LANSING - Sixty-four teams representing 20 career and technical centers from across Michigan will meet in Lansing on March 20 and March 21 for the annual Michigan ProStart Competition, where each team will prepare a three-course meal from scratch in one hour, for the chance to share in more than $500,000 in scholarships. Hosted by
STAMFORD, Conn. - In the fourth quarter of 2015, worldwide server revenue increased 8.2 percent year over year, while shipments grew 9.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. In all of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 9.9 percent, and server revenue increased 10.1 percent. "The real growth driver for the
DUBAI - During the course of the week, over 80 drone racing teams from around the world have been vying for the World Drone Prix prize purse of $1 million. After two rigorous qualifier rounds across an indoor test track, 32 top teams have emerged in a bid to compete at the finals this weekend
GLENVIEW, IL - The majority of small business owners are offering up free lunches, coffee and Wi-Fi to their employees, according to a new survey. About a third of small business owners offer health care and 401k benefits. These have become standard perks, as 74 percent offer occasional free lunches; 65 percent supply free coffee; and
ANN ARBOR - Enzo Life Sciences now offers Digoxigenin-dUTP and Digoxigenin-UTP, digoxigenin-labeled nucleotides that are suitable for a variety of molecular biology applications. Digoxigenin is a non-radioactive immune-tag, widely used for in situ hybridization (ISH) and protein labeling. It can be paired with anti-digoxigenin antibodies to allow the detection of interested biomolecules with high affinity
MIDLAND - The BlueWater Angels Investment Network announced that the group invested a record $4.5 million in 2015, supporting record growth of four of Michigan’s promising start-up companies: Advanced Battery Concepts, RetroSense Therapeutics, Gemphire Therapeutics, and foodjunky.com. “Startups are responsible for virtually all new job creation in a healthy economy and are the most vital
GRAND RAPIDS - In a special plenary session of the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum 4th Annual Meeting on March 14, Kristina Johnston of the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce will discuss how the Water Crisis has impacted its area businesses and highlight opportunities to support the recovery of impacted businesses. Roger Cargill of Schupan
AUBURN HILLS - Michigan's Cyber Range, hosted by Merit Network, will have a new hub added on March 18 at the Macomb-Oakland University INCubator at the Velocity Center. The Michigan Cyber Range Prepares Cybersecurity Professionals to Detect, Prevent and Mitigate Cyber Attacks. The Range is an unclassified private cloud operated by Merit Network in Ann
TROY - Join the Detroit Chapter of ISACA on March 16 at the Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy for student night. Registration deadline is March 11. Pre Dinner Topic: Killer Presentations vs. Presentation Killers Speaker: Bill Shaul After Dinner Topic: Student Night - Building your Career Detroit Chapter of ISACA When: March
ANN ARBOR - If you want to learn more about finance, decision making, data science ethics, social work, and practical learning analytics all from the comfort of your own home the University of Michigan Office of Digital Education and Innovation will help you do that, starting in April. U-M, one of the first universities to
