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GeoDigital Names Auto Industry Veteran To Lead 3D Mapping and Self-Driving Vehicles Business Unit

Thibodeau will oversee GeoDigital’s “digital roads” program, the largest effort yet to build an independent mapping platform for mass-produced autonomous vehicles.  

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Geodigital, Flot Systems, an Environmental Consultants Inc Parter for UAV-Based Utility Asset Inspection Program

GeoDigital, FLōT Systems, and Environmental Consultants Inc. (ECI) have formed a partnership to bring utilities remote asset inspection capabilities via Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) – also known as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).

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GeoDigital to Partner with PPL Electric Utilities to Better Manage Vegetation for Increased Reliability

The Pennsylvania utility selects the GeoDigital preconfigured transmission industry solution for vegetation management to further increase network reliability, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction.

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GeoDigital: Mapping the Utility Landscape With Big Data

GeoDigital wants to turn the physical world into data — and then turn that data back into real-world intelligence for electric and gas utilities, telecommunications infrastructure build-outs, and perhaps someday, self-driving cars.

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Forbes: Duo Security Expands Beyond Two-Factor Authentication With $30 Million In Series C Funding

By making their software simple and easy to use while still being secure, the founders of Duo Security have created a fan base of clients–so much so that the company’s account has almost 50 thousand Twitter followers. Now the cofounders are hoping … Continue reading

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Positive Phase 1A Outcome for Memogain® Means Potential New Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease

Neurodyn Life Sciences Inc. announced completion of its first-in-human clinical study, demonstrating Memogain’s potential benefits over existing Alzheimer’s drugs: increased safety in the absence of significant side effects and more potent cognitive enhancement.

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Xcel Energy to Implement GeoDigital for Vegetation and Pole Management

GeoDigital today announced that Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) has chosen to implement its WorkStudio work management system for Vegetation Management and Pole Maintenance.

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GeoDigital Maps Out Highways for Self-Driving Cars

GeoDigital International Inc. first saw demand for its three-dimensional mapping technology from utilities that use it to inspect their vast networks of power lines. Now the same technology, based on a combination of lasers and radar called Lidar, is being … Continue reading

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GeoDigital International, Inc. Raises New Equity Financing From Leading International Investors

The round was led by EnerTech Capital, a prominent North American venture capital investor focused on the energy and power industries, and Emerald Technology Ventures, one of the world’s largest clean technology investors.

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Duo Security & LastPass Partner to Add Enterprise Two-Factor Authentication for Password Management

Duo Security, the innovative leader in two-factor authentication, and LastPass, the leading password manager, announces a new partnership, integrating Duo’s mobile-based two-factor authentication solution to the LastPass password management platform to provide an additional layer of credential security, protecting both … Continue reading

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Duo Security Achieved Over 300% Increase in Revenue in 2013; Continues to Lead the Cloud-Based Two-Factor Authentication Market

 Duo Security, the leading cloud-based two-factor authentication provider, announced 325 percent growth in 2013, in addition to doubling staff size and releasing enhanced features to better support enterprise security. Duo’s growth can be attributed to both enhanced enterprise features and lower total … Continue reading

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Neurodyn completes Part I of Memogain® Phase IA Clinical Trial

The trial results confirm that the drug is effectively absorbed, is well tolerated, and did not cause any of the side effects observed by other presently available drugs for Alzheimer’s.

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GGI achieved 1st place in overall yield results at IPSA Corn and Soybean trials

We are obviously pleased to achieve these compelling results in our first year of joining the IPSA trials,” said Green & Grow Inc. President & CEO Alan Sobba. “The IPSA trials and GGI’s other commissioned research trials in 2013 demonstrate … Continue reading

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Houston energy tech company shakes up its strategy, plans spinoff and major growth

OsComp Systems Inc., a young energy tech company that specializes in natural gas solutions, is planning a massive strategy overhaul through which it will split itself into two separate companies.

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Duo Security To Provide Two-Factor Authentication for Facebook

Duo Security, the innovative leader in cloud-based two-factor authentication, and Yubico, the leading provider of simple, open online identity protection, announced today that Facebook has successfully deployed Duo Security and YubiKey two-factor authentication technologies across its enterprise.

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Neurodyn Inc. Acquires Memogain® For Dementia in Alzheimer’s Disease

Neurodyn Inc. announced today that it has acquired from Galantos Pharma GmbH, Mainz, Germany (galantos.com) all assets related to their Alzheimer’s prescription drug candidate – Memogain®.

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Neurodyn Inc. Secures Patent for Diagnostic Technology

Neurodyn Inc. announced today that one of its key patents (Sterol Glucosides Toxins) will be issued in the US on July 30th, 2013. The lead inventor on this patent is Dr. Chris Shaw, University of British Columbia.

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Northeastern University and Duo Security Collaborate to Fix Critical “Master Key” Android Vulnerabilities

Researchers from Northeastern University’s System Security Lab (NEU SecLab) and Duo Security, a cloud-based two-factor authentication company, announced today the release of a mobile application called “ReKey” that fixes the critical “Master Key” vulnerabilities in Google’s Android mobile platform that … Continue reading

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Neurodyn Inc. Launches NeuroPro™ To Support Cognitive and Mental Function

Neurodyn Inc. announced the North American launch of NeuroPro™ (10% triterpenoid saponin) supplement.

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CSI Selects Duo Security’s Authentication Solution for Its Leading Internet Banking Platform

Duo Security announced today that Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) has selected Duo two-factor authentication (2FA) for its online banking platform.  With Duo Security, CSI will deliver 2FA as an opt-in service to more than 140 financial institutions currently leveraging its … Continue reading

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OsComp, Global Partners Pursue Virtual Pipelines for Natural Gas

Forbes: OsComp Systems, a privately held start-up company based in Houston,Texas, wants to distribute natural gas the way that propane is distributed and has pioneered a compressor technology that it claims will allow it to do so.

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Global Partners Forms Alliance with OsComp Systems to Supply Compressed Natural Gas to New England Businesses

WALTHAM, Mass. Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP), a FORTUNE 500® midstream logistics and marketing company, has entered into an agreement with OsComp Systems, Inc. to provide compressed natural gas (CNG) via truck to commercial, industrial and municipal customers in New England.

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VIDEO: Neurodyn

Neurodyn profiled as a leading bioscience company in Atlantic Canada

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Duo Security Researchers find loophole in Google’s two-factor authentication

Duo Security reported the vulnerability this week after notifying Google and giving it time to release a fix.

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Duo Security Achieves Record Growth in Two-Factor Authentication Market with over 400% Increase in Revenue

Adds over 600 New Customers Including PwC, Toyota, Etsy, Bechtel, and Thomson Reuters

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GeoDigital and Google work together to provide faster, smarter solutions for utilities

GeoDigital International Inc. announced today a new collaboration with Google, helping utility organizations to effectively address the fast growing and heavily regulated aspects of engineering and vegetation management in both Transmission and Distribution markets.

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Authen2cate Partners with Duo Security to Expand Two-Factor Authentication Capabilities

Customers of authen2cate can now enable Duo Security’s two-factor authentication service, providing an additional layer of security included with the service.

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Shaking Up a $6.9B Market, MIT’s Martin Trust Center Names OsComp Systems Company of the Week

In the basement of Boston’s Greentown Labs, the team behind OsComp Systems has been trying to shake up an industry that’s been around for over 400 years.

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Google Ventures Backs Duo Security

IT security start-up Duo Security has raised $5 million in a Series A round led by Google Ventures for technology that uses cell phones to help protect log-in and password information.

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GeoDigital Acquires Powel, Inc.

Lidar and data acquisition firm purchases US assets of Powel AS to fortify market leading postion in utility vegetation management.

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Forbes lists OsComp CEO Pedro Santos on “30 Under 30: Energy” rankings

Pedro Santos, Chief Executive, OsComp Systems, 27. Invented a wellhead compression technology that promises to cut costs of natural gas production.

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Michael Godwin and Jason Townsend to launch Resonant Venture Partners

Michael Godwin, MBA ’10, and Jason Townsend, MBA ’10, could have joined a venture capital firm after graduation. But they decided they’d rather start their own.

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