NEWS
Council News
January 23, 2012 - MassTLC releases Big Data Report - Predicts Massachusetts to Become World Leader for "Big Data"
October 7, 2011 - MassTLC Announces Mass Technology Leadership Award Winners
September 7, 2011 - MassTLC Announces Amy Black as VP of Membership & Marketing
September 1, 2011 - Akamai rides Happy Cloud to speed up game downloads
August 29, 2011 - Mass High Tech names 15 All-Stars for 2011 - MassTLC Chairman Mohammed Ali & additional members recognized
May 13, 2011 - MassTLC: Local mobile sector employs 30,000
May 13, 2011 - Study: Mobile industry employs 30,000 in Mass
May 13, 2011 - Mobile is Hot in Massachusetts
May 14, 2011 - Mobile Makes it in Mass.
April 13, 2011 - Leading Industry Analyst Firm Selects VPA As A "Cool Vendor"
March 8, 2011 - Experts Predict Robust Growth For 2011; New MASSTLC Chairman says 100k Job Challenge Remains Council's Priority
December 16, 2010 - Mohamad Ali Named Chairman of the Mass Technology Leadership Council
August 24, 2010 - Mass Technology Leadership Council Forms Mobile Executive Advisory
March 31, 2010 - “The MassTLC 2020 Challenge”: Launching the Next Wave of Innovation In New England’s Tech Sector
January 13, 2010 - Never Mind the Valley: Here's Boston
November 3, 2009 - MassTLC and MassNetComms Merge to Focus Resources on Driving Innovation and Company Growth
June 26, 2009 - MassTLC Announces First Group of Finalists for the 2009 Technology Leadership Awards
April 23, 2009 - MassTLC Announces Call for 2009 Award Nominations
October 24, 2008 - MassTLC Announces 2008 Technology Leadership Award Winners
Industry News & Whitepapers
May 7, 2012
Vantiv and Saylent Technologies Announce Strategic Relationship to Deliver Payment Intelligence Solutions
Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, announced today a new strategic relationship with Saylent Technologies, Inc., a pioneering provider of payment intelligence solutions, to offer Vantiv Analytics to Vantiv bank and credit union debit portfolio customers. Vantiv will demonstrate the solution at Booth 407 during the 24th Annual Card Forum and Expo in Orlando, Florida, May 9-11, 2012. more
January 24, 2012
Verivo Software moves into New Corporate Headquarters
As part of its 2012 growth plan, Verivo Software has a new corporate address -- 1000 Winter Street in Waltham, MA. This move reflects the company’s significant growth and the need to expand its talent base to meet and sustain the rapidly accelerating demand for its enterprise mobility platform, worldwide. more
January 23, 2012
Sophos releases Security Threat Report 2012
The Sophos Security Threat Report 2012 is a detailed assessment of the threat landscape—from hacktivism and online threats to mobile malware, cloud computing and social network security, as well as IT security trends for this coming year. more
January 12, 2012
Building Success in an Uncertain Economy: CEOs Reveal Their HR Management Strategies; Created: 2011
This white paper provides valuable insight on how to build an HR strategy that produces results in any economy. Contributors include Govi Rao, CEO of Noveda Technologies, and Tom Hayse, CEO of ETM-Electromatic. Topics discussed include managing significant employee growth, handling management changes/layoffs, and offering benefits for a diverse population. more
November 30th, 2011
PHT Corporation Article: Why Paper Diaries Should be Banned in Clinical Trials
PHT Corporation released their quarterly article on how a shift in technology revolutionizes an entire industry, focusing on the pharmaceutical world. More companies worldwide
replace paper diaries with electronic patient diaries in
clinical research. more
August 9th, 2011
ADTRAN Acquires Bluesocket - Leading Innovator in Virtual Wireless LAN Solutions
ADTRAN (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, announced today that it has acquired Bluesocket, a privately held company in Burlington, Mass. Bluesocket is the first and only provider of wireless network solutions with virtual control. more
May 19, 2011
Acme Packet Growing Bedford HQ, staff
Acme Packet Inc. (Nasdaq:APKT) announced Thursday that it plans to hire 117 new employees in Massachusetts through the rest of the year while substantially expanding its headquarters facility, as the company continues its rapid growth. more
April 26, 2011
Internship website aims to keep students in Massachusetts
The Commonwealth Marketing Office, a Massachusetts state agency, today launched a website designed to advance the state’s effort to keep college students in Massachusetts after graduation from local colleges. more
March 14, 2011
VFA INTRODUCES INNOVATIVE MOBILE DATA COLLECTION FOR GUIDED SELF-ASSESSMENTS
VFA, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end solutions for facilities capital planning and asset management, today announced the release of version 2.3 of its guided self-assessment solution, VFA.auditor® with mobile/offline survey support. more
February 16, 2011
Constant Contact buys Bantam Live for $15M
Waltham-based Constant Contact Inc. has purchased Bantam Live, a contact management and social CRM that was owned by Bantam Networks LLC, for $15 million in cash. more
January 27, 2011
Rep Invariant Systems, Inc. Awarded Navy Phase II SBIR
Rep Variant Systems, Inc. announced today that it received a Phase II SBIR contract from the US Navy in 2010 Q4 to work on SBIR topic N091-037. The contract is worth $750,000. Work will be performed over 1.5 years, with an option to grow to $1,000,000 over 2 years. more
January 23, 2011
Super angels - A new breed of wealthy investors is daring to put their money where others won’t: untested start-ups that have little chance of landing venture capital
Todd Horton, cofounder of a Cambridge start-up that lets customers send instant gifts via cellphone, had just finished a five-minute pitch for funding to a roomful of angel investors, wealthy individuals interested in backing young technology companies. more
December 28, 2010
Progress Software eyes growth with new hires
Progress Software Corp. expects to hire an estimated 50 new employees for its Massachusetts operations in 2011, as the company expands deeper into the market for real-time business management software, CEO Richard Reidy said. more
December 20, 2010
CONSTANT CONTACT ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF $15,000 APPLICATION DEVELOPER CONTEST
Waltham, MA - Constant Contact®, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTCT), the trusted online marketing advisor to more than 400,000 small organizations worldwide, today announced that Kwanzoo has been awarded the grand prize in the Constant Contact Developer Challenge8, with Powercard and Peekaboo Mobile taking runners-up honors. more
December 13, 2010
Akamai Shields Leading Retailers from DDoS Attacks During Critical Holiday Shopping Period
CAMBRIDGE, MA – December 13, 2010 - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading provider of cloud optimization services, shielded several leading retailers from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks during the three-day period following Cyber Monday. more
November 16, 2010
Black Duck Software Acquires SpikeSource; Range of Technologies Including Cloud-based Component Identification Will Enhance Black Duck’s Ohloh Initiative
Waltham, MA - Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating application development through the managed use of open source software, today announced it has acquired the assets of privately-held SpikeSource, a provider of software tools and services to automate application component identification and assess security vulnerability. more
November 10, 2010
Aurora Skate Wins Massachusetts Technology Product Award
CAMBRIDGE, MA-- Aurora Flight Sciences' Skate small unmanned aerial system (SUAS) was selected as the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) "Product of the Year." In a special live audience vote, the Skate system beat out 15 other finalists from fields as diverse as smartphone applications and solid state lighting to be named as the most exciting new product in the thirteenth year of the Mass Technology Leadership Awards. more
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