The MTBC Advocacy Team recently hosted Dale Craymer with the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association to discuss the economy. He touched on the state of both the U. S and Texas economies, as well as the budget for Texas, giving a positive outlook for Texas and the nation. Historical job losses Going back as far as 1948, Craymer noted 11 different recessions

Starting a bit earlier this year, but the MTBC is recognizing North Texas tech companies for rapid growth. Nominate your company or someone else’s for a 2012 Fast Tech award. Entries are due April 30. Fast Tech awards recognize the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in the DFW Metroplex. Award

There’s as reason people do business on the golf course. It works. Find out when you join us and presenting sponsor Viawest for a round of golf at the annual MTBC Golf Tournament. This year’s event will be held Monday, May 21, at the prestigious Hackberry Creek Country Club in Irving. MTBC Golf is a valuable opportunity to expand your network. Meet new

The MTBC is a presenting sponsor of InnoTech Dallas 2012, the region’s premier business and technology innovation conference and expo. InnoTech Dallas will be Thursday, May 17, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Irving Convention Center. This year marks the second year of the conference, which attracted more than 1,000 tech industry professionals last year. It is

Databank announces new data center development DataBank Holdings, Ltd., a leading custom data center and colocation provider based in Dallas, recently announced plans for development of a new data center facility in North Dallas. DataBank’s construction plans have placed the facility opening in the fourth quarter of this year. DataBank currently owns and

As the United States struggles to compete in biotechnology funding, we are once again reminded of how important the MTBC STEM Partnership fund is to our industry. At a congressional hearing about the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget for the National Institutes for Health (NIH), concerns were raised about America’s ability to compete with other countries in

The MTBC has joined forces with three other regional organizations to launch a website that aims to be a one-stop regional resource for North Texas entrepreneurs. InnovateDFW.com is a regional collaboration focused on connecting and assisting the North Texas entrepreneurial ecosystem. The idea is to promote events, activities, resource and content from four

It takes more than money to improve the quality of STEM education. It requires time, talent and commitment. That is where the MTBC Talent Team comes in. The objective of the Talent Team is to facilitate the technology community's sustainable impact on building an emerging workforce through strategies that enhance STEM education. Led by Kent Novak of Texas