In late December, IT consulting firm Mind Over Machines announced its acquisition of The Seva Group, an IT consulting firm based in Brewers Hill in Baltimore city, as Technically Baltimore reported. The acquisition makes Mind Over Machines one of the larger IT consulting firms in the Mid-Atlantic region, said Walt Rampata, the vice president of [...]

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. As of Jan. 2, Peter Altabef will succeed A. L. “Tom” Giannopoulos as CEO of Micros Systems, a Columbia-based IT company, according to the Baltimore Sun. Altabef is a former president of Dell Inc.’s IT services division. “Howard County IT services [...]

When the Baltimore Ravens want to rally their fans on social media, they turn to one of their 8,400 RavensReps — social media ambassadors the Ravens have recruited since 2010 with help from Woodberry-based SocialToaster. Now, with FANACTIVE, introduced at the end of October, SocialToaster plans to take its ambassador program to more sports teams [...]

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. SocialToaster, the social media company based in Woodberry that recruits fans of businesses, publications and services as “ambassadors” for sharing content online, named Walt Rampata its chief marketing officer at the end of August, according to CityBizList. Rampata, [...]

Baltimore is getting its own chapter of Startup Grind in September sponsored by Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Wasabi Ventures, as Technically Baltimore reported Wednesday. The meetup of entrepreneurs, startup founders, techies, students — and pretty much anyone else interested — will be held monthly at Loyola University Maryland, says Kendall D. Ryan, Wasabi’s director of events [...]