ANN ARBOR ? A $25,000 grand prize will be awarded on June 7 by the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest for the top Emerging Company in a field of 11 teams ? a $5,000 top prize is up for grabs among 19 New Business Idea teams. The keynote speaker at the business-plan contest awards ceremony will
LANSING ? Michigan budgets will remain similar to those that were approved at the subcommittee level, House Appropriations chair Rep. Scott Hummel (R-DeWitt) said Monday, as both houses are preparing major budget work this week. The full panel is scheduled to meet on the omnibus bill (HB 5795) at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Senate
ROCHESTER ? Delphi spin off SpaceForm was presented with the 2006 Michigan Corporate Partnership Award presented last week at the Michigan Technology Leaders 2006 conference. The Michigan Corporate Partnership Award Council was created in 2005 to identify, create, support, and honor partnerships between Michigan companies and local individuals or groups benefiting the technology community. ?SpaceForm
LANSING - ACD.net is moving its headquarters to downtown Lansing where the company will build the largest data center in the region at the Metro Internet Exchange Building. ACD.net serves the telephone, networks and Internet needs of businesses and residents in Lower Michigan. The Meridian Township based company will expand its phone, networks and systems
DETROIT ? Technology staffing company The Bartech Group on Monday announced the appointment of Othon Herrera as President and Chief Operating Officer. He will report to Jon Barfield, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Herrera will be responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic direction of the Bartech Group and its four brands: Bartech Technical Services,
SOUTHFIELD ? CA on Monday announced the latest version of CA Clarity, its flagship IT Governance solution. The new release helps IT organizations better align their services to run at peak effectiveness. The integration of CA Clarity with Unicenter Service Desk and AllFusion Harvest Change Manager comprises a composite system for end-to-end change management that
GRAND RAPIDS - CQL has been selected to help test the Microsoft Speech Server 2007, one of twenty companies nationwide to participate in the beta test for the software, which can read text messages over telephones. Currently, CQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is developing several speech applications for its clients based on this advanced
LANSNG ? Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm did not meet with officials from Honda on her trade mission from Japan, but other members of the trade team did present a plan Friday for bringing the Japanese automaker's proposed new North American plant to Michigan. Granholm press secretary Liz Boyd said Honda had not been on the
WASHINGTON DC - The State Department, reacting to security concerns after its purchase of computers from a Chinese company, will not use the equipment for classified information, an aide to Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf said on Thursday. In March, the State Department said it had purchased a batch of computers from China's Lenovo Group,
LANSING - The Michigan House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved $80 million in funding for the Michigan Strategic Fund and Michigan Economic Development Corporation, no change from the earlier subcommittee proposal. Rep. George Cushingberry (D-Detroit) tried to amend the bill to provide $250,000 toward Middle East and African trade missions, saying that Michigan has lagged