Digital Rochester Announces Finalists For 2012 GREAT Awards
Digital Rochester is pleased to announce the finalists for the second annual GREAT (Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology) Awards planned for September 11, 2012, at the Rochester...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Supercharge your way to success
Hi, my name is Sitima Fowler and I am the CEO of CAPSTONE Information Technologies. At Capstone we provide computer IT support to businesses in Rochester. Because we provide a service for other small...
View ArticleDigital Rochester Celebrated GREATness With Style!
Hopefully last night you were one of the many that attended the Digital Rochester GREAT Awards. It was a phenomenal celebration of technology, innovation, business and pure GREATness in the Rochester...
View ArticleSandy’s Devastating Effect on New York State Businesses
We have all seen the images of the devastating effect Hurricane Sandy had on businesses in New York. Luckily, we were spared from most of that devastation in Rochester. That doesn’t mean you...
View ArticleWorkshops and networks supporting startups
One of the best resources the University of Rochester has to offer is the extensive research and dedication the faculty have for bridging their ideas into our community. Trying to keep Rochester’s...
View ArticleWhy should I do business with you?
Convincing a potential client that your service is better than your competitors’ may not always be easy. In the Rochester area, there are 72 other computer support companies – yes 72! So, how do we...
View ArticleHealthcare IT and its impact on the Rochester region
Health Information Technology describes the management of health information across computerized systems and its exchange between consumers, providers, government entities and insurers. But when you...
View ArticleKnow the 2013 Digital Rochester Technology Woman of the Year?
Every year Digital Rochester celebrates great achievements made by women in the technology community and on Thursday April 25, 2013 we will do it again. The Technology Woman of the Year is an award...
View ArticleForget the whiteboard, enter the WaLLBoT
WaLLBoT will be exhibited at Imagine RIT on May 4th in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences Building (Bldg. 70) Members of the Computer Science House (CSH) work on...
View ArticleWhat do employees of the next generation want?
In order for companies to survive must learn how to connect with the new generation of workers. The business world is much different from 20 years ago. More than 50% of today’s workforce is made up of...
View ArticleTranslating between the Corporate and Academic Worlds, part 3 – “Crossing the...
This is the third in a set of travel blogs taking a figurative trip in the borderlands between academic research and commercial products and services. In my previous post, we explored some of the...
View ArticleGrant funding available to the scientific, inventor and small business R&D...
Everyone is always looking for free money. We constantly get calls from individuals looking for grants. The general feeling out there is that the government is giving away free money for small...
View ArticleConsider the use of technology to achieve efficiency
I was excited when I purchased a tablet several months ago as I often see businesses using them for presentations, analysis, customer service, etc. Surprisingly, my tablet initially did not get much...
View ArticleApps Are Not Just For Games Anymore
Because I run a technology company, I often get asked about Apps and their use in the workplace. Smartphones and tables have become lifesavers when it comes to directions, maps, movie times,...
View ArticleListening
A couple years ago, I was in Vancouver, British Columbia a really spectacular and vibrant city. On my way home, I remembered that I needed to buy a souvenir and of course I forgot to buy it before I...
View ArticleThree Reasons You Will Be Switching to EMV and/or Apple Pay This Year
In your planning for a booming 2015, make sure you include a time and money expenditure for converting to EMV (abbreviation for Europay, MasterCard, Visa) by the end of September. Apple Pay is Apple’s...
View ArticleChipped Credit Cards Official Oct. 1
Starting Thursday, October 1, the whole credit card game changes dramatically for businesses — especially small businesses. As of October 1, the “big three” of credit card processing (Europay,...
View ArticleGearing Up for EMV
The EMV (the acronym stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa but refers to chip-equipped credit cards) conversion deadline has passed. All merchants, except for gas stations, now must accept EMV cards,...
View ArticleUnderstanding Software-As-A-Service for Merchant Processing
Starting in Europe in the Sixteenth Century, paper currency supplanted direct barter as a way to transfer and pay for agricultural commodities, such as tobacco, grains, wool and spirits. The grower or...
View ArticleStart 2016 Now
So, 2015 is just about in the rear view mirror. Rather than spend the next week or so patting yourself on the back – or grousing about a down year – sit down for an hour or so of honest reflection and...
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