LANSING - LAFCU’s investment in Autobooks, a Detroit-based financial technology company, has paved the way for LAFCU members to be the first in mid-Michigan to benefit from innovative software that helps business owners manage funds. “Technology is accelerating efficiencies in the financial sector, and we want to be on the forefront of providing these efficiencies
ANN ARBOR – MDWise, an Indiana-based provider of healthcare company, has selected Online Tech as its data protection vendor, Online Tech announced Tuesday. According to John Goerges, Director of IT at MDwise, they needed a new HIPAA compliant backup and disaster recovery solution that would allow them to grow their data footprint without increasing storage size and costs.
PLYMOUTH - Comcast will open a new 4,000 square foot Xfinity retail store at the Oak Valley Center to showcase the company’s products and services. The new store features flat screen HD TVs and a comfortable seating area so visitors can settle in and experience the company’s X1 entertainment operating system as though they’re in
PLYMOUTH - Almost a million Comcast Xfinity Blast! subscribers throughout Michigan will soon get a big boost in download speeds, but not a big boost in price. The upgrade rolling out across the state through December is free. Comcast on Thursday announced it will increase speeds of some of its most popular Internet tiers over
ANN ARBOR—Researchers, hospitals, companies, consumers and government agencies are drowning in data that they can't fully capitalize on. Now, a team from the University of Michigan has received $1.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help develop a toolkit so that even nondata scientists can use that data to possibly answer questions
PLYMOUTH - Imagine a composite material vehicle frame 30 percent lighter than steel, but 150 percent stiffer. Well imagine no more because the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center will be unveiling its newly engineered lightweight aftermarket frames starting on Halloween at the 2017 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Although not yet in production, this forward-looking engineering
WIXOM - German Auto supplier Kiekert has combined three technologies into its NuEntry electric door latch that allows automatic opening of an autonomous vehicle door using a fingertip or even digital devices, such as smart phones. Another technology at work is Kiekert’s i-move, which allows automatic opening and completes the closing process. The process is
ANN ARBOR - New investments through the Victors for Michigan fundraising campaign and a strong rate of return on investments pushed the market value of the University of Michigan endowment to $10.9 billion at the end of the 2017 fiscal year. A year ago, the endowment was valued at $9.7 billion. The return on investment
DETROIT - Automation Alley is hosting a global conference focused on Industry 4.0 technologies on Nov. 9 that will include a variety of industry leading speakers and hundreds of tech and manufacturing professionals. Integr8 will focus on the integration of eight major components of Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution — cybersecurity,
GRAND RAPIDS - The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday announced the winners of the 2017 EPIC Awards - honoring local organizations and professionals for their outstanding success stories and contributions to West Michigan economy. Twenty local entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations were in the running as finalists for seven EPIC Award categories. Recipients and
