Florida Micro, Inc., a leading provider of technology services and equipment to corporations, educational institutions and the government announced the award of a $400,000 contract with the Department of State for 2011, solidifying their position as a top sales agent of technology solutions to government agencies. Florida Micro has business operations in the greater New York City area and its corporate headquarters are based out of Boca Raton.

Integrity Tracking, LLC, doing business as MobileHelp is moving into new space in the FAU Research Park in Boca Raton to expand their operations. The company provides medical alarm protection for seniors and others by integrating GSM cellular, GPS, and medical alarm technologies. The City of Boca Raton provided economic development incentives that assisted MobileHelp open the new 13,000 square foot facility. Fifty five new employees are projected to be hired over the next several years.

TransMedia Group, an integrated public relations and internet marketing firm located at 240 West Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton, is opening its first office in Sao Paulo, Brazil as the firm's international business continues to expand. TransMedia also has entered into a strategic partnership with Atitude Press, a leading communications firm in Brazil. Earlier this year, TransMedia opened offices in Paris and Beijing, and has now sets its sights on South America's powerhouse.

Campus Management Corp., a leading provider of enterprise software products and services for educational institutions, announced a partnership with StarRez, a world leader in student housing software. Together, the partners will offer customers using the CampusVue® Student software system integration to StarRez's comprehensive student housing solution. StarRez delivers a range of housing functions for student self-service including online room and roommate selection, electronic housing contracts, staff administrative functions, billing and reporting.

Located in Boca Raton, the South Palm Beach chapter of SCORE, America's premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs, recently launched a new business grant and training program designed to ease the transition for the large population of veterans returning home from service abroad. The "Pathway to Business Success Foundation" grant and training program which offers expert business counseling and assistance in business plan development to recently returned service members starting or growing an entrepreneurial venture is scheduled to kick off in January 2012.

Country Music Network Brings Headquarters to Boca Raton - A fast-growing country music television network has moved its headquarters to Boca Raton from Nashville and plans to hire 20 workers by the end of the year. The Country Network leased a 3,800-square-foot office at 800 Yamato Road and is looking for studio space. [Source: Palm Beach Post]

Garda World Security Corp Moves to Boca Raton - At a recent press conference at the Boca Raton City Hall, Stephan Cretier, chief executive of Garda World Security Corp., announced that Garda will move its U.S. headquarters to Boca Raton. The move will create at least 100 jobs in the City, about 20% of these will be executives moving from its current Pasadena, Calif., location and the rest will be local hires. The new U.S. headquarters will be a 12,000-square-foot building located on S. Federal Highway. The office, near Mizner Park and downtown area restaurants, would be the initial location for the company, which provides cash transportation for retailers and other security services.

Citrix founder launches new venture in Florida - Citrix Systems founder Edward Iacobucci announced a new venture on Wednesday that he says will address "data sprawl" for small-to-medium sized companies. "It's an 800-pound gorilla that everybody's ignoring and that's getting worse and worse," said Iacobucci, founder and chief executive of the new venture, VirtualWorks Group. VirtualWorks, which is based in Boca Raton with some operations in Norway, also said it has secured $8.5 million in funding. The investors have not been disclosed. "It's not just a company doing a product. We're building a platform," said Iacobucci, a former IBM engineer who first struck out on his own in 1989 with Citrix, a pioneer software company. He left the company in 2000 to pursue other entrepreneurial ventures. Retrieving data on multiple computer servers, systems, e-mail and databases has become a growing problem for many businesses, Iacobucci said. VirtualWorks is building a structure to index data so companies can retrieve files from any application, location or device, he said. He said research has shown that workers spend 25 percent of their time looking for items on their computers and other devices. VirtualWorks new platform is a tool that "will increase the productivity of a company significantly," Iacobucci said. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]