26 Jan

From the Albany Business ReviewJanuary 22, 2015By Chelsea Diana  Transfinder Corp. CEO Antonio Civitella said New York's plan to leverage $1 billion in private and public funds toward increasing high-speed Internet access is the right step for Albany area businesses. During the State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that an estimated 7 million New Yorkers and 113,000 businesses cannot get access to broadband at 100 Mbps - the minimum speed a 2014 survey of economic [...]

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26 Jan

From KAIT (ABC affiliate)January 22, 2015  One Region 8 school district is using new technology to help track their buses. It's called Transfinder, and it's a system that the Paragould School District will soon have on its buses. Assistant Superintendent Scott Guantt said with this new system they will be able to maximize the efficiency of their bus routes. “It's gonna help us map our routes,” Gaunt said. “It's going to help us track our student transportation needs [...]

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19 Jan

From Student Transportion News January 2, 2015By Art Gissendaner  There is no doubt that school violence is a hot-button topic. The Columbine and Sandy Hook shootings serve as exclamation points in a tragic narrative on contemporary society that could be titled: “Education Should Not Be a Life-Threatening Activity.”  At the outset, many educators, law enforcement officials and security experts focused their attention on making classrooms more secure. This approach is [...]

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19 Jan

From the Times UnionJanuary 10, 2015By Paul Nelson  John Eoff is cautiously optimistic about the impact a casino and new building projects on Lower State Street will have on his century-old, family-run camera store.  "It'll be beautiful when it's all done," said Eoff, 62, who owns The Photo-Lab Inc., which has been on State Street near Erie Boulevard since 1948. "I'm hoping for the best and hopeful I can survive to see it."... [The] NYBizLab is the idea of Antonio [...]

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19 Jan

From the Albany Business ReviewJanuary 16, 2015By Chelsea Diana  A Schenectady, New York technology accelerator, dubbed New York BizLab, is preparing to open its doors in March.  The accelerator at 251 State St. is the brainchild of Antonio Civitella, CEO of Transfinder Corp. - a Schenectady company that develops school bus routing software.  Civitella is creating the business accelerator in partnership with Schenectady County Community College through the Start-Up NY tax [...]

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