ANN ARBOR - Internet marketing company Pure Visibility has grown its team with three new hires: Analytics Muse Jessica Hullman, Information Superhighway Tour Guide Jason Young, and User Experiologist Michael Beasley. Young earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science from Temple University and came to the University of Michigan School of Information for his Master's
GRAND RAPIDS - The focus of the June meeting for AimWest, a Grand Rapids area technology marketing group, will be on West Michigan's burgeoning film industry with State Rep. Bill Huizinga, sponsor of the legislation that provided tax incentives to film crews to shoot in Michigan. Rep. Huizinga will discuss: The incentives offered to film
LANSING - Michigan's strategic plan for government technology is centered on six goals that take Michigan beyond the realm of consolidation and into shared services and collaboration. �??The future is exciting and will bring greater partnerships with other state agencies as well as local government and private partners across Michigan, combining resources and transforming government
GRAND RAPIDS - Plexus Systems, provider of Plexus Online software for the manufacturing enterprise, hosted nearly 300 guests at PowerPlex 2008 user conference who learned about manufacturing technology best practices and the state of the on-demand software company. The three day event was hosted at the JW Marriott Hotel in Grand Rapids. The conference theme,
GRAND RAPIDS - Chicago-based s2 Marketing Plus Communications has acquired Alexander Marketing Services, the largest industrial-technical business-to-business communications company in West Michigan. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. s2�??s Managing Partners Stephen Schmieder and Patrick Sheehy said they are taking an active role in supporting the vision of AMS, which will continue to operate
ANN ARBOR - The competition continues ? with plans now in the hands of GLEQ judges. The judges are reviewing and scoring the executive summaries and business plans for the awards event June 12. Judges' comments will be provided to the entrepreneurs, giving them valuable feedback on their business ideas and growth plans. The top
EAST LANSING - Enjoy a fun and challenging afternoon of golf by joining GLEQ's technology entrepreneurs, investors, coaches and support community - and members of the MIT Enterprise Forum - at the award-winning Forest Akers Golf Course on the Michigan State University campus. Registration ends June 9. Not familiar with Forest Akers? It ranks as
DETROIT - Microsoft Chief Information Officer Tony Scott headlines the fourth annual Midwest Technology Leaders Symposium June 4-5 at Detroit's MGM Grand Casino. Registration closes Friday May 30. This unique gathering of information technology and business leaders. CIOs (Chief Information Officers), and their teams at major Midwestern corporations, will gather, with key partners, on the
DETROIT ? The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority received $1.6 million from the Department of Homeland Security to continue development of a Risk Mitigation Plan for the Port of Detroit. The port, in three rounds of funding, has received $4.5 million from Homeland Security. Nationwide, Homeland Security has awarded $844 million in funding for fiscal year
ANN ARBOR - Borders Books on Tuesday launched an e-Commerce web site, after a seven year online partnership with Amazon.Com. One of the big changes is a new service called Magic Shelf, which allows customers to view online book, music and movie titles, much the way they browse book tables, displays and shelves at Borders