Representatives from District New Haven, District Innovation and Venture Center (DIVC) and Comcast were recently joined by the City of New Haven, CT to celebrate the grand opening of the Comcast Business Innovation Lounge at the DIVC.
The Comcast Business Innovation Lounge is a dedicated workspace where innovators and future technology leaders can collaborate and includes access to Comcast’s Xfinity WiFi service and a high-definition video wall featuring the Business X1 video service.
Last year, Comcast, DIVC, CTNext, Elm City Innovation Collaborative, and a group of individual and corporate philanthropists combined their resources and expertise to create an innovative destination within the District New Haven campus that integrated public space, education, advanced technology and the wider New Haven community.
Comcast has committed nearly $700,000 of cash and in-kind services to the District New Haven project, including a multi-gigabit (Gbps) high-speed internet connection; a full deployment of Comcast Business VoiceEdge, which is a hosted cloud-based telephone system; Comcast Business video service, including Business X1 video service; and Xfinity WiFi, which has been deployed throughout the District New Haven campus.
The DIVC also includes the first East Coast location for Holberton School, an innovative two-year higher-education program for software engineers that uses project-based peer-learning to help students acquire the necessary skills for professional success and a lifelong career in the field.
