ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced the completion of approximately 292 additional miles of their REACH-3MC fiber-optic network build-out. Merit completed and activated the optical network equipment used to "light" the newly installed fiber to provide network services, on the following segments; Centreville to Berrien Springs (66 miles), Mount Pleasant to Prudenville (87 miles), Gaylord
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, announced it has completed milestones on its REACH-3MC Round I fiber-optic project. Ninety-eight percent of all strand, conduit and fiber have been installed of the 1,017 miles of the Round I middle-mile project. In January, 2010 Merit received an ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) award as part
BIRMINGHAM - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of The Eriksen Group in Birmingham. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2005, is a retirement consulting firm that provides ongoing and project-based retirement consulting services to their clients throughout the Central United States. Their consulting services include plan design, fiduciary governance,
ALBION - Caster Concepts has promoted Kurtis Myers to Territory Sales Representative for the East Coast region. Myers had previously served as CCI's purchasing and inventory manager for the past five years prior to accepting this assignment. ?Kurtis has played a key role for Caster Concepts over the past five years," stated William Dobbins, President
NORTHVILLE - DataFactZ, a Northville based highly specialized system and data integration company, donated two large boxes filled with new toys as well as $1,500 to the Ennis Center for Children, a non-profit that works with abused and neglected children in Pontiac and four other Southeastern Michigan locations. Each December, the Ennis Center strives to
LANSING - Liquid Web, a rapidly expanding managed hosting company with hubs in Michigan and Arizona, just announced updates to its recently introduced block storage product, Storm HPBS. HPBS stands for ?High Performance Block Storage,? and consists of isolated storage volumes, ranging from 150GB to 15TB in size, that can be attached and detached from
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, is rolling out a new technology to enable customers to manage their businesses remotely. The company recently introduced the Dematic Mobile Monitor, a software application for monitoring and controlling warehouse and distribution operations from a smart phone or tablet.
SOUTHFIELD - Lacks Wheel Trim Systems LLC, a business unit of Lacks Enterprises, Inc., has introduced its patented eVOLVE hybrid composite wheel technology that provides a fuel economy improvement of 1.1 miles per gallon highway by balancing weight reduction and optimizing aerodynamics. The world debut announcement was made at the LA Auto Show. Lacks? new
EMERYVILLE, Ca. - Internet2 has opened a West Coast office to work more closely with the technology companies in California and beyond. Internet2 also recently hired former UC-Berkeley?s Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer Shelton Waggener. Along with Waggener, other strategic hires and resources will be based in Emeryville to serve the growing demand
TROY - Nonprofit cloud-based accounting solutions provider Billhighway has been named a 2012 Best of SaaS Showplace Award winner by the business analyst group THINKstrategies. The national awards program spotlights the measurable business benefits delivered by today's Software as a Service solutions. The BoSS Awards are part of THINKstrategies? ongoing program which recognizes SaaS companies