LANSING - Officials at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will take several weeks to quantify just how successful their sponsorship of Sunday's Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway was, but all early indications are positive. "It was fabulous," said George Zimmermann, vice president for Travel Michigan, part of the MEDC. "This was
GRAND RAPIDS ? The national magazine, Security Dark Reading, has written about Cyber Styletto, a cyber crime novella written by a journalist, a writer, and a security expert. The facts are based on real vulnerabilities in the way the Internet is constructed. Recent cyber security attacks using sophisticated malware (think Stuxnet) and social engineering techniques
ANN ARBOR - Tangent Medical Technologies, a development stage medical device company focused on next generation intravenous access systems, has hired former Accuri Cytometers CEO Jeffrey S. Williams as its Chief Executive Officer. Williams also will serve as Chairman of the board of directors. While at Accuri, he oversaw revenue growth of 65 percent year-over-year,
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan entrepreneurs can register for the fall 2011 round of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, a business-plan competition that pays cash prizes and helps connect start-up businesses with potential investors. As in years past, GLEQ is divided into two category: New Business Idea and Emerging Company. The top cash prize in each
GRAND RAPIDS - Christopher Payne, the president of the ISSA chapter in Grand Rapids, said he expects upwards of 500 security professionals to attend the first GrrCON information security and hacking conference on Sept. 16. ?We don?t have a conference like this in Michigan, ? Payne said. ?SecureWorld is more sponsor driven. Our is more
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University will launch a bachelor's degree in robotics engineering this fall, what university officials described as the first undergraduate program of its kind in Michigan and only the second in the country. The interdisciplinary degree program blends mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science with robotics. In keeping with Lawrence Tech?s
WARREN ? Corp! magazine has named its Metropolitan Detroit 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, a group of winners that practice innovative strategies and represent best practices in human resources in industries as diverse as automotive, insurance, hospitality, communications and nonprofit organizations. An independent research firm evaluates each company?s entry based on key
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration announced a $250,000 grant award to Ann Arbor SPARK to support development of a business accelerator model that can be used by communities throughout the U.S. Initially, the model will be deployed in Washtenaw and Wayne counties, providing a full range of business development services
LANSING - A plan by Zeeland-based Gentex to hire 1,100 new employees over the next five years received support from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority on Tuesday as it approved a Michigan Business Tax credit for the jobs equal to $2.4 million. The credit will run for the next three years while the automotive parts
LANSING - A new website to launch Monday aims to be the home to all state-level data covering preschool through postsecondary education. The Center for Educational Performance and Information partnered with the Department of Education and intermediate school districts to complete the first phase of the site, on MISchoolData.Org Some of what can be found