AUBURN HILLS - There is still time to enroll in a new business program presented by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Center that starts April 4 and runs through June 13. Venture Forward, an intensive, ten-week program that utilizes the highly acclaimed FastTrac GrowthVenture learning system along with MI-SBTDC counseling and research support to
ANN ARBOR ? Merit has brought its Network Operations Center back in-house to support the company?s growing Unified Communications set of products ? bringing the NOC back home. Merit has run a Network Operations Center since 1987, including through the very active years of the NSFNet project. But as startup funding for the Internet ended
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Iserv Company Thursday introduced its all-new telephone service for West Michigan business and residential customers: Iserv Digital Voice, providing an alternative to AT&T, Comcast and Charter. Victor Shepherd, Iserv CEO, talks about his new service and the rapid growth of his company in this News Maker Interview. To listen, click on
KALAMAZOO - Information Technology and eCommerce attorney Vincent Polley of KnowConnect PLLC will give an attorney's perspective on how to both prevent and respond to information security breaches April 1 at the Kalamazoo M-TEC. The event is co sponsored by ConnecTech Kalamazoo and Michigan InfraGard. It is free to the public. To listen, click on
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation reported top-level findings Monday from its phase 2b study of NB-001, a topical lotion to treat herpes labialis (cold sores). The randomized, double-blind, vehicle- controlled study met its primary and secondary endpoints by demonstrating clear efficacy and safety in 482 patients. NanoBio's lotion resulted in faster healing of cold sores,
LANSING ? Travel Michigan has launched a new tourism web site e tourism Web site designed to reflect the award-winning Pure Michigan brand, as well as include videos of Michigan travel destinations, plus nearly one thousand new photographs to help individuals and families make travel decisions. Easy to navigate and search for specific information on
LANSING - With the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee poised to report legislation this week that would implement a renewable portfolio standard and amend the state's electric choice program in the process, the Customer Choice Coalition launched radio ads Monday opposing the electric choice changes. But supporters of the changes said the group is
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan on Monday released its new entrepreneurial legislative agenda to expand support and investment in small businesses. The Entrepreneurial Policy Agenda is based in part on the findings of SBAM?s Small Business Foundation of Michigan?s recently issued fourth annual Entrepreneurship Score Card. The Score Card consists of 128
MOUNT PLEASANT - Central Michigan University Research Corporation's Board of Directors has selected former Dow executive Ken Van Der Wende as the new CEO of its research park. He starts April 1. Van Der Wende comes to CMU-RC with more than three decades of experience with The Dow Chemical Company, most recently having served as
LANSING - The National Lieutenant Governors Association, in a resolution adopted Thursday, called on all of the Great Lakes states to adopt the Great Lakes Compact. The lieutenant governors also called on the three remaining presidential candidates to lay out their proposals for preserving the lakes. The resolution, sponsored by Lt. Governor John Cherry, Wisconsin