Member News August 2026 Archives - Arizona Technology Council

Time Magazine Names The University Of Arizona Center For Innovation Among Top Business Incubators

UACI August 18, 2026 (Tucson, Ariz.)- The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) was recognized as one of America’s Best Incubators & Accelerators in 2026, as published by TIME Magazine, securing national recognition for its success in helping entrepreneurs launch and grow innovative science and technology companies. The ranking spotlights the United States’ mo...

Comcast Business Guest Blog:: Rethinking enterprise security in the age of AI

Comcast Business Cybersecurity teams have long been aware of the increasing prominence of artificial intelligence in the cybercrime playbook. Attackers use it with increasing frequency to scale phishing, automate reconnaissance, and generate plug-and-play malware. The 2025 Comcast Business Cybersecurity Threat Report reveals another layer to the story: how security teams are managin...

FPT Guest Blog: Closing the Gap: Unifying the Fragmented Journey from Digital Click to Physical Keys

Picture a car shopper in Scottsdale on a Tuesday night. On her laptop, she uses the dealership’s digital retailing tools to configure a mid-size SUV, calculate a monthly payment, value her trade-in, and book a Saturday test drive. By every digital measure, she is a high-intent, sales-ready lead. Then Saturday arrives. She walks onto the lot, and the salesperson greets her as a tot...

$25M Partnership to Establish Nation’s First Medical School Branch on Tribal Land

Image: InBusiness Phoenix inBusiness Phoenix The University of Arizona and Gila River Health Care, the Gila River Indian Community’s tribally operated healthcare system, announced a long-term partnership to establish the nation’s first MD-granting medical school branch located on the lands of a sovereign Tribal Nation. The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Regi...

Corsica Technologies-The MSP Trust Gap: AI, Security, and Rising Service Expectations Are Redefining Trust Between MSPs and Their Clients

Corsica Technologies New study of 600 IT and security leaders shows mid-market companies are rethinking provider relationships as cybersecurity, data integration, AI readiness, and proactive guidance become the new MSP standard News Summary Corsica Technologies, a national managed service provider serving mid-market organizations across the U.S., surveyed 600 IT and security decis...

Cyberleaf Guest Blog: Are You Watching the Wrong CMMC Clock?

Cyberleaf The Phase 2 pause reset one timeline while the one that matters kept running. Your company builds parts that end up in fighter jets, patrol ships, or vehicles you will never see finished. The prime who awards you that work has already decided when it needs your Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 certificate in hand, and for a growing number of subcont...

Microsoft: Responsibly building the AI future

Microsoft Today, Microsoft published its 2026 Environmental Sustainability Report. This report covers our fiscal year 2025, and measures progress against our 2020 baseline. You can read the foreword below and explore the report in its entirety here. As we enter a new era for AI, Microsoft’s environmental sustainability work is entering a new phase—defined not only by ambition,...

$500K Grant Brings Financial Literacy to 10,000 Junior Achievement Arizona Students

Image: InBusiness Phoenix inBusiness Phoenix As the new school year begins, thousands of Arizona students will sharpen their reading, writing and math skills, but many still won’t receive the financial education needed to thrive in adulthood and navigate today’s economy. A new $500,000, two-year grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation will help change that by enabling J...

Raytheon Secures $745M Deal to Produce Missile Interceptors in Arizona

Image: InBusiness Phoenix inBusiness Phoenix Raytheon, an RTX business, has received a $745 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the production and sustainment of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA (SM‑3 IIA) interceptors. “SM-3 Block IIA is a cornerstone of regional defense, giving the U.S. and allied partners greater reach, accuracy and confidence against evolving th...

Mayo Clinic in Phoenix tops Arizona hospitals for 14th straight year

Image: Mayo Clinic in Phoenix has kept its place as Arizona’s top-ranked hospital in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. | Mayo Clinic Phoenix Business Journal Mayo Clinic in Phoenix has made it 14 straight years as the top hospital in Arizona, according to the annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, Mayo Clinic in Arizona made it for the 10th ...

Avnet shares hit all-time high as Phoenix distributor reports record $8.3B quarter

Image: Avnet’s corporate headquarters is located at 2211 South 47th Street in Phoenix. | Avnet Phoenix Business Journal Shares of Avnet Inc. hit an all-time high Wednesday after the Phoenix-based global electronics component distributor reported record-breaking sales for the fourth fiscal quarter, driven by growth across all key business segments. Avnet, Arizona’s largest ...

Comcast Business Guest Blog: A new era in cybersecurity: As threats intensify, speedy detection and mitigation are key.

Comcast Business For a long time, companies viewed cybersecurity through the prism of prevention—building higher walls and wider moats around their corporate networks in hopes of fending off potential intrusions. When the network perimeter was clearly defined and confined, that strategy might have worked. But in modern networks, those perimeters are ever-shifting. Employees are wo...

Paragon IT Professionals Guest Blog: Why the Best IT Leaders Don’t Lead Alone

Source: Paragon IT Professionals Technology leaders today are expected to do far more than oversee systems and infrastructure. They’re business strategists, people leaders, change managers, and drivers of innovation – all while balancing cybersecurity, AI adoption, evolving business priorities, and the day-to-day demands of keeping operations running. The pace of change ha...

How a Scottsdale Company Built a Global Presence Over 20 Years

Twenty years ago, few people would have expected a Scottsdale company to build a global presence in one of the fastest-changing areas of financial services. But over the last two decades, that is exactly what Navaera has done. What started as a focused effort to help financial institutions navigate compliance and fraud challenges has grown into supporting organizations across multip...