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A Critical Gap   Margaret Tantillo clearly remembers — honestly, who doesn’t? — the day Gov. Charlie Baker started shutting down the economy a year ago this month. As the […]

Kimberly Quiñonez says her professors

Learning on the Fly Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) had a long-term plan to ramp up online and digital learning. But then came the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced staff working at […]

Zasco Productions recently held a hybrid drive-in event

Remote Connections While most of the business world slowed gradually in March, or even ground to an eventual halt, the story was more dire for the events industry. It just […]

Career Connections To celebrate Massachusetts STEM Week, Oct. 19-23, Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) announced a week-long series of events. STEM Week 2020 is organized by the Executive Office of […]

Taking the Long View The idea of doctors and patients communicating across a distance, via a video connection, is not a new one, Carl Cameron notes. But COVID-19 “opened the […]

From a Distance By Sean Hogan COVID-19 has changed the way we all do business. The remote workforce, which was embraced by a few, is now the new norm and […]

Risk and Reward If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught businesses anything, it’s that employees, in many cases, can do their jobs from home — which can, in theory, lead to […]

Drying Times When it comes to the XLERATOR, his company’s signature hand dryer, filtration is nothing new, Bill Gagnon said. “We’ve had an optional HEPA filtration system in it for […]

Into the Breach Cybersecurity experts say there’s still plenty of misunderstanding when it comes to the reality of data threats. For example, it’s not just big companies being attacked — […]

Air Apparent By Sean Hogan Small businesses have been drawn to VoIP technology because of the substantial cost savings they gain when making the switch. However, as VoIP has continued […]

High-tech Harvest From its humble beginnings in a Southwick basement 40 years ago, Whalley Computer Associates has become a technology company with remarkable reach, providing a host of services to […]

Bit by Bit While growing his business and keeping his employees busy at all times is Jitu Changela’s primary goal, his mission in business is to keep his clients’ employees […]

Mom Tech Many people assume that working from home is less productive than spending time in the office. However, the opposite is oftentimes true. This is especially true now that […]

Baiting the Hook By Jenna Finn Vade Secure, a global leader in predictive e-mail defense, recently published the results of its Phishers’ Favorites report for the second quarter of 2019. […]

Pipeline to Progress When the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center released a study last fall examining potential locations for water-technology demonstration centers in Massachusetts — thus raising the Bay State’s profile […]