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By Eric Anderson, eanderson@timesunion.comTimes Union Posted: 05/10/14  COLONIE, N.Y. -- A new wave of hotel construction, with nearly 1,000 rooms in 10 projects, is on the drawing board or under construction along the Northway corridor from Colonie to Saratoga Springs. Most are either extended-stay properties or hotels offering limited service. And they're opening as the Capital Region's technology sector expands, boosting business travel. On Tuesday, the Pavilion Grand in [...]

By Keshia Clukey, kclukey@bizjournals.com, @AlbBizKeshia on Twitter Antonio Civitella remembers Transfinder’s first client meeting in the early '90s.  The CEO and president of the Schenectady, New York-based software development company described using a now antiquated computer platform crowding around a few conference tables and talking about bus routing software. This week, the company had its fifth official annual Client Summit, which drew more than 210 of its customers to [...]

Antonio Civitella of Transfinder Corporation Named Small Business Person of the Year         By Lauren Halligan, lhalligan@troyrecord.com, @LaurenTheRecord on TwitterThe Troy RecordPosted: 05/12/14 ALBANY>> Local business owners and their banks celebrated small business success in the Capital Region this week.  The Small Business Administration’s yearly district luncheon was held Monday in Albany to recognize the achievements of local companies on [...]

Transfinder system helps disability center By Larry Rulison, Times UnionPublished 7:31 pm, Friday, April 25, 2014 Transfinder CEO Antonio Civitella, left, and Center for Disability Services asst. director for transportation Bill Garrison review bus routes at the center's dispatch office Friday April 25, 2014, in Albany, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)       When Transfinder of Schenectady decided to expand its transportation routing software business beyond [...]

    New system helps LPOSD keep kids safe By CAMERON RASMUSSON - Staff writerBonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, Idaho SANDPOINT — When it comes to parents and their kids’ safety, there’s no such thing as too much information. Good thing the Lake Pend Oreille School District’s transportation department is prepared to handle just about any contingency with a full roster of valuable information to share with authorities or the public. It’s all thanks [...]