ROCHESTER HILLS - Fred Ferber built a number of successful corporations on the strength of a business distribution software suite that provides comprehensive business intelligence. Now he?s selling his Conveyorware ?All-in-One? Business Distribution SaaS Software Suite and plans to use the proceeds to build a company for his 16 grandchildren. What is Conveyorware? A complete
LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced Tuesday that two television series ? Ask Dr. Nandi-Season 3 and American Muscle ? were awarded nearly $2 million in film incentives from the state. ?Michigan-based television series help expose audiences to the state, while offering opportunities for crew and local businesses,? said Margaret O?Riley, director of the
TROY ? Billhighway has hired sales executive Rebecca Mitchell as Senior Enterprise Sales Consultant. In this role Mitchell will drive new business in the nonprofit fundraising and member-based association sectors. Her responsibilities include generating and engaging qualified leads, identifying opportunities, managing pipeline, and closing business. Mitchell brings over 15 years? experience in B2B sales and
LANSING - Passwords are becoming a thing of the past and we might want to consider an alternative. With all the account access needed from day to day, it becomes increasingly difficult to come up with unique new complex passwords that can be remembered. Instead, we could start using passphrases. Passphrases can easily exceed the
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved two settlement agreements authorizing Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation to reconcile two mechanism related to over-collections, meaning some residents will see a decrease of $1.42 on a their monthly bill. In one instance (Case U-17547), the utility experienced a net over-collection of $475,905. So customers using
TROY - Packaging Concepts + Design announced that O2 Investment Partners, a private equity firm in Bloomfield Hills, along with PC&D?s management team have acquired the business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Midwest Mezzanine provided subordinated financing and equity and Comerica Bank provided senior financing. Packaging Concepts + Design designs and delivers highly
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget will host Gov. Rick Snyder?s 2014 North American International Cyber Summit Nov. 17 at the Cobo Center. ?This is an event you won?t want to miss, so save the date for the 2014 Cyber Summit,? said David Behen, DTMB director and state chief information officer.
LANSING - High school students, on average, performed better in all subjects in 2014 than last year, but slightly fewer were college and career ready in all subjects, according to scores released Monday. The scores from the 2014 Michigan Merit Exam, given to all 11th graders, showed substantial improvements in reading, social studies and science,
DETROIT ? A room full of girls beamed with excitement as they prepared for Camp Infinity?s graduation ceremony June 27 at University of Detroit-Mercy, connecting to the web pages they created, loading the game level they designed, or making the final touches on programming robots. Camp Infinity is a technology camp supported by the Michigan
WASHINGTON DC - A US federal privacy watchdog deemed that a National Security Agency program that snoops on foreign citizens on foreign soil was "valuable and effective," claiming it helps protect national security and produces useful foreign intelligence. The 191-page report, disclosed Tuesday night by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, was in sharp