Technology & Innovation
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Bala Cynwyd’s BTB Security Goes Undercover Every Day with Cyber-Surveillance
Like a blockbuster action thriller, Bala Cynwyd tech security firm BTB goes undercover against serious threats every day — and exposes hackers, viruses, scammers, thieves, and other criminals in the very act of their wrongdoing. Whether from inside the company or out — sometimes way out — BTB’s 150-plus clients have a cyber-surveillance team on…
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New App from Conshohocken’s BTG Helps Save Snakebite Victims
Local pharmaceutical company BTG is doubling down on its efforts to save the lives of snakebite victims with a dose of technology. The company’s U.S. headquarters in West Conshohocken makes Crofab, the only commercial anti-venom for American rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth bites. And now BTG makes SnakeBite911, a free iOS app that helps victims quickly…
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Jazzy Web Entrepreneur from Lansdale Continues to Rake in Awards
The man who put Lansdale — and literally all of jazz — on the map is being honored for his unceasing dedication to the AllAboutJazz.com and JazzNearYou.com websites chock full of jazz promotional content and events. Only the second ever Jazz Bridge Jazz Ambassador Award will go to web entrepreneur Michael Ricci, according to 21st Cendury…
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Plymouth Meeting’s MeID Sizes Up Growth Spurt With $1.7M Round of Capital
The parent company that bought up Plymouth Meeting’s Intellifit Corp. in 2009 may have another growth spurt in its bones. MeID is now sizing up something new for its 3D body scan technology with a $1.7 million round of local funding. The issuance was in convertible notes for senior preferred stock, according to a Philadelphia…
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Conshohocken’s Monetate Rebuilds to Help Retailers Innovate
It took an introspective reshuffling for Conshohocken-based software developer Monetate to be able to take retail clients to a new level of innovation in creating personalized user experiences. That pioneering effort is now paying off. “We were one of the first firms in our industry to retrench,” CEO Lucinda Duncalfe said of rebuilding Monetate’s tech…
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Ambler’s Facilities Control Technology Urges Business Owners to Take Extensive Security Measures This Summer
Ambler’s Facilities Control Technology, the maker of the venerated PatrolScan, is urging business owners to take pervasive security measures this upcoming summer season. According to the company’s CEO, Allyn Huntzinger, burglaries in the United States peak during the summer months. “While your security team might be great, you can’t just assume they’re doing everything they…
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VP of Blue Bell’s CoreDial Named to CRN Magazine’s 2016 Women of the Channel
Blue Bell’s CoreDial, a leading SaaS channel automation provider for cloud communications services, has announced that CRN (Computer Reseller News) Magazine, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Caitlin Clark-Zigmond to its prestigious 2016 Women of the Channel list. Clark-Zigmond is CoreDial’s Vice President of Product Management for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS).…
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Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals Has Breakthrough with Zika Virus Vaccine
Plymouth Meeting’s Inovio Pharmaceuticals has announced that testing of its synthetic vaccine for the Zika virus induced robust antibody and T-cell responses in monkeys, demonstrating the product’s potential to prevent infection from this harmful pathogen. As a result, Inovio will conduct human studies later this year. The company synthetically generated DNA vaccine constructs targeting multiple…
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Bryn Mawr’s Noble.MD Gets Million-Dollar Prescription to Launch New Products
Area investors are prescribing $1.45 million to help Noble.MD, a health care technology firm in Bryn Mawr, achieve new levels of success. Equity financing from Radnor-based investors Safeguard Scientifics and BioAdvance, along with numerous individual angel investors, will enable Noble.MD to launch two new products and expand its sales and marketing push. “We have been helping…
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Technology of KOP’s iCeutica Critical to Curbing Addiction to Pain Meds
King of Prussia’s iCeutica Inc. is licensing its SoluMatrix Fine Patricle Technology to a nearby pharmaceutical company that produces low-dose nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain relief, writes John Luciew of the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Iroko Pharmaceuticals, a global pharmaceutical company based in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, uses iCeutica’s technology to develop a suite of drugs as…
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Victrex Helps Produce Record-Breaking Lightweight Continuous Pipe
Expertise from West Conshohocken’s Victrex has helped Magma Global Ltd. develop a flexible m-pipe technology that can reduce exploration and production costs and help limit the hazards from subsea oil and gas systems, according to a staff report from Plastics Today. The lightweight continuous pipe is the largest and longest Victrex PEEK-based structure ever, capable…
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Glenside’s Solar Light Company Releases New Line of Touch Screen Controllers
Glenside-based Solar Light Company – a leading global provider of solar simulators, UV transmittance analyzers, and radiometers – has released a new line of DCS-2 Touch Screen Controllers. These controllers/meters have a new slim design and color scheme that matches the company’s new and existing simulators, one of which specifically includes the 601 v.2.5 model.…
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Unisys Secures Huge Contract from Merck
Unisys, the global information technology provider based in Blue Bell, has announced that its subsidiary in Germany has won a new five-year contract to provide Merck with end-user IT services for its 48,000 employees worldwide. Under the new contract, Unisys will provide the global pharmaceutical, chemical, and life sciences company with global service desk, unified…
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Security Sales to Help Unisys Rebound from First-Quarter Decline
Unisys, the Blue Bell-based information technology company, believes that its security-oriented consulting, infrastructure, and managed services will help the company rebound from recent losses, writes Michael Novinson of CRN (Computer Reseller News) Magazine. “What you’ll find, which you didn’t see in previous quarters, is a geographic breadth and depth,” Unisys President and CEO Peter Altabef…
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Unisys Reports Almost $40 Million in First-Quarter Losses
Unisys, the Blue Bell-based information technology service provider, recently reported a loss of $39.9 million in its first quarter, writes Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company lost 80 cents per share. In the first quarter last year, it lost 87 cents per share for a total of $43 million. “Our first quarter…
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KOP’s eBay Enterprise Adopts Radial as New Company Name
A King of Prussia-based, retail-logistics company of more than 7,500 employees has reincarnated yet again. After five years as eBay Enterprise, the company founded as GSI Commerce is back as an independent firm with a new name, Radial, writes Joseph DiStefano of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “We were the smallest business unit in a big public…
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Glenside’s Paskill Stapleton & Lord Strikes Gold in Design Competitions
Glenside’s Paskill Stapleton & Lord struck gold in recent awards competitions sponsored by College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals (CUPRAP) and Higher Education Marketing Report (HEMR). PS&L, a higher-education marketing firm, earned a total of four gold awards from the CUPRAP and HEMR competitions, part of a total of nine citations for excellence…
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Meadowbrook’s Holy Redeemer Hospital Unveils New NICU Technology
Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook unveiled a new technology this week that allows parents, wherever they are, to keep a close eye on their newborn in the medical center’s neonatal intensive care unit, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The hospital has installed Angel Eye Camera Systems to its NICU beds to allow…
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