For this months column, I thought Id share my thoughts with you about some technological trends that I see working to advance the level of technology across all forms of racing, writes John Valentine, Ford Racing chief engineer. Racing has never been entirely about the drivers skill, but has instead been a reflection of how
FedEx Championship A Question-and-Answer session with Ford-Cosworth CART Program Director Bruce Wood, has had a hand in designing the last three engines that Cosworth has built for CART. After assisting with the design of the XB engine, Wood served as chief designer for both the XD and the XF engine, which won seven races during
General Motors issued a statement Wednesday opposing the release of NASCAR race legend Dale Earnhardt's autopsy photographs to the Orlando Sentinel. The newspaper wants to use the photos to determine what actually killed Earnhardt when his No. 3 car struck the wall on the last corner of the last lap of the Daytona 500 last
O.K., so the Internet bubble burst, writes Chuck Wintz, marketing director or EDS Applied Engineering Solutions. And automotive production is slowing. And maybe consumer confidence is starting to ebb, and the economy is starting to cool. But, it isnt going to crash and burn. Rather, it seems to be settling into a more realistic growth
DEARBORN - The 2000 racing season was a highly successful one for Ford Motor Company with manufacturer championships in four of North Americas major race series NASCAR, CART, NASCAR Craftsman Trucks and NHRA, writes John Valentine, chief engineer at Ford Racing. In addition to manufacturing success, we also had Greg Biffle capture the drivers championship
I was so excited recently to read about the debut of the Detroit News' new section devoted to technology news, writes Lisa Vallee-Smith, principal of Airfoil Public Relations. Finally, I said to myself, another outlet for our clients to communicate through. After having seen similar efforts by other dailies come and go, I and my
Knowledge Management, has gained a lot of attention over the past few years as an enterprise-level business strategy, writes Bill Clements, marketing vice president for Inknowvator Inc. Many companies have implemented successful knowledge management initiatives, and many others have had significant failures in trying to do so. At the strategic level, Knowledge Management has primarily
If the year 2000 has taught us anything, its that predictionswhether theyre about presidential elections or the Nasdaqare perilously inaccurate, writes Steve Glauberman, founder of Enlighten of Ann Arbor. But as CEO of one of the top 100 Internet professional services companies in the country, I can tell you about one corner of the industry
This past year was filled with success for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and more importantly, Michigans economy. Several of our new state-of-the-art programs and initiatives have come to fruition in 2000, many designed to help establish Michigan as a national leader in the technological revolution in the new year and beyond. This Years
Hot off the press: Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera announced Thursday, Dec. 14, that the Army has awarded a $453 million contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) the world's largest professional services organization to provide distance education for an estimated 80,000 soldiers over the next five years, a contract that unites a dozen technology providers and