Member News August 2025 Archives - Arizona Technology Council

Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan to be Honored for Impact on Chip Design

inBusiness PHX Lip-Bu Tan, Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation and former CEO of Cadence Design Systems, will be honored with the 2025 Phil Kaufman Award for distinguished contributions to Electronic System Design (ESD). The annual award from the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), a SEMI technol...

Mueveflex Stretch Clinic Pioneers Human Performance Technology for Tucson’s Community, Offering a New Benefit to Arizona’s Tech Workforce

Mueveflex Stretch Clinic, a leader in applying cutting-edge wellness technology, today announced the availability of localized cryotherapy in a conveniently accessible location for a broader segment of the Tucson community. This move represents a commitment to implementing innovative technology for human performance and offers a valuable new resource for the health and well-being of Arizona...

Foam Packaging Specialties Expands with Acquisition of Advanced Packaging Specialties, Creating Full-Service Packaging Operation in Phoenix

Acquisition strengthens Foam Packaging Specialties’ position as Arizona’s leading end-to-end packaging provider while reducing vendor complexity and supply chain costs for local manufacturers TEMPE Ariz. – August 27, 2025 – In a move that reshapes the local packaging landscape, Foam Packaging Specialties, LLC, a leader in custom foam solutions, h...

Comcast Business Guest Blog: How AI is Reshaping Unified Communications

Comcast Business AI is transforming unified communications by significantly enhancing workflow management between customer-facing and back-office employees, streamlining data flow, and improving decision-making. By 2026, most enterprises will adopt AI-enabled cloud communication APIs to enhance personalized customer and employee engagement, driving better business o...

Raytheon partners with German company to boost Stinger missile production

Raytheon describes the Stinger missile as a lightweight, combat-proven and self-contained air defense system deployed by ground troops against cruise missiles and aircraft. Image: Raytheon Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights What’s This? Raytheon partners with Diehl Defense to produce Stinger missiles...

Intero Digital Guest Blog Post: E-commerce SEO: Boosting Your Online Store’s Search Rankings

Shopping online concept – Parcel or Paper cartons with a shopping cart logo in a trolley on a laptop keyboard. Shopping service on The online web. offers home delivery. iStock Key Takeaways: E-commerce SEO improves visibility, traffic, and conversions for online stores. Optimizing for search across platforms ...

TSMC’s Arizona factory turns a profit

Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights What’s This? TSMC’s Arizona plant reports $150.1 million profit in first half 2025 TSMC plans $100 billion expansion for north Phoenix fab site U.S. government considers taking equity stakes in chipmakers in exchange for grants Update: The U.S. Department of Commerce has reportedly changed course on pu...

Tech Parks Arizona CEO Appointed to the Brazil–U.S. Fulbright Initiative at PUCRS

UA Tech Parks Carol Stewart, Vice President of the University of Arizona, Tech Parks Arizona, has been appointed to serve in the newly awarded Fulbright initiative designed to strengthen academic and research collaboration between Brazil and the United States. Formalized on June 10, 2025, the five-year partnership was created in coope...

Claro Enterprise Solutions Partners with Nestlé to Streamline Connectivity Across LATAM

Claro Enterprise Solutions Claro Enterprise Solutions is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Nestlé to deliver advanced connectivity services across 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAM). Currently in the implementation phase, this collaboration underscores Nestlé’s commitment to operational efficiency in th...

Aligned Data Centers unveils advanced cooling lab in Phoenix amid AI computing surge

Aligned Data Centers recently opened a north Phoenix cooling lab. Courtesy of Aligned Data Centers Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Aligned Data Centers opens Arizona data center cooling lab Liquid cooling solutions gain traction for AI-driven data centers Public concerns grow over data center development in Arizona, nationwid...

Pipeline Design & Engineering Guest Blog Post: People-Centric Project Management: The Missing Link in Engineering Success

Pipeline Design & Engineering, LLC Engineering projects are often managed like machines—tight schedules, rigid processes, strict oversight. But at Pipeline Design & Engineering, we’ve found that project success comes less from tighter control and more from smarter human leadership. Our philosophy is simple: projects succeed when the pe...

Microsoft pours billions into data center real estate nationwide, including Arizona

Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Microsoft’s real estate grew by 12 million square feet in the 2025 fiscal year. Microsoft spent $88.2 billion on capital expenditures. Microsoft now has 97 million square feet of global real estate. Much of Microsoft’s $88.2 billion in capital expenditures during the past fiscal year appears tied...

Intero Digital Guest Blog Post: 3 Effective Content Marketing Tools Every Business Needs

Hand turning optimization knob up to 100 percent and dial indicating conversion rate metrics. CRO concept. Composite image between a hand photography and a 3D background. iStock Key Takeaways Strong tools help align your content strategy with business goals AI-assisted content creation tools improve efficiency and co...

Comcast Business Guest Blog: Key Network Considerations for Supporting Enterprise AI Applications

Comcast Business Artificial Intelligence is making its enterprise pivot from hype and fear of missing out (FOMO) to strategic priority. Models have evolved dramatically, becoming smaller, faster, more specialized, and significantly more capable. As such, tech leaders are ramping up their AI investments— 78% of enterprises expect to expand AI budgets this ye...

Arizona Technology Council 2025 Legislative Session Recap

The Arizona Technology Council, its Public Policy Committee and our lobbying partner Public Policy Partners worked diligently throughout the 57th Legislature’s first regular session, which adjourned sine die on June 27, 2025, after a highly active and contentious few months. In total, 1,724 bills and 130 memorials and resolutions were introduced. Of those, 439 bills passed both chamber...

Arizona will benefit from Apple’s $100B investment in domestic manufacturing. Here’s how

azcentral Apple Inc. plans to invest in Amkor Technology Inc.’s proposed semiconductor packaging plant in Peoria, marking the facility’s first customer ahead of its groundbreaking later this year. The announcement was part of a $100 billion investment in domestic manufacturing by the tech giant, which faces pressure from President Donald Tr...

Raytheon’s Tucson missile unit racks up another multibillion-dollar contract

The AIM-120D3 is the latest variant of AMRAAM missile developed under the Form, Fit, Function Refresh. Raytheon Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights RTX Corp.’s Raytheon awarded $3.5B USAF contract for AMRAAM missiles Contract benefits several foreign military sales partners through 2031 Raytheon leads Arizona’s defense sector by ...

Cybersecurity Readiness Advisors Guest Blog Post: Arizona’s Data Center Gold Rush: Why Cyber Insurance Is Your Best Ally in the Digital Desert

Cybersecurity Readiness Advisors By Dara Gibson, CEO Cybersecurity Readiness Advisors As Arizona cements itself as a national hotspot for data center growth, thanks to our low natural disaster risk, abundant land, and favorable energy policies, there’s an often an overlooked risk brewing beneath the surface: cyber threats. With hyperscale operators and coloca...

Lucid partners with Timothée Chalamet to market Gravity SUVs in new brand deal

2024 LM Gravity at Super Charger Station Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Lucid Group Inc. signs multiyear brand deal with actor Timothée Chalamet Lucid begins production of Gravity SUV at Casa Grande plant Company announces partnerships with mineral suppliers and robotaxi program development Lucid Group Inc. is going Hollywood. Lucid (Nasd...

Autonomous Trucking Company Aurora Innovation Moves Into Phoenix with New Shipping Terminal

inBusiness PHX Aurora Innovation, Inc., announced a significant expansion of its commercial operations, including surpassing 20,000 driverless miles at the end of June, recently growing its driverless fleet to three trucks, beginning driverless commercial operations at night, and opening its Phoenix terminal. “Efficiency, uptime, and reliability are im...

Mayo Clinic Phoenix tops Arizona hospitals for 13th year in US News rankings

Mayo Clinic in Phoenix was Arizona’s top-ranked hospital in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. Mayo Clinic Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Mayo Clinic Phoenix leads Arizona hospitals for 13th consecutive year Mayo Clinic ranked nationally in 10 medical specialties Seven Arizona hospitals made U.S. News’ 504-hos...

ED2 Corporation Unveils AI-Powered RF Cascade App to Accelerate Design & BOM Workflows

Key Highlights Smart Cascade Analyzer: Dynamically computes cascaded gain, noise figure, third-order intercept point (IP3), and sensitivity, with real-time updates that continuously optimize datalink performance. AI Backed Component Database: Suggests and ranks components from a built-in library, incorporating lifecycle data, sourcing intelligence, and (coming so...