AUBURN HILLS - CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment Thursday announced a new agreement to provide 33,000 units of its remote patient monitor VitalPoint to groups of visiting physicians in the United States. The contract is valued at more than $100 million. VitalPoint is a standalone 4.5-pound device that can monitor blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation,
TROY ? Automation Alley announced Thursday that the executives of Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties, as well as the Mayor of Detroit, will be keynote speakers at the 2011 Annual Awards Gala. Addressing the 2011 Automation Alley Annual Awards Gala will be: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano Macomb County Executive Mark
LANSING ? The fall advertising campaign for Pure Michigan hits the airwaves this week. The television and radio ads, including seven partner ads, will air regionally and statewide through early October. The total fall advertising budget of $2,390,976 includes $295,000 in funding committed by private sector partners as part of the Travel Michigan Ad Partnership
AUBURN HILLS ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology will host the 6th Annual Technology Career Summit on Sept. 17 at Oakland Community College. You'll have an opportunity to: Listen to HP's view of the future of technology Hear why mobile apps are the bright future for developers See how nanotechnology drives development of
DETROIT - The worldwide market for Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles will reach almost $9 billion by 2015, when 2.5 million hybrids, 300,000 plug-in hybrids and 500,000 electric vehicles will be coming down production lines. This growth will, however, be accompanied by massive overcapacity. Over the next few years, we will see Li-ion battery production
NOVI - Red Level Networks announced Wednesday that it has been selected for inclusion on the CRN Next-Gen 250 list. This annual listing of innovative businesses and technology integrators, solution providers, and resellers in North America features businesses that offer solutions and services in cloud computing, mobility, unified communications, virtualization and other budding technologies. Businesses
STAMFORD, Conn. - A storm of trouble is forcing research firm Garter to revise its 2011 and 2012 PC shipment forecasts, the company announced Thursday. Previously, Gartner estimated that worldwide PC shipments in 2011 and 2012 would grow 9.3 percent and 12.8 percent, respectively, over year-earlier figures, CNET News.Com reported. However, the research firm has
ANN ARBOR - The Great Lakes Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum, UM Dearborn, and Great Lakes Entrepreneur Quest will debut the Savvy Entrepreneur Series Sept. 13, which includes a five-minute Michigan entrepreneur update from MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan. The series is co-produced with, and hosted by, a number of the region?s leading innovation accelerators
KALAMAZOO - Vestaron Corporation, a venture-backed agricultural biotechnology company, has hired Steven Hartmeier as its new President and CEO. Hartmeier brings 30 years of agricultural experience to Vestaron with large and small companies. ?Steve?s experience with taking start-up companies through the product commercialization process is just what Vestaron needs at this stage of its development?
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. has received specific and credible intelligence showing al Qaeda militants in Pakistan may be preparing to carry out car bombings in Washington, D.C., and New York City, timed to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a U.S. counterterrorism official told the Wall Street Journal Thursday night.