DETROIT - Wayne State University is challenging students, alumni, faculty and staff to create a mobile app that will help others get the most out of their time on campus with prizes totaling $5000 in cash. Wayne State?s office of economic development is teaming with WSU?s Blackstone LaunchPad program in a first ever competition focusing
TROY - On March 13, more than 250 business and technology professionals from across the Midwest came together for the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence and Big Data Summit. The event, hosted by WIT, gave attendees the opportunity to learn about proven best practices, discover the latest innovative solutions, and network with top technology
GRAND RAPIDS - The Geek Group has created a new program called Destructive Innovation Tuesday that is for anyone who has an idea for a new project, product, or experiment. Participants will have the opportunity to review their idea with a revolving panel of manufacturing and science experts who will assist with dissecting the idea
GRAND RAPIDS - The law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP will offer its popular human resources and benefits seminar on April 22 in Grand Rapids. The daylong seminar will focus on Strategy, Risk Management and Best Practices for Benefits and HR Professionals. More than a dozen Warner Norcross attorneys focused on employee benefits,
SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless is adding more than 100 positions in retail and business sales, finance, network and customer service and client care in Michigan. The new positions offer competitive salaries and benefits, including health care coverage that begins on the first day of employment, and participation in the company's 401 (k) program with a
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. ? A new report from IDC Energy predicts global smart building technology will reach nearly $22 billion in revenue by 2017. After several years of slower-than-expected growth, the smart buildings technology market is expected to grow rapidly as there is increasingly broad market awareness of the business values generated by deploying smart building
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan has named Tony Stamas as the organization?s Vice President Government Relations. He will be joining SBAM effective April 14. Stamas is currently Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville. He is a former legislator, elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1999 and serving
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced the state?s largest ever matchmaking summit to bring Michigan employers with job openings together with skilled and talented people from across the state and around the country at Ford Field in June. Pure Michigan DREAMJOB will take place on June 13 with many of the state?s leading
GRAND RAPIDS - Being merely competitive doesn?t win the race. Grow your business with a compelling customer-focused value proposition! What is your technology worth? Being merely competitive doesn?t cut it. You need a compelling value proposition! A recent technology column listed several new consumer electronics devices coming to market. I?m a gear-guy and a sucker
ANN ARBOR ? RS Components has selected LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru as the standard application for supply chain design throughout the company?s global enterprise. RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products. The company operates in 32 countries and offers