The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) recently formed a partnership with the Future Founders Foundation, a nonprofit organization that expands entrepreneurship and career exploration programs for underserved middle school and high school students in Chicago.

Check out how these Chicago companies are growing the local technology industry.

Legislation affecting the technology world will be front and center in 2012. Check out the ITA Advocacy program and stay informed, get involved, and let your voice be heard!

Check out our Infographic on all the resources available to help grow the local tech industry - for companies of all sizes - a recap of where you can go to get the help you need to grow!

Bowen, Miclette & Britt is the first insurance agency to have its customers and staff process 1 million transactions through client self-serve portal Artizan CSR24®, underscoring the prevailing value the insurance industry sees in on-demand, online policy access and client self-service.

Trustwave, a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions, today unveiled the latest version of its cloud-delivered TrustKeeper® PCI Manager portal that helps small merchants more easily and quickly become Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant.

Thousands of people in Illinois are considered long term unemployed, meaning out of work for six months or longer.

NorthCrest Medical Center will deploy Allscripts Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) acute care Electronic Health Record (EHR) to support its mission of becoming one of the nation's best hospitals.

The state's newly formed Invest Illinois Venture Fund's first investments will allocate $575,000 to two Chicago area startups, one founded by a Northwestern alumnus and another by an NU professor.

Since Kauzu walked away with a $250,000 convertible promissory note courtesy of Gramercy Private Equity at Think Big Partners' Gigabit Challenge Finale, the Chicago-based startup has been developing new plans for 2012 including partnership development, product development, fundraising and hiring.

MBX Systems, a leading manufacturer of custom-built OEM server appliances for software vendors and service providers, has been named a finalist for the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service in the "Customer Service Department of the Year—Computer Hardware" category.

Nagarro, Inc., a high-end software development firm specializing in strategic technology projects, today announced that it has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) Level 5.