ANN ARBOR - e-Commerce solutions provider Fry, Inc., has launched three new web tools for La-Z-Boy.com - a new online storefront for La-Z-Boy's site, a new multi-channel order management system and a customer call center application. The storefront is built with Fry's Open Commerce Platform, an e-commerce solution that lets retailers develop an online store
BATTLE CREEK - Battle Creek Unlimited, a business development and funding group, has announced a partnership that will help start-up businesses in southwestern Michigan get up and running. BCU in partnership with Factotem, a business accelerator and design-build company, will build a virtual business incubator. The incubator will provide a comprehensive array of tools, links,
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Strategic Alliance has named Ken Freestone full-time Green Infrastructure Project Manager. Freestone had been interim project manager since January. Freestone had the full support of the Green Infrastructure Leadership Council, a group of 30 individuals representing various organizations and interests from the eight-county West Michigan region who are leading
LANSING �?? Michigan Senate members could act on legislation changing utility regulation this week, but it was unclear how big a chance there was that action would in fact take place. Indications from the office of Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) were that chances for action this week were "slim." However, at least one
AUBURN HILLS - Patrick Fetterman, vice president of marketing for factory automation software specialist Plexus Systems, is a finalist in the 2008 Platinum Award program sponsored by the Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit. As a finalist in the individual award category, Fetterman was selected from a record-breaking number of entries. He is recognized for
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corp. has been named to the annual FierceBiotech Fierce 15 list, designating the University of Michigan spin off as one of the top biotechnology companies in the country. NanoBio has developed a rich pipeline of anti-infective lotions and vaccines to combat a diverse range of bacteria, viruses and fungi, from MRSA
DETROIT - AT&T on Tuesday announced a suite of content delivery and digital media solutions to help companies package, deliver and distribute video and rich multimedia Web content across their networks to the three screens that are core to AT&T's multimedia strategy - the computer, the television and mobile computing devices such as the iPhone
LANSING - Michigan Sen. Patty Birkholz (R-Saugatuck Twp.) talks about where the negotiations stand on the Great Lakes Compact, which would preserve water resources in the Great Lakes region. The package, which will end up at 12 bills including all of the House bills and all but one of the Senate bills, maintains much of
DETROIT - Covisint and AT&T are taking their health information sharing portal nationwide with the help of Microsoft Corp.'s HealthVault. Covisint, a subsidiary of Compuware, and AT&T first announced a statewide health information sharing system for the state of Tennessee earlier this year. Now, they?ve added Microsoft HealthVault, a platform for storing and accessing personal
YPSILANTI - In July, Eastern Michigan University�??s Information Assurance program and the Institute for Geospatial Studies will host 60 Detroit High School youth in a National Science Foundation ITEST Grant Program that will expose them to GIS, Cyber Security, Network Security and Computer Forensics. The summer camp runs from July 20 �?? 25. EMU is