AI In Healthcare Panelists Energize Princeton Tech Meetup
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by Esther Surden
1w ago
Approximately 100 people crowded into the lobby of the McCarter Theatre Center, in Princeton, to hear about “AI in Healthcare” at a recent Princeton Tech Meetup. There was plenty of networking going on, as meetup members both old and new traded information and talked about their businesses while consuming drinks and pizza. Introducing the evening, organizer Venu Moola recapped the history of the Princeton Tech Meetup, which started at a bar in Princeton and moved to the Princeton Public Library, where it took up permanent residency. When COVID hit, the meetup went on a hiatus because “I didn’t ..read more
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Newark-Based KL Software Technologies Helps Law Firms Implement Intranets That Meet Their Specific Needs
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by Steve Sears
2w ago
Recently, Newark-based KL Software Technologies (KLST), headed by Ragav Jagannathan,  developed a bilingual intranet using Microsoft SharePoint Online for the international law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Toronto). Fasken’s intranet, which currently supports content in English and French, now offers all the firm’s employees access to information that is professionally relevant to them, including company-wide news, financial dashboards, document-management access, a firm directory and more. A mobile version was also created for professionals on the go. Noted Jagannathan, whose comp ..read more
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Marlton-Based envoyatHome Pioneers “Passive Behavior Discovery” to Keep At-Risk People Out of Hospitals
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by Esther Surden
3w ago
How can you tell when a person living with dementia is wandering around at night? How can you figure out if an elderly person living alone may be headed for a fall? How can you be sure that, when patients are sent home from rehab or the hospital, they will recover and thrive? Rob Blatt, the cofounder and CEO of envoyatHome (Marlton), tells us that passive behavior discovery can tell you all of that, in a way that is nonintrusive to the patients or older people living alone. Digital health startup envoyatHome was founded by Blatt and CTO Frederick Bresani in early 2020, before the pandemic stru ..read more
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Newark Venture Partners’ Vaughn Crowe on Celebrating Black History Month: Honoring Today’s Trailblazing Black Founders
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by Esther Surden
1M ago
Newark Venture Partners–from the start–has championed black founders. In this blog post which first appeared on NVP’s website, NVP managing partner Vaughn Crowe talks about five of NVP’s portfolio companies and their founders. As we commemorate Black history and achievements throughout February, it’s essential to acknowledge the monumental contributions of Black entrepreneurs who are reshaping the landscape of innovation and entrepreneurship. At nvp, our commitment to diversity and community isn’t just a moral stance but a strategic advantage that fuels our mission to invest in bold founders b ..read more
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Interflexion Founders Seek to Upend the Training of Middle Managers Using Conversational AI
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by Esther Surden
1M ago
In 2019, experienced entrepreneurs John Muldoon and John Hack had an idea that they couldn’t shake. After doing some work for a leadership-training firm, said Hack, they realized that “there hadn’t been innovation in the corporate training market since the introduction of computer-based training.”  To solve that problem Muldoon and Hack founded Interflexion (Hillsborough), where they now serve as CEO and CTO, respectively. The cofounders had noticed that lower-level staff and middle managers were often left behind, as management invested mainly in higher-paid employees.  The middle m ..read more
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At The Knowledge House, Newark Youth And Adults Get Life-Changing Skills
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by Esther Surden
1M ago
On the first day of Newark Tech Week in October, Daniel Adeyanju, director of partnerships & external affairs at The Knowledge House (Newark), took the stage at the Newark Tech Summit to discuss his organization’s work with CITI Medina, the founder of =SPACE, a Newark-based incubator/workspace dedicated to black/brown and LGBTQ founders. Medina reenergized Newark Tech Week in 2015 after taking it over from Emily Manz, who founded it in 2013. Since then, the event has grown exponentially, and it’s now backed by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). This year Newark Tech Wee ..read more
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CES 2024 — “On the Road” With Jeff Miller, CEO of Synchronoss Technologies
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by Rob Rinderman
2M ago
 by Rob Rinderman NJTechWeekly.com contributor Rob Rinderman caught up with Jeff Miller, president and CEO of Bridgewater-based Synchronoss, shortly after his return from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which took place in early January. An estimated global audience of 135,000 in-person attendees were at this year’s show, up from approximately 115,000 in 2023. Among the main themes of CES 2024 were artificial intelligence (AI), sustainability and inclusivity.  For those that have not yet had the pleasure of attending a past edition, CES features panels on hundreds of topics, as ..read more
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Verizon Execs Walk Us Through Futuristic 5G Applications That Are Working Now
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by Esther Surden
2M ago
In October, NJTechWeekly.com attended an event at Verizon in Basking Ridge, where the communications giant took members of the press and others through a demonstration of its most innovative 5G-powered products to date. It was a lot of fun to see how far some of this technology has come. One of the key takeaways is that companies that use private wireless 5G networks no longer need tons of hardware or immensely complicated setups. Verizon reps pointed out that a whole factory can be powered with hardware that can fit into a small rack. The system does require an array of radios distributed thr ..read more
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Generative AI is Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape, Panelists at Verizon Event Say
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by Esther Surden
2M ago
At an October meeting at Verizon’s Basking Ridge headquarters, invited guests learned what the communications giant thinks about the future of cybersecurity as the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape changes. Much of the panel discussion focused on generative AI, especially ChatGPT, and how it has changed the nature of threats. The panel was moderated by Chris Novak, managing director of cyber security consulting at Verizon. Also appearing were Sean Atkinson, chief information security officer at the nonprofit Center for Internet Security (East Greenbush, N.Y.), who helps design and impleme ..read more
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Two Huge Announcements Set the Table for New Jersey’s Tech Scene Beyond 2024
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by Esther Surden
3M ago
Nokia Bell Labs announced that it was moving to New Brunswick from its historic home in Murray Hill, and setting up a venture studio to commercialize its products that “don’t meet the needs of its business units” at the time. The State of New Jersey and Princeton University announced the establishment of an artificial intelligence hub at Princeton that will collaborate with New Jersey universities, industry leaders, startup companies and others. The Bell Labs Announcement: On December 11, NJTechWeekly.com attended the announcement by Nokia Bell Labs that it would join the Health & Life S ..read more
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