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Technology

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 19, 2022
Private equity firm makes offer for Clearwater cybersecurity company

Vista Equity Partners says it will pay a 39% premium on all outstanding shares of KnowBe4 Inc.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 26, 2022
Rock-star investor puts stamp of approval on St. Pete

Cathie Wood and her company, ARK Investment Management, have gone all-in on the Sunshine City as the nation's next top tech hub.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 26, 2022
Bot topic: Business accelerator event to focus on robots in restaurants

High turnover rates are nothing new for restaurants and hotels, but pandemic-driven labor shortages have prompted an increased interest in a robotic future for the hospitality industry.

  • Technology
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2022
Leader of Tampa tech association to step down after 10 years

Virginia Lee will succeed Jill St. Thomas as interim CEO of Tampa Bay Tech.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 1, 2022
Technology challenges how we think about property transactions

The metaverse aims to bring people together in the future. But it's also become a hot market for real estate.

  • Technology
  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 30, 2022
Crypto curious: Academics, bankers, entrepreneurs look to the future of money

When it comes to bitcoin and cryptocurrency, proceed with caution. But there’s no denying its growing economic importance and influence.

  • Finance
  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 29, 2022
Florida readies itself for a crypto real estate wave

In some ways, the deluge is already here.

  • Technology
  • By Amanda Postma
  • June 24, 2022
Startup says goodbye bubble-mailers, hello digital tokens

Forward-thinking digital-first company encourages non-fungible token users to learn by doing.

  • Technology
  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 17, 2022
Software firm finds successful new direction

Geographic Solutions, with 450 employees, has enough work to support 100 more staffers. The rub? Finding those people.

  • Strategies
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • June 10, 2022
2022 Innovator: Green Check Verified, Bonita Springs

Company delivers a dose of technology to the tricky side of banking in the marijuana industry.

  • Technology
  • By Amanda Postma
  • June 10, 2022
2022 Innovator: Stoke Collaboration Room, Sarasota

The company seeks to zoom past competitors in the new world of hybrid meetings that meld the digital and in-person experience.

  • Technology
  • By Amanda Postma
  • June 10, 2022
2022 Innovator: InstoreScreens, Naples

An entrepreneur delivers a jolt of high-tech immersive technology to brick and mortar retail.

  • Technology
  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 10, 2022
2022 Innovator: Praxis Medical, Tampa

Founded by an entrepreneurial radiologist, the company's products are improving and redefining basic medical procedures.

  • Technology
  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 10, 2022
2022 Innovator: PikMyKid, Tampa

What started as a way to end school-dismissal chaos has evolved into a full-fledged campus safety platform.

  • Technology
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 24, 2022
Tampa software company names successor to retiring CEO

Ashish Kachru, who founded Altruista Health in 2007 and sold it in 2020, will lead DataLink Software.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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