TOKYO ? Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced Thursday that its new Mexican subsidiary, Mitsubishi Electric Automotive de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., started making automotive parts in October. The new base in Mexico, where car production is thriving, will put Mitsubishi Electric in a better position to expand its auto parts business in the Americas, the company
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has established a new long-term partnership with Bloomberg to release the U-M Surveys of Consumers starting in January 2015 on a non-exclusive basis. "I am very pleased with this new agreement, which provides for the simultaneous release of the monthly consumer sentiment data to the public and to
TROY - Automation Alley will welcome speakers from Microsoft, Dell and AT&T for a lunch ?n? learn event called Mobile Computing for the Enterprise Oct. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at its headquarters in Troy. Organized by Automation Alley?s Technology Committee, this event is open to Automation Alley members and non-members. The event
GRAND RAPIDS - The KR Group is launching a campaign introducing DataKARE, a business continuity and disaster recovery product that works to simplify data backup. Disaster recovery plans are crucial since data loss can seriously harm or end a business. Over 90 percent of businesses fail within two years after being struck by a disaster,
GRAND RAPIDS ? Dematic has introduced RapidStore ML, a miniload automated storage and retrieval system that handles totes and cartons. It is a high density, compact load staging and sequencing solution, for reserve storage, goods-to-person order fulfillment, automatic pick face replenishment, palletizing, and order consolidation applications. For the production environment, the RapidStore solution is ideal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Higher education leaders, Internet2 and DLT Solutions Wednesday announced that a customized offering of Amazon Web Services will be immediately available via Internet2?s NET+ initiative to all higher education campuses. The University of Virginia, the sponsoring institution, and the University of Chicago, Cornell University, the University of Iowa and the University of
LANSING - Gongwer News Service's 2014 Michigan Elections app, the groundbreaking new tool that debuted earlier this year with essential information and analysis on this year's state and federal elections, is now available for half the original price. Available for iOS and Android for $4.99, the app is the perfect tool for obtaining on-the-go, easy-to-navigate
DETROIT - AT&T announced Wednesday a new U-verse High Speed Internet service for Detroit businesses ? AT&T Business Fiber ? that provides businesses operating in AT&T Fiber Ready Buildings with fast broadband speeds. The new Internet service will offer upload and download speeds ? over AT&T?s high speed fiber network ? up to 300 Mbps
DETROIT - The number of performance quality, reliability and connection speed problems has declined from last year as TV and Internet service providers continue to upgrade their networks to newer technology and faster connection speeds, according to the three U.S. wireline studies released Thursday. The annual wireline studies evaluate residential customers? experiences with TV, Internet
DETROIT - American cities are dramatically changing and face many challenges. How can they address urban sustainability and the complexities of connected technology? Those questions will ne addressed from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, Toyota leaders will join 350 of the world?s greatest thinkers at the Meeting of the Minds 2014 summit to explore this