps a website. In Georgia, 40% of small businesses are digital drivers compared to 35% nationally with a predicted 10.76% in revenue reduction compared to an expected 16% reduction in revenue nationally.
Technology Association of Georgia Adds 100+ Speakers to Lineup at Fintech South
Virtual Conference Continues to Bolster Content from Biggest Names in the Industry.
Robinson College of Business Graduate Enrollment Surges 78 Percent; Incoming Class is Largest, Most Diverse in its History
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Workforce Development | Young Professionals
The incoming class of graduate students at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is the largest and most diverse group ever to enroll in its advanced-level programs.
2nd Annual “Siggie” Awards Announce Call for Nominations
Corporate Development | Media & Entertainment
Event celebrating Atlanta’s early-stage investors now accepting nominations through September 30; portion of sponsorships will support re:imagine/ATL.
Rev.io Announces Significant Growth Equity Investment from Primus Capital
Cloud | Corporate Development | Fintech | Mobility
Recapitalization will support Rev.io’s ambitious growth goals for its market-leading billing and customer management platform serving communications and technology providers.
Deluxe Selects Metro Atlanta for New FinTech Innovation Center and Offices, Will Create Over 700 Jobs
Business Process Management | Fintech
Deluxe will establish a new office complex along with a FinTech and Customer Innovation Center in the City of Sandy Springs in Fulton County. Deluxe will create 709 new jobs and invest more than $10 million in the metro Atlanta project.
Atlanta Area Business Leaders to Host Virtual ATL Tech COVID-19 Innovation Showcase
Blockchain | Business Process Management | Cloud | CX | Data Governance | Data Science & AI | Digital Health | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Fintech | Information Security | Infrastructure | International Business | Marketing | Media & Entertainment | Mobility | Product Management | Southeastern Software Association | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech | Workforce Development
Online event will feature technology solutions related to COVID-19 pandemic
Finalists Named for the 2020 TAG Fintech South Innovation Challenge
Companies Selected for Education and Mentoring Program, Concluding with Fintech South Pitch Off for $25,000 Prize.
UYOA Virtual Cyber Security Student/Student Apprentice Job Fair
Blockchain | Cloud | Corporate Development | Data Science & AI | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Fintech | Information Security | Infrastructure | Media & Entertainment | Mobility | Southeastern Software Association | Workforce Development | Young Professionals
Join United Youth Of America (UYOA), at 10am – 2pm EST, Friday, September 18, 2020, for the live Virtual Student/Apprentice JobFair. Book your time slots to meet and interview and hire the students of UYOA face-to-face. Meet the Cyber Security students and interview them live. Find students who may be your future employee or student apprentice. If you are a Cobb County Georgia Company or Enterprise, we have the funding available now. Your company will receive a six-month payroll reimbursement for staffing our students for an apprenticeship or hiring our graduates. Register for your time, pick which (one hour) time slot would you prefer to interview the UYOA students on Friday, September 18, 2020.
Stratix Corporation Works with School Districts to Provide Devices and Technology Support for the 2020-2021 School Year
Mobility | Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing | Transportation Tech
With schools across the country starting the 2020-2021 year remotely, many districts are still working to provide devices, connectivity and support to students and teachers for successful distance learning. Stratix Corporation, a leading provider of Managed Mobility Services (MMS) in the U.S., is working with schools and districts throughout the country to provide Chromebook and tablet packages, that are ready to go “out-of-the-box”, backed with advance replacement repair services and a student help desk to create a successful and sustainable 1:1 technology program.
GT Software’s Director of z Systems Dusty Rivers Wins IBM Champions Lifetime Achievement Award
Corporate Development | Devops | Fintech
GT Software, a mainframe modernization software company, announces today that Dusty Rivers, the company’s Director of z Systems Software: IMS & CICS, has been selected to win the very first IBM Champions Lifetime Achievement Award for Z.
