LANSING - Michigan's strategic plan for government technology is centered on six goals that take Michigan beyond the realm of consolidation and into shared services and collaboration. �??The future is exciting and will bring greater partnerships with other state agencies as well as local government and private partners across Michigan, combining resources and transforming government
GRAND RAPIDS - Plexus Systems, provider of Plexus Online software for the manufacturing enterprise, hosted nearly 300 guests at PowerPlex 2008 user conference who learned about manufacturing technology best practices and the state of the on-demand software company. The three day event was hosted at the JW Marriott Hotel in Grand Rapids. The conference theme,
GRAND RAPIDS - Chicago-based s2 Marketing Plus Communications has acquired Alexander Marketing Services, the largest industrial-technical business-to-business communications company in West Michigan. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. s2�??s Managing Partners Stephen Schmieder and Patrick Sheehy said they are taking an active role in supporting the vision of AMS, which will continue to operate
ANN ARBOR - The competition continues ? with plans now in the hands of GLEQ judges. The judges are reviewing and scoring the executive summaries and business plans for the awards event June 12. Judges' comments will be provided to the entrepreneurs, giving them valuable feedback on their business ideas and growth plans. The top
EAST LANSING - Enjoy a fun and challenging afternoon of golf by joining GLEQ's technology entrepreneurs, investors, coaches and support community - and members of the MIT Enterprise Forum - at the award-winning Forest Akers Golf Course on the Michigan State University campus. Registration ends June 9. Not familiar with Forest Akers? It ranks as
DETROIT - Microsoft Chief Information Officer Tony Scott headlines the fourth annual Midwest Technology Leaders Symposium June 4-5 at Detroit's MGM Grand Casino. Registration closes Friday May 30. This unique gathering of information technology and business leaders. CIOs (Chief Information Officers), and their teams at major Midwestern corporations, will gather, with key partners, on the
LANSING - The House Judiciary Committee last week took up 10 of the bills in a 12-bill identity theft package, with much of the testimony echoing remarks from Tuesday when the House Banking Committee took up the first two bills and learned that the financial and much of the business world are not on board
LANSING - John Hertel, director of the Regional Transit Coordinating Council, brought the State Fair back from the brink of its demise to solvency and now he is confident that he can shepherd through a plan to unify transit in the Metro Detroit area and provide that regional system business seeks. "In terms of the
DETROIT - On June 4 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Detroit, you'll be able to meet and greet some of the area�??s prominent technology and community leaders at the cocktail reception while contributing to two great Foundations - SIM (Society of Information Managers) and the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. On
DETROIT - Continental CIO Bill MacFarlane is the ConnecTech May Mentor of the Month. He is paired with ConnecTech member/mentee Angela Brown. To hear what MacFarlane said are the best reasons for working as a CIO, and for mentoring up and coming CIOs, listen to this special ConnecTech edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click