COOPERSVILLE - IT Resource is hosting a presentation where attendees will learn how to increase IT reliability and more easily protect information with Microsoft Online Services and server solutions March 28. A continental breakfast and networking will begin at 7am. Attendees will learn how to minimize IT maintenance by using fewer physical servers and getting
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Michigan Israel Business Bridge President Chuck Newman announced members of the newly formed MIBB Advisory Council, composed of leaders from Michigan and Israel who will serve as ambassadors and counselors for the organization. The group was chosen for their ability to assist the MIBB in its mission to promote business development between
PORTAGE ? Manatron announced the introduction of GRM Valuation, the newest in its Government Revenue Management suite of products. GRM Valuation provides new technology for handling many previously time-consuming appraisal-related challenges, such as allowing the final value determination for an appraisal site to be distributed to the parcels associated with it. The GRM Valuation software
ANN ARBOR - MichBio has named Wendy Wendel (formerly Wendy Ventura) as the Director, Marketing & Communications. In this role, she will oversee the planning and execution of the association?s marketing, communications, public relations and social media efforts. Prior to joining MichBio, Wendy served as the Director, Marketing for The Engineering Society of Detroit, a
FARMINGTON HILLS - Beringea said it has invested $4 million in Cross Solar, a United Kingdom-based residential rooftop solar photovoltaics developer managed by Isis Solar. Isis Solar is experienced in residential and commercial PV, with a proven model resulting in exceptional uptime and efficiency. The company is one of the UK?s largest residential solar developers
LIVONIA - Michael Stebbins, PhD, a life sciences and biotech advisor to President Barrack Obama, is the keynote speaker at the MichBio 2012 Annual Business Meeting April 19 at Schoolcraft College. Stebbins is Asst. Director-Biotechnology, Science Division White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Executive Office of the President. He previously served as a
DETROIT - A 10-week business development class featuring the nationally acclaimed FastTrac NewVenture curriculum will be presented by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center March 27 in Detroit. Program Highlights ? Ten weekly 3-hour sessions ? Small group activities and hands-on coaching during each session ? MI-SBTDC consultant assigned for individual assistance outside
TRAVERSE CITY - Appia Communications announced it has won a patent for the underlying technology of AppiaSecure, which combines routing, firewall and security management functions in a single appliance. The fine print is the a U.S. patent (8132245) was issued for "Local area network certification system and method." "We are very pleased that the Patent
LANSING - Corporations spending money to influence elections or political decisions would have to acknowledge and report that spending under a proposed constitutional amendment unveiled Thursday. The Corporate Accountability Amendment, co-chaired by Jocelyn Benson, the 2010 Democratic secretary of state candidate, and Melanie McElroy, executive director of Common Cause Michigan, would require any corporation spending
SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless said Thursday it is closing a call center in Southfield, costing 750 jobs in Michigan, because it doesn't have the capacity to expand at that location. But the company also announced it is closing call centers in Bellevue, Wash., costing 850 jobs, and Houston, Texas, costing another 1,000 jobs. Verizon?s Southfield