GRAND RAPIDS - Lawrence Productions announced it won seven national awards for its recent video work. The 2011 Hermes Creative Awards honored them with three awards. Their work with the Kalamazoo Nature Center won ?Best Non-Profit Video? for their 50th anniversary program ?Golden Past, Green Future.? ?Best Television Spot? was awarded for their work with
TROY - LMS North America has announced the final agenda for its LMS Americas Automotive Conference to be held at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency on June 14th and 15th. The conference will feature 30+ presentations including technology updates and customer application cases. These will be presented in 3 parallel tracks focusing on physical testing, virtual
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech will be participating in World IPv6 Day on June 8 and have added their web site to the list of ISOC verified and approved participants. World IPv6 Day is being put together by the Internet Society (or ISOC) in order to ?test flight? IPv6 on a larger scale. The main
DETROIT - Michael Wright will add the responsibilities of chief of staff to his role as Wayne State University's vice president for Marketing and Communications. He will report directly to WSU President Allan Gilmour. Wright has managed marketing, public relations, media relations, advertising, publications production and Web activities since he joined Wayne State in July
STAMFORD, Conn. - In the first quarter of 2011, worldwide server shipments grew 8.5 percent year-over-year, while revenue increased 17.3 percent, according to market researcher Gartner Inc. "The first quarter continued a quarterly trend of year-over-year growth in both shipments and vendor revenue," said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner. "All regions showed growth
LANSING ? Liquid Web announced it has made its Smart Servers more powerful by incorporating its proprietary technology into its Virtual Private Servers. Liquid Web Smart VPS start at $60 per month and include all of the scalability and ease of use that made its original Smart Servers an industry standard. Liquid Web Smart VPS
NEW YORK ? Barnes & Noble's latest e-reader has a black-and-white touch screen and aims squarely at the grandma demographic - or at least customers craving a simpler e-book reader. The slimmer, smaller, cheaper Nook's price tag - $139 - is a sign that the book seller seeks to compete with Amazon and Borders Group
SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless announced Monday that it is bringing the world?s first large-scale 4G Long Term Evolution network to Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing and more of metropolitan Detroit on June 16, providing downloads speeds 10 times faster than 3G. Cities, towns and major roads in the expanded coverage area include: Flint Market In Flint,
ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction with online banking increased its lead over customer satisfaction with the overall banking experience, according to the U.S. 2011 ForeSee Results Online Banking Study. As the financial sector and the economy slowly recover from a crisis that nearly froze credit markets and cost hundreds of billions of dollars in bank
LANSING - Liquid Web enhanced its reputation as an innovator in web hosting services by adding a Content Delivery Network to its already diverse palette of hosting options. Liquid Web Founder and CEO, Matthew Hill, explains the advantages content providers can unlock by utilizing CDNs: ?The technology utilized by CDNs represents the fastest and most