ANN ARBOR - Online Tech disclosed Tuesday that it has invested over $1 million upgrading and expanding its Mid-Michigan data center over the last 9 months. The data center was built in 1986 by EDS as a disaster recovery data center for General Motors. Online Tech took over the data center in 2005 with its
LANSING - The average annual tuition for Michigan's 15 public universities was $9,661 for 2009-10, but the average student paid only half of that, the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, said in report released Tuesday. While the state has been cutting its spending on both university operations and on financial aid, the institutions have
LANSING - Consumers Energy has paid Michigan companies $2.8 million and awarded $71 million in multi-year contracts in the first three months of its involvement in the state's new Pure Michigan Business Connect initiative. The public/private initiative announced in June could mean as much as $3 billion would be available to Michigan businesses. The utility
LANSING - Gains made in Michigan during the first three months of 2011 were wiped out by weak auto production and sales in the second quarter of the year, much of that due to the earthquake in Japan, Comerica Bank's economic activity index for June finds. The index, released Tuesday, came in at 86 in
LANSING ? The National Council of State Tourism Directors has named Michigan's George Zimmermann the State Tourism Director of the Year for 2011. ?During his tenure at the MEDC, George has led the team that created the award-winning Pure Michigan brand, taking the campaign to a national audience since 2009,? said Michael Finney, President and
GRAND RAPIDS - Jessica Puchala, Multi-Media News Producer, Social Networking Coordinator and Online Buzz Reporter and Steve Zaagman, award winning Promotion Producer and Social Media Administrator - both of WZZM13 News will reveal how they use new technologies to brand their organization Sept. 15. The luncheon event is presented by Grand Rapids Area Professionals for
TROY - The Small Business Association of Michigan is partnering with Crain's Second Stage and Pure Michigan to present Buy Michigan, an opportunity for small business owners to learn more about procurement opportunities for their company with the state. The event will be held Thursday Sept. 22 from 7:30 a.m. ? 11:30 a.m. at the
AUBURN HILLS ? Cloud ERP developer Plex Systems announced that Plex Online offers automated shipping functionality through integration with the Pacejet Cloud Shipping solution. Manufacturers in a range of industries can now access complete multi-carrier shipping for parcel, less-than-load, truck, and third party logistics as a complete, cloud-based solution. Manufacturers can deploy efficient, online shipment
LANSING - A program that will make $130 million available in "mezzanine financing" to small businesses in Michigan was promoted Monday by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow at a meeting of small business executives in Lansing. Stabenow praised the program, InvestMichigan, for not focusing on one particular industry sector. The InvestMichigan program, which consists of funding
LANSING - Democrats say they will push to keep tax incentives for the advanced battery industry that Republicans voted to phase out over the next four years. In a series of news conferences around the state Monday, legislative Democrats said they plan to introduce legislation continuing the incentives that has proven to create local jobs