Technology
Posted January 20, 2025 A University of Missouri-Kansas City partnership that wants to develop an energy materials campus in Kansas City is now a finalist in a national competition, competing for an award worth $160 million over 10 years. In…
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Posted January 17, 2025 Updated at 3:40 p.m., January 17, 2025 The $4 billion Panasonic electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in De Soto is nearing completion and will soon begin powering its first assembly line. Kansas leaders and legislators gathered…
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Posted January 15, 2025 Aerospace solutions company Butler National Corporation announced it has appointed Jeff Yowell to the position of executive chairman. Butler National announced Yowell will take the newly created position of executive chairman, according to a release. Yowell…
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Posted November 4, 2024 Lenexa-based Centrinex, a contact center management company with a head count of 600 employees, has sold to New York-based Covisian Group. Covisian Group operates 46 contact control centers throughout Europe and South America. While the company…
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Posted June 3, 2024 Lenexa-based Vytelle announced it will open its 21st in vitro fertilization lab in the third quarter in Melbourne, Australia. The state-of-the-art facility will allow for increased market accessibility to Vytelle’s hormone-free in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology. The…
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Posted May 28, 2024 Netrality Data Centers opened its 175,000-square-foot data center in Shawnee. The KC2-7801 facility spans three acres and can support five megawatts of critical capacity, with future expansion up to 12 megawatts. Netrality operates another facility in…
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Posted May 16, 2024 Two Kansas City-based software developers, Viagio Technologies and Code Koalas, have announced a merger between the two companies. Viagio is now the primary brand for the two companies, while Code Koalas will continue as a sub-brand…
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Posted May 14, 2024 Updated at 1:07 p.m., May 15, 2024 Miami, Florida-based Netrality Data Centers will soon open its more than 175,000-square-foot data center in Shawnee, Kansas, further growing the KC metro region as an emerging tech hub. On…
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Posted April 15, 2024 Kansas City-based cybersecurity firm Cyderes announced it has acquired a Toronto-based Ipseity Security, specializing in identity and access management (IAM) services. Cyderes founder and CEO Robert Herjavec, and star of the TV series “Shark Tank”, announced…
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Posted April 2, 2024 Updated at 1:13 p.m., April 2, 2024 Jackson County officials have shut down computer systems for some offices due to increasing system disruptions and the potential threat of a ransomware attack. Early indications suggest operational inconsistencies…
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