LANSING - Michigan utilities have to provide 10 percent of their power from renewable sources in 2015, and, at their current rate of adopting renewable power, the state's utilities should be able to hit that target, the Public Service Commission announced Tuesday. The report showed Detroit Edison has 44 megawatts of renewable power already in
LANSING - It will be back to the future for Jan Winters, who will return as state employer in charge of labor relations with state employees for Gov. Rick Snyder after once holding the post for former Governor John Engler, Gongwer News Service has learned. Winters replaces Sharon Bommarito, who was an appointee of former
ANN ARBOR ? Portable power fuel-cell developer Adaptive Materials, which has been awarded more than $45 million in US defense research contracts, has been acquired by United Kingdom-based Ultra Electronics Holdings for an undisclosed sum. In a press release, Adaptive Materials said it will continue to develop and manufacture its propane-powered fuel cell systems in
LAS VEGAS - Verizon Wireless will use this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the coming out party for its 4G wireless network. While many people have been crossing their fingers for news of a Verizon iPhone at CES, the big news from Verizon will likely be the company's announcement of several new
AUBURN HILLS ? ERP Software maker Plex Systems Tuesday announced additional functionality options for its Plex Online customers who use Salesforce.com, creating a fully cloud-based integration of the lead management process. With a range of ERP features in its comprehensive system, Plex Online is already one of the top SaaS / cloud computing manufacturing solutions.
GRAND RAPIDS ? DornerWorks has published the first installment of ARLX to the open source community. ARLX (ARINC 653, Real-Time, Linux on Xen), is a prototype implementation of the ARINC 653 standard using the virtualization technology of the open source Xen hypervisor along with a Linux-based domain as a system partition. By using a common
TROY - An informational meeting regarding the 2011-2012 U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance at Walsh College will be held Jan. 12 at the Troy campus. The deadline to apply is Feb. 18. Nan Poulios, director of the Walsh College Information Assurance Center and associate professor, will discuss the application
LANSING - Major General Greg Vadnais, a former division commander who led troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia and in the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort, will assume the post of adjutant general and take command of the Michigan National Guard, Gov. Rick Snyder announced Tuesday. In that role, Vadnais (pronounced VAD-nay) will also serve as director
ANN ARBOR ? Technology and business-law attorney Claudia Rast - also a member of the New Enterprise Forum's board - has joined Butzel Long as a shareholder in the firm's Ann Arbor office. Rast, as part of her duties at NEF, coaches technology start-ups in their efforts to connect with management expertise, venture capital, and
DETROIT ? This year's North American International Auto Show, which opens its two-week run on Jan. 10, will serve as a barometer to gauge the health of the world auto industry, predicts Bill Perkins, auto show vice chairman. And Perkins, president of the Perkins Automotive Group in Southeast Michigan, said he expects those barometric readings