DETROIT - Vaco, an executive level consulting, recruiting and placement firm, has named two new Partners in its Detroit area office, Paul Bishop and Jerrett Eiler, to support technology professionals seeking career opportunities in the Michigan region, as well as nationally. Vaco provides clients with elite professionals who have the deep industry and technical systems
DETROIT - The deadline to submit an application for the DTE Energy SolarCurrents customer-owned pilot program is July 23. . The expansion of the SolarCurrents program has added two megawatts of capacity in four offerings of 500 kilowatts each this year and next. DTE Energy customers interested in participating in the second offering must submit
GRAND RAPIDS - The culture has improved for entrepreneurship in West Michigan, says a new report by Grand Valley State University researchers. The authors of the report, Paul Isely, professor of economics; Sridhar Sundaram, professor of finance; and Michael Kurley, a student at Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, found two key improvements since the original
GRAND RAPIDS - Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday continued to advocate for Michiganders to call their senators and tell them to take a vote on the House-passed Medicaid reform bill as soon as they can, adding that the later Michigan waits to do so the worse off it will be when the federal Patient Protection
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of their Merit MailScreen service. Merit MailScreen is a standalone Secure Email Gateway solution, offering virus, spam and malware filtering that integrates with an existing email service. Powered by Cisco Ironport, Merit MailScreen blocks up to 80 percent of external threats before they are delivered
TROY - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer and recording star Kelly Clarkson will be on hand Friday for the grand opening of the software giant's company store at Somerset Collection. As part of the ribbon-cutting, Ballmer will present $1 million in software grants. Ballmer will lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Clarkson will offer
CHICAGO - Internet2 announced at the US Ignite Application Summit that eight proposals have been selected for the 2013 Internet2 Innovative Application Awards program. Each finalist is building an application using Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to solve the challenges faced by research, education and business networks today. Details about each selected proposal follow this press release.
TROY - Automation Alley announced it is sponsoring Techonomy Detroit on Sept. 17 ? an all-day public conference held on the campus of Wayne State University that focuses on technology's role in economic growth, job creation and Detroit's urban revival. National and local leaders will come together to discuss ways to improve America?s urban educational
TROY - Automation Alley is looking for eight companies to participate in its Trade Mission to Indonesia and Singapore in September. The registration deadline is July 26 at close of business. Indonesia and Singapore are both experiencing a population boom, a surge in new development and an emerging middle class with spending power. Indonesia is
LANSING - The Senate is required to return on Wednesday, July 3, and while Senate officials intend that to be a pro-forma session with no voting, supporters of Medicaid expansion are targeting that day to get the Senate to act on the measure. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe) said Senate officials