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Michigan Unemployment Rate Unchanged, Total Employment Down

LANSING - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in August from July at 4.5 percent, but the state saw both its total labor force and number of people working fall in August. Governor Rick Snyder still praised the news, saying Michigan's jobless rate is below the national August unemployment rate of 4.9 percent. "As

By |2016-09-15T14:00:26-04:00September 15th, 2016|News, Politics|

CloudTech1 Named To Top Progressive Cloud Service Provider Top 100 List

ROCHESTER HILLS - CloudTech1 CEO Rick Beckers and his team have been named by Penton Technology and Talkin’ Cloud as a top 100 Progressive Cloud Service Provider in the World. Managed service provider CloudTech1 joins data center Liquid Web as the only two Michigan companies to be named to the list. The two companies have

By |2016-09-14T14:56:25-04:00September 13th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|

MSU Engineering Researcher To Use Mackinac Bridge To Test Sensor Technology

EAST LANSING - Some engineering professors had an idea to monitor bridges with sensors powered with the vibrations generated by traffic. Think self-winding watch. And they plan to use the Mackinac Bridge test the science. Those professors, including one at Michigan State University, think they have mastered the technology. Bob Sweeney and the Mackinac Bridge

By |2016-09-13T20:12:39-04:00September 13th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|

TEDxDetroit Announces Speaker Lineup For Mega Entrepreneurial Event Oct. 6

DETROIT - TEDxDetroit has named its list of local influencers, event organizers and innovators to kick off the day-long conference Oct. 6 at Detroit historic Fox Theatre – and they include History Channel’s Mobsteel Cast Member Adam Genei; HistoSonics Inc. President and CEO of Christine Gibbons and more. The question asked of the hundreds of

By |2016-09-13T19:01:49-04:00September 13th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|

CloudTech1 Sept. 21 Free Lunch And Learn: Network Security

ROCHESTER HILLS – Join CloudTech1 University at its Education Center on September 21st at 11am to enjoy some food, to have some fun and learn about Network Security, a strategy no business can afford to ignore. CloudTech1 University has become an ideal place to learn cloud basics and ask questions about the security of your

By |2016-09-09T17:14:53-04:00September 9th, 2016|Cyber Defense, News|

MSU Gets $1 Million Grant To Develop Smart College Counseling Services

EAST LANSING – Michigan State University will use a National Science Foundation grant of $1 million to develop a smart human-centered system, known as iSee, for enhancing college counseling services. It’s estimated that about 10 percent of college students turn to counseling services to help navigate the turbulent waters of college life and deal with

By |2016-09-09T08:57:50-04:00September 9th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|

Big Data Ignite 2016 Sept. 29-30 Highlights Cutting-Edge Data Technologies And Know-How

GRAND RAPIDS – The Big Data Ignite 2016 workshop and conference, Sept. 29-30 at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids, will bring together computing professionals, scientists, students, and tech companies to focus on cutting-edge data technologies and know-how. Topics include Hadoop, Spark, RStudio, data-science theory and practice, and cloud-based infrastructure and services. On Thursday, September

By |2016-09-09T08:34:54-04:00September 9th, 2016|News|

MCWT Foundation Expands To West Michigan To Help Bring Diversity To STEM Statewide

GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation, previously focused on metro Detroit, has expanded to West Michigan as part of its mission to inspire and grow women and minorities in technology throughout the state. The MCWT Foundation’s West Michigan mission is sponsored by Meijer, Open Systems Technologies, Gordon Food Services and

By |2016-09-07T14:27:22-04:00September 7th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|

Anderson Economic Group To Open Next Office In New York City

EAST LANSING -  Anderson Economic Group LLC, a boutique consultancy founded in Michigan in 1996, announced Tuesday it will open a new office in New York City in October. New York will join existing Anderson Economic Group offices in East Lansing (headquarters), Chicago, and Istanbul, Turkey. “The timing of our expansion into New York is

By |2016-09-06T22:41:10-04:00September 6th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|

Detecting, Correcting Factory Faults, Deflecting Cyberattacks All In Real Time

ANN ARBOR - Spotting a glitch on the factory floor in real time - and reconfiguring around it - are the goals of a new $4 million project led by University of Michigan engineering researchers that aims to increase factory productivity and American competitiveness - and fend off cyberattacks. Modern advanced manufacturing plants hold hundreds

By |2016-09-06T21:16:30-04:00September 6th, 2016|Featured, News|