GAINES TWP. – The Las Vegas, Nev.-based data storage giant Switch said Thursday that it has opened its West Michigan campus in the iconic pyramid building that once housed the headquarters of Steelcase Inc. The building is designed for up to 1.8 million square feet of data center space, with the first phase, now open,
SOUTHFIELD - AT&T has named Demetrus Hayes to lead retail business in Michigan. As assistant vice president for sales and distribution, Hayes will manage nearly 150 AT&T retail locations. His office is in Southfield. “Demetrus brings an extensive background in sales and business. He has a great deal of leadership experience in a variety of
DETROIT - Despite the rapid expansion of Michigan farmland dedicated to growing hops and grains for the state’s craft beverage sector, experts say the industry has more room to grow. A new Michigan State University Product Center study examines the potential economic impact for Michigan craft breweries to produce beer exclusively with in-state ingredients. It
LANSING - The two largest components of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget's executive budget request are for technology and cybersecurity work - items Department Director David Behen said Thursday could be beneficial for job growth and business attraction. "Cyber security has been one of our top priorities. It's only getting worse from a
DETROIT - Connected and Automated Vehicle makers need to work together more collaboratively to identify and develop industry standards for job skills and future training to staff the workforce necessary to ensure Michigan’s leadership role in intelligent transportation systems, a new report contends. Workers related to CAV currently come from a diverse array of occupations,
ANN ARBOR - Amazon Web Services (AWS), providing internet access to roughly 40 percent of the U.S. market, crashed on Tuesday afternoon for about five hours, unplugging millions of business websites that serve tens of millions of clients. Online Tech CEO Yan Ness said chief information officers are still picking up the pieces today, and
ANN ARBOR - Customer engagement is one of those buzzwords that's often talked about, difficult to define and even harder to measure. But it's critical to figure out for makers of video games, who operate in a noisy, crowded and competitive industry. Researchers at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business obtained player data
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan students received 21 Fulbright grants for the 2016-17 academic year - the most of any public university in the nation for the 12th year in a row, the U.S. State Department announced. The grants - one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards - fund the students' research or
ANN ARBOR - New findings from the University of Michigan explain an Ice Age paradox and add to the mounting evidence that climate change could bring higher seas than most models predict. The study, published in Nature, shows how small spikes in the temperature of the ocean, rather than the air, likely drove the rapid
DETROIT - The manufacturing industry in America is moving rapidly to embrace technology as a critical part of its processes and plans to make new technological investments in 2017, but barriers to Industry 4.0 adoption still exist, according to Automation Alley’s 2017 Technology Industry Report, released Monday. Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial
