Grand Junction, CO – The Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) congratulates Page Tucker, Founder and CEO of ProStar Geocorp™, for earning the 2016 APEX Technology Entrepreneur Excellence Award. The Apex awards, which celebrate Colorado’s technology leaders and innovators, were presented by the Colorado Technology Association (CTA) at a red carpet event at the Seawell Grand Ballroom in Denver last week.

“Although entrepreneur of the year is considered to be an individual’s accomplishment, this award would not be possible without the truly talented and hardworking team that is behind me, as well as the support of the entire business community in Grand Junction and throughout the state,” said Tucker upon accepting the award, also citing Colorado Mesa University, the Greater Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce and the Grand Junction Economic Partnership as key contributors to his success.

Read more about the Entrepreneur of the Year here at The GJEP

ProStar Geocorp (ProStar) announced today it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to deploy its industry leading Geospatial Intelligence Software™ on Microsoft Azure. As part of the agreement, ProStar has moved its entire solutions platform, including Transparent Earth® software-as-a-service (SaaS), from Rackspace® onto the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.

ProStar is best known for providing its award-winning cloud and mobile asset management systems to the pipeline and utility industries. “I am very pleased we selected Microsoft Azure after evaluating all public cloud offerings and that today we can finally announce we have officially completed the ‘lift & shift’ to Microsoft’s cloud,” said Peter Forster ProStar’s Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Forster went on to say, “We expect that the move will improve all aspects of our solution deployment including: access, availability, disaster readiness, scalability and security. We believe ProStar’s Solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure’s capabilities is a big win for both companies. It provides the energy industry with superior cloud and mobile solutions designed to address operational efficiencies including disparate and fragmented systems that have plagued the industry for years. Prostar’s deployment and commercialization could prove timely as companies will now be able to utilize modern technology to streamline operations, reduce costs and improve regulatory compliance.”

As part of the arrangement, ProStar plans to create new experiences for clients using Microsoft products to support the Cloud First Mobile First initiative. This is key for Microsoft, since ProStar is supporting organizations in the energy industry, many of which still manage their own data centers through on-premise systems. ProStar agrees to provide applications to support its geospatial intelligent solutions in what is commonly known as a “hybrid cloud environment,” therefore, driving the incentive and motivation for companies to upgrade technologies and utilize cloud and mobile options such as Azure. According to Suren Machiraju, a member of the Azure Engineering Team and author of Hardening Azure Applications, “ProStar was very keen on leveraging a much tighter integration with several Microsoft solutions including PowerBI, SharePoint, Office 365 and Bing Maps, which are familiar and intuitive software solutions that will now seamlessly integrate with ProStar’s Solutions and can easily be leveraged throughout the industry.”

Read more about ProStar’s agreement with Microsoft here at The PRWeb

Grand Junction, CO – ProStar Geocorp, the industry leader providing geospatial intelligence software as a service to the pipeline and utility industry, announced Brant Westmark as the company’s new Creative Director.

Mr. Westmark is very experienced with a broad base of creative marketing design. Westmark’s career started in the Seattle area working for national design firm, Creative Circle. He continued on working for a wide variety of national chains and startup companies including, Whole Foods Market, Liberty-Lyle and Minnysonoda Corporation before starting his own firm Luce-Ink. ProStar received consulting services from Westmark for over a year before offering him an incentive to relocate to the ProStar headquarters in Colorado as the new Creative Director. “We are excited to have Brant join the ProStar team and to have his family relocate to Grand Junction from the Seattle area,” said Page Tucker, President and CEO of ProStar. “We are thrilled to bring Brant into the ProStar family as he has proven to be a great fit for us and provides tremendous value as we ramp up our sales and marketing initiatives.”

Read more about Brant here at The PRWeb

Denver, CO – The Colorado Economic Development Commission announced today that three companies have been approved to participate in the state’s new Rural Jump-Start Zone Tax Credit program. The businesses represent the first wave to expand or relocate in Mesa County, located on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, as a result of the new “tax holiday.”

Read more about ProStar’s “Tax Holiday” here at The PR Newswire

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) today announced grantees for the Advanced Industry Accelerator Grant Program. A total of $4,634,779 will be awarded for the Proof-of-Concept and Early Stage Capital and Retention Grants to support Colorado’s advanced industries. “We are thrilled to grant these innovative organizations with funds needed to help scale their technologies,” said OEDIT executive director Fiona Arnold. “The Advanced Industries Program continues to be a great success, and it has attracted other state agencies, such as the Colorado Energy Office, to put funding and resources into the program to reach even more Colorado organizations.

Read more about ProStar’s Grant here at Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade