On Friday, Jan. 29 Mayor Dwight Jones along with Governor Terry McAuliffe and Maurice Jones, Secretary of Commerce and Trade, welcomed the computer software vendor and manufacturer AvePoint to the City of Richmond, creating 100 new jobs. AvePoint will invest $1.5 million to establish an operation in the city. “Today is a great day for AvePoint and the City of Richmond. AvePoint’s decision to establish its presence in Richmond speaks to the City’s strong business climate and ability to compete and retain new economy companies with international footprints,” said Mayor Jones. AvePoint is the established leader in enabling enterprise collaboration across platforms and devices. AvePoint solutions and services aim to bring together business, IT, as well as compliance and risk officers to serve key business objectives such as big data, cloud integration, compliance, enterprise content management, and mobile data access monitoring. Brian Brown, AvePoint’s Global General Counsel, s...