Announcements/New Products

Automation Alley Adds 22 New Members In July

TROY - Automation Alley added 22 new members in July. The Southeast Michigan technology marketing group provides discounted event admission, free meeting space, a press release system with more than 4,900 subscribers, and recruitment assistance. ?A membership to Automation Alley opens the door to collaboration, opportunity and business growth for the technology companies in our

By |2013-08-08T00:00:00-04:00August 8th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

LLamasoft Opens Supply Chain Design Training Facility In Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR ? Llamasoft has opened a new training center featuring expert-led product training courses as well as instruction in strategic supply chain modeling techniques and methodologies. LLamasoft has designed a wide variety of supply chain design training courses in order to fit the needs of customers just getting started in supply chain design all

By |2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00August 1st, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

VW July Vehicle Sales Fall 3.3 Percent

HERNDON, Va. - Volkswagen of America Thursday July sales fell 3.3 percent compared to a 1.3 percent year-to-date decrease the previous year. ?We continue to see a healthy demand for the Volkswagen brand, despite the fact that we are entering a period of consolidated growth as we phase out 2013 Model Year vehicles,? said Mark

By |2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00August 1st, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Citizen Satisfaction With Government Web Sites Remains Flat

ANN ARBOR - Citizen satisfaction with government websites remains flat according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government Satisfaction Index, released Tuesday in partnership with customer analytics firm ForeSee. Citizen satisfaction with federal government websites scores 75 on the ACSI?s 100-point scale. Satisfaction has remained at or near 75 on ACSI?s 100-point scale since 2009.

By |2013-07-31T00:00:00-04:00July 31st, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Merit Network Completes Milestones For REACH-3MC Round II Fiber Optic Project

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Wednesday that it has completed milestones for its REACH-3MC Round II fiber-optic construction project. REACH-3MC Round II began in August 2010 when Merit received grant funding to construct 1,270 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure across 29 counties in Michigan's Northern Lower and Upper Peninsula with additional paths to key interconnection

By |2013-07-31T00:00:00-04:00July 31st, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Brooks Kushman Establishes Open Sourcing Management Practice Group

SOUTHFIELD - Brooks Kushman has established an Open Sourcing Management practice group. Brooks Kushman's OSM group helps companies understand and select OSS, and comply with OSS license terms. As an intellectual property law firm, Brooks Kushman can assist organizations in this area both to identify a company?s current and future OSS status, as well as

By |2013-07-31T00:00:00-04:00July 31st, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

E-Business Customer Experience Scores Slip In Latest ForeSee Results Survey

ANN ARBOR ? Listen up E-Business. You're not doing a very good job of keeping your Internet customers happy, according to the latest survey from customer experience analytics company ForeSee Results. Its customer satisfaction scores for e-business tumbled to its lowest level since 2003 according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Business Report. E-business, which

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Lawrence Tech Gets Largest In-Kind Grant In University’s History

SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University has received an in-kind software grant with a commercial value of $40 million from Siemens PLM Software. It is one of the largest in-kind grants in the university's history. The in-kind grant gives LTU students access to the same technology that companies around the world use every day to develop

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Pure Visibility Hires 3 In Management, More Job Openings Reported

ANN ARBOR ? Integrated digital marketing leader Pure Visibility has hired three new employees for key management jobs. Todd Hall is taking the helm as VP of Sales and Business Development. Hall joins the team from Cleveland, Ohio, and brings with him more than 15 years of digital marketing experience. Todd?s previous roles include Director

By |2013-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|