GRAYLING - Join Private Lands Wildlife Biologist Brian Piccolo, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, during the Au Sable Expo on April 26 for an introduction on how to make one's private property more wildlife friendly. Piccolo will present Landscaping and Managing Your Property for Wildlife at 3 p.m. in the Oak Room at the Ramada
EAST LANSING - A. J. Boggs & Company announced a company consultant, Joseph Kunk, has been named one of just 3,500 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in the world for his work as a leader in the Microsoft developer community. "We are very proud of Joe's new status as a Microsoft MVP," said A. J. Boggs
STAMFORD, Conn. - Worldwide cloud computing services revenue is continuing to grow at a rapid rate, with it expected to top $56.3 billion (US) in 2009, according to a report from Gartner. The lion's share of the market will be made up of cloud-based advertising for the next few years. Market revenue grew by 21.3
WASHINGTON DC - After months of secrecy that has rankled public interest groups, the Obama administration is revealing limited information regarding a multilateral anti-counterfeiting treaty currently under negotiation. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday released a summary of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a treaty for which negotiations began in 2006 with the
ANN ARBOR - A Chicago summit on April 14-15 will look at ways to help communities to identify and capture government and nonprofit funds to help cushion the blow of a rapidly declining auto sector. The summit is co-sponsored by the Center for Automotive Research and the University of Michigan. It is called Roads to
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech & UHY LLP have partnered with Automation Alley for a seminar exclusively for CIOs and IT Directors of publicly held companies or firms servicing public companies on how to survive a SAS 70 Audit, a nationally recognized audit standard for evaluating process and security control procedures throughout the data center.
ROCHESTER - The Earth Day Expo will be held in downtown Rochester the weekend of April 18-19 to showcase the efforts of local business, non-profits and government to create a brighter, greener future for Michigan. Admission if free. EarthDayExpo.Org is expected to attract more than 50,000 people who will be able to discover healthy, earth-friendly
DETROIT - Al Bacon, Director of Finance for Wayne State University's TechTown incubator, is hosted a Faith-Based Business Forum April 14 to teach non profits how to act like for-profit businesses. He?ll also discuss how non-profits can get qualified advice on finances. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
LANSING - The companies and other entities receiving start-up grants and loans in 2006 under the state's 21st Century Jobs Fund created over 1,000 jobs between 2007 and 2008, according to a performance report about the fund recently given to lawmakers. When the businesses, universities and non-profit organizations were awarded $120 million in the fall
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. has appointed Chief Financial Officer Edward M. Rahill to President of ITC Grid Development, LLC. and has named Cameron M. Bready to succeed Rahill as Senior Vice President and CFO of ITC Holdings Corp. Bready will also serve as Treasurer, a position formerly held by the company's chairman, president and