• U.S Navy Sends Pottstown-based VideoRay a $16.1M Order for Underwater-Operated Vehicles

    U.S Navy Sends Pottstown-based VideoRay a $16.1M Order for Underwater-Operated Vehicles

    Pottstown-based VideoRay has received a $16.1 million order from the U.S. Navy for its Mission Specialist Defender underwater remotely operated vehicles, as well as all related components for its Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response program. The Montgomery County manufacturer lists the product’s uses as ranging from the dangerous — defusing explosives — to the benign: cleaning…

  • Tech Firm Boomi Hopes King of Prussia Move Fuels Growth

    Tech Firm Boomi Hopes King of Prussia Move Fuels Growth

    Chester County-based Boomi is eyeing a new space in King of Prussia. One of the most successful start-ups in the area, Boomi’s CEO Steve Lucas is looking to expand internationally and is confident that the company can soon generate $1 billion in revenue from its new location.   The company provides cloud software to Dropbox,…

  • Local Panel Weighs in on Artificial Intelligence’s ChatGPT; Montco Natives Express Unease

    Local Panel Weighs in on Artificial Intelligence’s ChatGPT; Montco Natives Express Unease

    Two Montgomery County residents were in a 14-person artificial intelligence (AI) demonstration designed to gauge reactions. Representing machine learning was ChatGPT, whose technological abilities include content creation. Rich Thau and Matt Steffee reported results in smerconish.com. Organizers asked the chatbot to theorize on a Beatles album created if they had stayed together. Further, they asked…

  • Marketing Mastery with IT Edge: Why Is Social Media Important?

    Marketing Mastery with IT Edge: Why Is Social Media Important?

    In today’s day and age, everybody knows how popular social media is. From Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, there are countless ways for people to share their message to the world. While many people may think that social media accounts are only for personal use, there are several reasons why plugging your business into social…

  • Local Tech Company IT Edge Featured In Western Chester County Chamber Video

    Local Tech Company IT Edge Featured In Western Chester County Chamber Video

    Founded over 30 years ago, local technology consulting company IT Edge has been dedicated to helping small businesses find IT solutions that work for them. From center city Philadelphia to Coatesville, IT Edge operates all over the greater Philadelphia area and surrounding counties.  Recently, IT Edge was the subject of a video series brought to…

  • Main Line Social Media Group Connects Millennials for Conversation, Bonding, and Things to Do

    Main Line Social Media Group Connects Millennials for Conversation, Bonding, and Things to Do

    A “suburban social group” on MeetUp has become a must-have for Main Line residents looking to widen their circle of friends. Abigale Wolfe reported its success for Main Line Tonight. The full name is the Philadelphia Main Line 20’s and 30’s Suburban Social Group. Its MeetUp presence is thanks to Michael Wehar, a Swarthmore College…

  • Chester County’s StreamGeeks Cultivate Global Following in Online Video Production Community

    Chester County’s StreamGeeks Cultivate Global Following in Online Video Production Community

    Paul Richards and Tess Protesto have made a name for themselves as a dynamic duo in the online live-streaming and video production community. As the faces of the renowned camera brand PTZOptics, the two have cultivated a global following while staying true to their local roots. PTZOptics’ technology campus in Downingtown employs more than 50…

  • It Edge Aims to Help Nonprofits Grow Through Marketing Services

    It Edge Aims to Help Nonprofits Grow Through Marketing Services

    Local technology consulting company IT Edge has unveiled a new initiative for the month of April. IT Edge feels that nonprofits are the unsung heroes of communities, truly dedicated to bettering the area around them. That’s why this month, IT Edge is turning their focus towards nonprofit and community oriented organizations.  IT Edge has been…

  • Marketing Mastery with IT Edge: Make Your Google Business Profile Serve You

    Marketing Mastery with IT Edge: Make Your Google Business Profile Serve You

    A Google Business Profile is arguably one of the most important tools that a modern day business can seize and use to their advantage. Unfortunately, among many small businesses, Google Business Profiles can be neglected, which leads to potential customers choosing different businesses for their services or products. On this edition of Marketing Mastery, IT…

  • Bala Cynwyd Healthcare Pro Vies for Nationwide Honor for Tech Support for Seniors

    Bala Cynwyd Healthcare Pro Vies for Nationwide Honor for Tech Support for Seniors

    Rosemary Kennedy, Chief Health Informatics Officer with Connect America, is one of only three healthcare professionals nationwide being considered for a specific honor in her field. Yahoo Finance carried the news. Kennedy’s Bala Cynwyd firm, Connect America, provides technology to enable remote monitoring of senior citizens alone in their homes. The honorific Kennedy is being…

  • West Chester’s IT Edge Focuses On Making Dental Websites Squeaky Clean for March

    West Chester’s IT Edge Focuses On Making Dental Websites Squeaky Clean for March

    With the winter months soon to be behind us, it’s time for people to start preparing for Spring and Summer. When people think about the Spring and Summer, they think of new beginnings and rejuvenation. Additionally, people will start putting more effort into their appearance in order to feel and look good for the rapidly…

  • UK’s Largest Family-Owned Department Store Adopts Qlik Cloud

    UK’s Largest Family-Owned Department Store Adopts Qlik Cloud

    Qlik has announced that the UK’s largest family-owned department store, Fenwick, has adopted Qlik Cloud, to advance its analytics capabilities and empower more employees at the company to use data in their day-to-day roles. Fenwick, which launched its first store in Newcastle in 1882, is known for premium shopping and dining, with categories across beauty, fashion,…

  • Local Technology Consulting Company Launches New Podcast

    Local Technology Consulting Company Launches New Podcast

    You may have heard of local technology consulting company, IT Edge, in our publications before. Founded over 30 years ago, IT Edge has been dedicated to helping small businesses all throughout Chester County ever since. Now you can get IT Edge’s professional help and advice completely free of charge. It may seem too good to…

  • ZeroEyes, Conshohocken-Based Gun-Safety Detection Provider, Gains Local Collaborator

    ZeroEyes, Conshohocken-Based Gun-Safety Detection Provider, Gains Local Collaborator

    ZeroEyes — whose experts created an A.I.-based gun detection video analytics platform that gained the U.S. Department of Homeland Security imprimatur — is partnering with a collar-county tech firm. LawOfficer.com reported the collaboration. Together, ZeroEyes (Conshohocken) and United Safety & Survivability Corp. (Exton) will work to make U.S. public transportation safer through artificial intelligence gun-detection…

  • IT Edge Details How Managed IT Can Help Small Businesses

    IT Edge Details How Managed IT Can Help Small Businesses

    Today, almost all of the business world is built with technology. Whether you’re hosting websites, or managing client information with spreadsheet software, technology is an integral part of day to day functions at any given business.  Unfortunately, when technology is so prevalent, there are bound to be issues. Life and business move too quickly for…

  • Qlik to Assist Leading IT Innovator in Analyzing, Drawing Insight from Data

    Qlik to Assist Leading IT Innovator in Analyzing, Drawing Insight from Data

    Qlik has announced that NTT Data Corporation, the leading innovator of IT and business services, has adopted Qlik Sense to analyze and actively draw insights from highly dense procurement data on externally acquired IT products and services. NTT Data has been at the forefront of transforming businesses through digital and IT modernization and managed services, enabling…

  • Qlik Helps Boost Store Operational Performance for Companies Like Urban Outfitters

    Qlik Helps Boost Store Operational Performance for Companies Like Urban Outfitters

    Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Urban Outfitters is a lifestyle retailer selling women’s and men’s clothing and accessories, a range of items for interior furnishing and décor and a music and technology collection. With 550 stores in the USA and 100 across Europe and the UK, gaining daily visibility of actionable data was…

  • Marketing Mastery with IT Edge: How Analytics Reporting Can Serve Your Business

    Marketing Mastery with IT Edge: How Analytics Reporting Can Serve Your Business

    In today’s day and age, the internet can be a businesses’ best friend or its worst enemy. This all depends on where a business stands with technology. For the consumer, on the other hand, the internet is a tool that opens all sorts of doors to services they can employ, products they can buy, or…