Technology

Framingham-based Trilio, a provider of data protection for cloud-native environments, has secured $15 million in funding.

Cinch I.T., a Worcester-based information technology firm, is planning up to 12 new locations across the country next year as the need for remote tech support has ballooned during the coronavirus pandemic.

Information technology company Virtusa, based in Southborough, received a boost to its plans for a $2-billion acquisition by financial services firm Baring Private Equity Asia with a independent advisory firms recommending stockholders vote for the transaction.

Marlborough drugmaker Phio Pharmaceuticals has ended the third quarter of the year with $16.9 million on hand as it ramps up its research and development of its cancer therapy technology.

Definitive Healthcare, a Framingham healthcare data and analytics firm, has acquired a similar company with offices in Cambridge and Sweden.

Worcester software startup Blustream has raised $3 million in funding to back its product experience platform, the company announced in October.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Maryland has invested an additional $14 million into Framingham firm Synspira Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, as it pursues clinical studies.

The very nature of work has changed for millions of people in the last seven months as the COVID-19 pandemic has blurred the lines between home and work, and employees have increasingly relied on their own technology and internet connections to carry out their jobs.

Milford Regional Medical Center is now using for the first time one consistent electronic medical record system throughout the hospital and affiliated medical offices.

A UMass Medical School researcher has obtained a $2-million grant to study how fat cells differ in people with and without type 2 diabetes.