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
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,
ROCHESTER - After four consecutive years of winning the Michigan Regional Future City Competition, the team from St. John Lutheran School in Rochester has claimed the title of National Champion, winning the national Future City Competition held Tuesday in Washington, DC. St. John Lutheran also won the People's Choice Award, a prize of $7,500 and
SAN FRANCISCO - Tesco, an international supermarket chain, has been forced to deactivate online customer accounts after hackers took aim at its systems. The company confirmed to The Guardian on Friday that over 2,200 of its accounts were compromised. Interestingly, it's believed that the hackers didn't actually break into its systems, but instead used data
LANSING - The credit ratings agency Moody's called the city of Detroit's decision to sue to invalidate a $1.45 billion certificates of participation pension swaps deal an "extreme act," but also said it is such a rare move it would be unlikely to affect the broader municipal bond market. If the city succeeds in federal
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels announced Monday its latest funding commitments in a number of companies across Michigan, including Ablative Solutions, Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing, Local Orbit, LLC, ProNAi Therapeutics, and Vestaron Corporation. With this latest funding, Grand Angels has invested more than $13 million in 28 companies since its inception. ?Our next round of
ANN ARBOR - The Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund has made two pre-seed investments one in healthcare startup AlertWatch and another in ad tech startup AdAdapted. The collective investments total $90,000 and closed in November 2013 and January 2014, respectively. The student-run fund is part of the Zell Lurie Institute at the University of Michigan?s Ross
SAN FRANCISCO - In a story posted late Tuesday, Wired editor Joe Brown said his Snapchat friends were asking why he was sending them messages with photos of fruit smoothies. That was a surprise to Brown because he hadn't sent any such messages. Other Snapchatters have since complained about receiving these same messages, according to
ANN ARBOR - MichBio members can get an update on the latest legislative and regulatory issues facing the medical device and diagnostic sectors when the life sciences trade association President and CEO Stephen Rapundalo hosts the online program prior to his Capitol Hill visit, as part of the AdvaMed Legislative Fly-In set for February 26-27.
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds Private Non-Profit Organizations in Michigan that March 18 is the deadline to submit Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications. These loans are available from the SBA as a result of the flooding that occurred between April 16 and May 14, 2013. The filing deadline to return economic injury