Technology business news from the Southeast states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee in support of a regional Community of One.
Coral Gables FL: Cyxtera Technologies, the global data center provider, said it has agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm.
Source: Refresh Miami
Cary NC: Epic Games has taken its fight against Apple's App Store rules to the European Union, where it's lodged a complaint with the bloc's antitrust regulators.
Source: yahoo.com
Jackson MS: Nashlie Sephus’ latest project is to create a technology center on 12 acres of abandoned land and buildings in the heart of downtown Jackson, Mississippi.
Source: Bonafide Press
Research Triangle Park NC: Big Blue says it will transform the global airline’s computing environment to run on a hybrid cloud architecture built on Red Hat OpenShift.
Source: WRAL Tech Newswire
Atlanta GA: Airbnb said that it anticipates “our Atlanta office will become the regional base for hundreds of technical and non-technical roles over time.”
Source: Atlanta In Town Paper
Atlanta GA: The incubator will help developers build and test 5G use cases including autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial drones, mixed reality, entertainment, health and more.
Source: Tech Crunch
Mobile AL: The Portal Fund was created to “ignite the local entrepreneurial ecosystem” by attracting and retaining entrepreneurs. Deuce Drone and Barkd are its first investments.
Source: Alabama News Center
Nashville TN: The $4M grant will expand STEM education in 20 Tennessee high schools, and the $2.9 million grant will expand STEM education in five rural school districts.
Source: wate.com
Raleigh NC: The Wake Tech facility is one of four Amazon training sites in the US preparing 100,000 people for work in a combination of electronics and mechanical engineering.
Source: wral.com
Miami FL: SoftBank has donated $100 million to the development of Big Tech in Miami and Mayor Francis Suarez says the bet gives his project an exponential opportunity to grow.
Source: Fox Business News
Atlanta GA: Ford Motor Company, its dealers, and Cox Automotive’s Autotrader are partnering to create a new, digital used car marketplace called Ford Blue Advantage.
Source: Automoticemap.com
Atlanta GA: The tech giant is adding two regional data centers and could bring thousands of jobs to 90 acres of land it bought in recent months at the stalled Quarry Yards.
Source: ajc.com
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