LONDON Auto makers BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, along with auto suppliers, Bosch, Continental and Siemens VDO, have formed an industry partnership to create an open stand for auto electrical systems to help usher in the era of plug and play electronic components, including telematics. The group calls itself AUTomotive Open System Architecture. Its goals
MARQUETTE When Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest kicks off this week, the business-plan writing contest will broadcast a training session to entrepreneurs in Michigans Upper Peninsula over cable TV. Tuesdays Western Region kickoff from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids will be beamed live to Northern Michigan University over an Interactive TV virtual private network
LANSING - Citing the continuing skyrocketing cost of health insurance, SBAM asked the legislature to eliminate the health care add back provision of the state's Single Business Tax (SBT) by passing Senate Bills 672, 673 and 674. "It is SBAM's position that premiums and other costs for health care should not be taxed at any
TROY Syntel has re-developed an online news content distribution platform aimed at the global TV news community. Financial terms were not disclosed. The NewsMarket is a video archive and distribution channel, based on Microsofts .NET framework, that offers news rooms and reporters broadcast-standard footage on demand over the Internet. The NewsMarkets clients include Motorola, Palm,
DETROIT The Michigan Council of Women in Technology has awarded two $2,000 Education Scholarships to Shanise Sarden and Melissa Ulstad, both college undergraduates from different regions of the state. Sarden is pursuing her bachelor's degree in computer information systems at Grand Valley State University and holds a 3.8 grade point average. The scholarship will help
KALAMAZOO Bioinformatics and its role in supporting health-care research will be the topic in October at glimaSouthwests second annual meeting. Bryon Campbell, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer of the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, will be discussing bioinformatics and other topics Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. at the Fetzer Center on the campus of Western
PONTIAC - Automation Alley has retained Eisbrenner Public Relations as its agency of record, replacing John Bailey & Associates, which had been with the Southeast Michigan technology marketing group since it was formed in 1998. Eisbrenner PR competed against 22 other firms for the high profile contract. "Automation Alley is entering an exciting period in
ANN ARBOR - The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest is rolling out this month its fourth year with a new two-tiered year-round structure to tailor training and business development for the states entrepreneurs. The 2003-04 Quest also will offer existing and potential Michigan entrepreneurs a total purse exceeding $175,000. Anyone who lives, works or attends school
LONDON Mobile Device Integration is the largest segment of the European telematics market, today used primarily for telephony but soon for information services, roadside assistance and emergency service, much the way General Motors OnStar operates in North America. The biggest difference is Europeans plug their cell phones into docking stations, Bluetooth wireless connections or SIM
FORT WAYNE - Ed Weise, president for Verizon's North Central region which includes Michigan, will retire on Sept. 14 after 37 years in the telecom business. He was be replaced by Suri Surinder, who joined Verizon in 1992. Surinder will be responsible for installation, repair, outside plant construction and customer satisfaction for approximately 4 million