TROY - Michele DeLuca has joined SunTel as Director of Marketing, while Betty Lieb has been promoted to Marketing Administrator for the marketing department. DeLuca will lead the new marketing department, with an emphasis on vendor relationships. She has over 12 years of sales, sales management and marketing experience in the telecommunications industry, having worked
FLINT ? Online Tech has spent $3 million to double the capacity at its Flint Township data center, both in physical space and power. The facility expansion boasts a total of 22,500 square feet and includes the addition of two new 1 Megawatt generators. This brings the data center?s total backup power to 4 Megawatts,
TROY - Automation Alley has awarded $1 million in technical training to 24 local companies through the second round of its Technical Talent Development Program Challenge Fund, helping to ensure that Southeast Michigan's information technology workforce is among the most skilled in the nation. The 24 companies awarded a portion of the $1 million are
ANN ARBOR ? Three University of Michigan pathologists who developed software that could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment won a statewide entrepreneurship competition organized last week by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the UM College of Engineering. The team received $40,000. Team Genomenon took first overall, as well as in the health category of the
LANSING - Job seekers and Michigan employers can connect with each other through a State-sponsored virtual career fair February 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. MiVirtualCareerFairs, a tool of Pure Michigan Talent Connect. ?There are more than 65,000 jobs currently available in various industries on the Pure Michigan Talent Connect website,? said Joe Quick,
NOVI - Red Level Networks has been recognized as the Best Place to work in 2014, an annual award that highlights businesses within the city of Novi that create an optimal working environment for their employees. Examples include businesses that have taken efforts to create a pleasant work environment, innovation or career advancement. ?What is
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office announced Wednesday the feature film The Middle Distance has been approved for a film incentive from the state. The project will film this month in New Buffalo, Three Oaks and Grand Beach and feature local diners and landscapes. ?This is a winter project that will provide crew and support
ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction has improved for a third consecutive year at retailers, boosted by higher customer satisfaction with specialty retail stores, supermarkets, drug stores, and gasoline service stations. This news come from the American Customer Satisfaction Index . The retail sector overall gains 1.7 percent to an ACSI benchmark of 77.9. A fourth
GRAND RAPIDS - C/D/H has promoted Amy Moore from consultant to Director of Client Service: Applications, a new role that comes as the company aligns itself to meet the growing need for SharePoint services in Michigan. ?Seven years ago, about 24 percent of our business was SharePoint,? said Paul Hillman, partner at C/D/H. ?Now, with
SAN FRANCISCO - Sorry, Android, but you just got some more competition in wearables. A new version of Samsung's Gear smartwatch will run the company's Tizen software instead of Google's Android operating system, people familiar with the matter told CNET News.Com. Samsung will unveil the device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, the