The Clifton-based smart home solutions provider announced it acquired Alabama-based Centralite Systems on Monday.

NJEdge expects a public-private partnership to improve infrastructure in southern New Jersey.

The incentive is doubled to 20 percent, and can go up to 25 percent for investments in low-income communities, federal “opportunity zones,” or businesses owned by women or people of color.

“Our focus is to have the leading market share in the industries we serve by providing superior end-to-end capabilities,” said President and CEO Dhiraj Shah.

All parts of the HMH network will benefit from the high-speed access from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University to the John Theurer Cancer Center.

Elected officials, stakeholders and policymakers convened in Fort Lee for Growing New Jersey’s Fintech Ecosystem, a discussion examining the environment of the industry in the state, with a focus on the value it promotes and how to broaden opportunities.

“Access to technology gives us a means to communicate with our residents,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka told attendees. “We are definitely thinking innovatively about those things.”

The Teaneck-based company will add more than 800 people to its Life Sciences business unit with the acquisition.

In the wake of recent security breaches involving Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, cybersecurity experts are urging health care entities including laboratories, hospitals and physician practices to take extra precautions when it comes to protecting valuable and sensitive patient information.

The transaction between Short Hills-based D&B and Lattice Engine is expected to close within 30 days.