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TAG Launches 2020 Fintech Ecosystem Update

170 Fintech companies, 38,000+ employees, $715+ million YTD in Local Fintech Investments

Technology Association of Georgia Announces Its Annual Diversity Leadership Award Finalists

Converge will honor top companies and organizations that embrace and embody inclusion and serve as stewards of our community fostering innovation. We will also celebrate one of the highest honors in Georgia’s technology community of Diversity and Inclusion leader of the year.

Starr Insurance Renews Partnership with Georgia State’s Institute for Insight

Starr Insurance Companies, a global insurance and financial services organization, has renewed its partnership with the Institute for Insight, a unit of Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business that brings together students, faculty and strategic partners to jointly explore how emerging technologies can be leveraged to develop new business opportunities and innovative products and services.

Invest Atlanta Recognized for Economic Development Excellence

IEDC’s Excellence in Economic Development Awards recognize the world’s best economic development programs and partnerships, marketing materials, and the year’s most influential leaders.

Technology Entrepreneur Ben Dyer Joins ATDC as Executive-in-Residence

Dyer was a member of the Georgia Tech Alumni Committee of 20 that spawned the creation of the ATDC in 1980.

TER to Host Virtual Event with Past Imlay Leadership Award Recipients

The Technology Executives Roundtable (TER), an organization of more than 120 Georgia technology leaders, will host Tech Leadership Lessons for 2021: Atlanta’s Tech Leaders & Former Imlay Leadership Award Recipients Share their Keys to Success in 2021. This virtual event will take place from 8-9:30 a.m. Nov. 17.

The John Imlay Leadership Award recognizes and celebrates individuals who have shown exceptional leadership on behalf of the Georgia high-tech community. It honors the late John Imlay, Jr., former chairman of Imlay Investments, who is credited with helping create two of Atlanta’s biggest tech industries – software and internet security.

During the conference, attendees will hear success stories, thoughts about future tech trends, and lessons learned from John Imlay. Additionally, event participants will be able to gain insights from these nationally recognized tech leaders and can ask questions about how to grow their organizations in the COVID-19 world and post-pandemic.

Neotys Implements On-Demand, Virtual Training with OrasiLabs

Orasi, a DevSecOps innovator accelerating software application delivery and adoption through automation, unveiled momentum details from its virtual training engagement with Neotys.

Cooper’s Trellix Locate Helps Healthcare Facilities with Real-Time Location Capabilities

Cooper Lighting Solutions, a TAG ‘Top 40’ innovative technology company 2020, launches new IoT healthcare platform with software partner Vizzia Technologies.

Peachtree City, Georgia-based Cooper is the American subsidiary of Signify; the largest lighting company in the world with $7Bn revenue.

Georgia Defense Industrial Base Task Force (GaDIBT) formed to support Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)

The task force is made up of industry experts who lend their experience to developing resources and educational webinars to support Georgia companies as they prepare for CMMC.

Technology Association of Georgia Announces Converge Line Up

Virtual Conference Continues to Bolster Content from Biggest Leaders of Inclusion and Innovation.

IDology Appoints Christina Luttrell as CEO

Widely recognized innovator and leader in identity verification takes the helm.

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Awards $2.35 Million to Atlanta Metro Atlanta Entrepreneurs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Event will also honor eight startups that are graduating from the incubator.