Profiting from security needs: Conference shows small businesses how to land contracts.

Byline: Eric Anderson

Mar. 28--ALBANY -- With billions of dollars being spent each year on homeland security, opportunities for small businesses are plentiful. How to find and land contracts -- and how to give your business an edge -- were the focus of a Tuesday program sponsored by the Center for Economic Growth's Watervliet Innovation Center and The Business Council of New York State's Homeland Security Council. "Funding remains strong," said Peter Pritchard, program director for venture programs at the Watervliet Innovation Center, a business and technology accelerator for security-focused businesses based at Watervliet Arsenal, as he introduced Robert Domenici, …