NOVI – Six hundred sixty ITC Holdings Corp. employees raised $12,500 to support Pearl, Texas, residents impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The funds will support the Pearland Neighborhood Center to deliver food, water, baby items, hygiene items and cleaning supplies to Pearland and Brazoria County residents in need. ITC Holdings is the nation’s largest independent electricity
LONDON, England - A deeper look into the venture capital investments in Fintech suggests that the gradual increase witnessed since 2014 has now shown a spurt in 2017. In the first three quarters of 2017, 455 investment cases have been announced for bands above $5 million, marking a surge of 23 percent over the average
DETROIT - Longstanding public relations professional Mike DeVilling has left his boutique agency to join Finn Partners, a global marketing and communications company. Reporting to Finn's managing partner, Dan Pooley, DeVilling will serve as senior partner in the Detroit office. He will lead new business development, client service and counsel, and will provide a variety of content, media
LANSING – Phenometrics has developed a new LED light that will benefit scientists who need to simulate outdoor growing conditions. The PBR101 is a computer controlled compact desktop Photo Bioreactor system that allows the user to simulate aquatic pond conditions using temperature change and diurnal light cycles. This week Phenometrics introduced the FSL-200 Full Spectrum
SAN FRANCISCO - It's been more than two years since Nest entered a new product category, but the smart home company is now coming off the sidelines. On Wednesday, Nest, which is owned by Google's parent Alphabet, showed off two new devices during a press event in San Francisco. The first is an internet-connected doorbell called Nest Hello, which has a
STERLING HEIGHTS - IT Managed Service Provider Auxiom has relocated its headquarters from Madison Heights to Sterling Heights in the DC3S Defense Corridor, in the same building as Automation Alley Defense Group, the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers’ Association, and Survivability Solutions. DC3S is a synergistic environment that promotes creativity and collaboration between businesses, said CEO Matt
TROY - IT employers in the Southeast Michigan region are facing an increasingly challenging recruiting environment as demand for talent vastly outweighs the supply of workers. The current talent pipeline for IT professionals is simply not robust enough to deal with such high demand. Please join us at Automation Alley on September 20th, and learn
GRAND RAPIDS – Supply Chain Technology company Dematic has signed a global agreement with AutoStore that will enable Dematic to expand its omni-channel integrated solution offering throughout the globe. Dematic will design, configure, engineer, install and support AutoStore as a sub-system within an overall Dematic solution or as a standalone piece-picking system. "The Dematic suite
ANN ARBOR - A tool that makes large databases work smarter, not harder, could unlock the potential of big data to drive medical research, inform business decisions and speed up a slew of other applications that today are mired in a worldwide data glut. University of Michigan researchers developed software called Verdict that enables existing
NOVI – ITC Holdings Corp. will join its parent company Fortis Inc. and other Fortis subsidiaries to donate approximately $100,000 to the American Red Cross in support of residents and communities afflicted by Hurricane Harvey. Fortis will contribute $50,000 while ITC and its employees will contribute $25,000 to the donation. Fortis subsidiaries UNS Energy Corporation,
