Technology
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Worship Summit Live Returns on Nov. 18 to Prepare Houses of Worship for Busy Holiday Season
After three successful educational sessions this year, Worship Summit Live is back in time for houses of worship to acquire critical technical training for a busy holiday worship season. PTZOptics – a subsidiary of Downingtown-based Haverford Systems and sister company to HuddleCamHD, manufacturers of professional video conferencing cameras – will host Worship Summit Live 4…
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Qlik Touts the Power of Data and Analytics in Helping to Open the Workplace
By Tom Ricks The world has gone remote. For those that can, working from home has become the new normal thanks to COVID-19. The gradual shift underway over the past number of years has accelerated, and most organizations have adapted. This mass pivot has been enabled largely by technology, specifically the move to SaaS and…
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Take a Video Tour of Abandoned Commodore 64 Birthplace in Norristown
The birthplace of MOS Technology 6502 and Commodore 64 off Trooper Road in Audubon today sits in disarray, with some relics of its glorious past still scattered around the now abandoned office building, writes Bil Herd for the HackaDay. MOS Technology was founded in 1969 by Allen Bradley. Some of its products revolutionized the budding…
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Here’s How Exton’s Bentley Systems Rewarded Employees for Getting the Company Where It Is Today
Exton-based Bentley Systems recently raised $235 million in a “very unusual” IPO, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Founded in 1984 by five brothers, Bentley Systems makes software applications for engineers who design large infrastructure projects. The company’s shares opened at $22, before increasing by more than 50 percent last week to $33.49.…
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Qlik Expands Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud with Integrated Solution for SAP Data Analytics
King of Prussia-based Qlik has deepened its strategic partnership with Google Cloud with a new joint offering focused on enabling customers to increase the value of their SAP data with Google BigQuery. Optimized to support SAP data on Google Cloud and Google BigQuery, and reinforced with Qlik’s new “SAP on Google Cloud Expertise” designation, Google…
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For Injured Dresher Woman, Local Company That Sells Adaptive Clothing Is Game Changer
Following an injury to her arm, Jane Byers of Dresher turned to Manayunk-based Smart Adaptive Clothing for stylish, easy-to-put-on clothes, writes Terri Akman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After fracturing her arm in two places, Byers was struggling to get dressed. The injury was preventing her from putting on any shirts that went over her head.…
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Gold Level Certification from Zoom Verifies Local Company’s Expertise in Systems Integration
Being a Zoom expert is something many aspire to these days, but few can actually claim. Haverford Systems, an experienced AV systems integrator with a 30-year history in the Philadelphia area, has recently earned its Gold Level as a certified integrator from Zoom Video Communications. The Downingtown-based company has earned this distinction by helping several…
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Qlik’s Analytics Tools Aid Fight for Racial Equality
King of Prussia-based Qlik is at the forefront of efforts to utilize data-driven methods to aid in the fight for racial equality, writes George Lawton for SearchBusinessAnalytics.com. Data can be used to pinpoint inequities in society. It has revealed different outcomes for different races – for example, the data that shows the disproportionate impact COVID-19…
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King of Prussia-Based CSL Behring Uses AI Forecasting System to Find People with Rare Diseases
King of Prussia-based CSL Behring is using an AI forecasting system developed over the span of four months utilizing data from the previous five years to find people with rare diseases such as hemophilia, writes Karen Carey for the BioWorld. However, when COVID-19 hit, the company that focuses on therapies based on human plasma saw…
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Narberth-Native Designer Named Original Mac Fonts after Local Montco Towns
While they are today known under the names Chicago, New York, and Geneva, the first set of typefaces for Apple’s original Macintosh computer originally bore names from several local towns, including Rosemont and Ardmore, writes Julie Zeglen for the Technical.ly. The fonts were created by Susan Kare, a Narberth native and prolific typeface and icon…
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COVID-19 Alert App for Pennsylvania Arriving Next Month
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is planning to release a COVID-19 exposure notification app next month to help with contact tracing, writes Liz Tung for the WHYY. “This app uses Bluetooth technology to let a person know that they have been exposed to COVID-19 without compromising their identity or their location,” said state Health Secretary…
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With Virtual Education the New Norm, Local Author Publishes Book to Help Teachers Utilize Technology
Teachers are scrambling to prepare for a new school year, and local author Paul Richards has just published a book entitled Technology Tools for Online Education that might just help. Whether classes meet in a totally virtual model, or a mix of virtual and physical space, there’s probably no better time for educators to make…
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Customer Geographic Diversity Means Blue Bell-Based Unisys Is Seeing Some of Its Revenue Bounce Back
With customers in over 90 countries and operations in more than 40, Blue Bell-based Unisys is already starting to see positive trends in its revenue streams following the COVID-19-caused slump, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company receives nearly half of its revenue from countries outside of North and Latin America. These…
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Haverford Systems’ AV Expertise Helps Other Businesses Rise to Challenges Posed by COVID-19
If ever there was a company built to help other businesses rise to the challenges posed by a pandemic, it would be Haverford Systems. Based in Downingtown, this audio-visual technology integration company has unparalleled experience with the type of AV installations that businesses, nonprofits, schools, law firms, healthcare facilities, and even senior living facilities could…
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Qlik: COVID-19 Has Brought Data, Analytics to the Forefront Like Never Before
By Jordan Morrow The year of 2020 has been thrown into a whirlwind. We have had natural and environmental disasters, COVID-19, and more. Yet, I think much good can come from this year, too, if we seize the opportunities we have. In the fields of data and analytics, data literacy and data science, there have…
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KOP’s Qlik Partners with Fortune Magazine to Launch ‘History of the Fortune 500’ Website
By Rick Jackson Qlik is excited to have launched the first-ever “History of the Fortune 500” as the official analytics partner of the Fortune 500. This unique data analytics site offers a window into the companies that have shaped America and the history that shaped them. We’ve developed the “History of the Fortune 500” site…
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Downingtown-Based PTZOptics to Once Again Host Full Day of Virtual Church Production Education
Worship Summit Live is back by popular demand. PTZOptics – a subsidiary of Downingtown-based Haverford Systems that manufactures pan, tilt, and zoom cameras for a variety of broadcast applications – will host Worship Summit Live 3, a virtual event, on Wednesday, July 29. The success of the first two Summits, held last winter and spring,…
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Horsham-Based Reliefband Technologies Raises $1.7M in Private Stock Sale
Horsham-based Reliefband Technologies recently raised $1.7 million in a private stock sale, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The medical device company markets a product worn on the wrist designed to treat and prevent nausea. The watch-like device has key technology positioned on the underside of the wrist. It uses the delivery of…
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