LIVONIA ? Monarch Antenna, developing a smart and adaptive tunable antenna solution for Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy III, won first place in Emerging Company category at the fall Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest competition Jan. 31 at the Burton Manor. Monarch, based in Ann Arbor, received a check for $5,000. The competition was held during
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network Inc. Monday announced the launch of the first pilot of the Michigan Cyber Range in collaboration with Washtenaw Community College. Starting in January, WCC students enrolled in CSS 200 Information Assurance Concepts and CSS 205 Network Penetration Testing use the Michigan Cyber Range as an extension of their classroom for
LANSING - Liquid Web has announced significant reductions to bandwidth pricing for all current and future customers that use its Storm Platform, which includes Dedicated, VPS, SSD and Block Storage options in the Cloud. Effective Jan. 29, customers will not pay for any inbound data transfer. In addition, there will be new pricing and packages
CHARLEVOIX - A new fiber-optic infrastructure agreement with Merit Network will help Charlevoix-area organizations connect to Merit's high-speed Internet service statewide. Merit is leasing strands of fiber within the community from Charlevoix Public Schools and the City of Charlevoix. Due to a lack of critical infrastructure, broadband availability has been sparse in Northern Lower Michigan,
FLINT - Kettering University has won a $200,000 grant from the Intech Energy Storage Corporation of Canada to test the critical characteristics of, and experimentally fabricate, a newly designed aluminum-based battery that is more versatile, has a longer shelf life and is made of environmentally friendly, non-toxic, low cost components. The battery concept can be
MOUNT CLEMENS - Macomb County Community Mental Health has been selected as a demonstration site for Michigan's Integrated Care Project intended to strengthen support and services for persons who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. The Michigan Department of Community Health is developing the demonstration projects across four regions of the state. By bridging
EAST LANSING ? Patrick L. Anderson, best known for his economic, financial and public policy research, has now launched a software company that will help business and industry to do risk assessment more quickly. Supported Intelligence LLC was founded by Anderson and the Anderson Economic Group. The team spent the better part of 6 years
DETROIT ? Bizdom Detroit and Bizdom Cleveland are accepting applications to join either accelerator for Summer 2013, which begins May 20. Application deadline is March 3. Bizdom is looking to invest in the best and brightest aspiring entrepreneurs with innovative, scalable business ideas. While Bizdom supports all entrepreneurial endeavors, it is interested in investing in
LANSING - The e-commerce website Swimtown Pool Supplies is offering an Educational Scholarship worth $1,000, to a student with an interest in technology or intention to study technology in college. Swimtown Pool Supplies hopes the scholarship will encourage students to develop skills in areas such as e-commerce, online marketing, and information technology. Opportunities in these
LANSING ? Two Ann Arbor Venture Capital firms will split $4.5 million from the Pure Michigan Venture Development Fund. Michigan eLab - a seed to early stage technology venture fund focused primarily on IT and life science/health care companies from the University of Michigan ecosystem (faculty, students, alumni, university research and research partner institutions). Resonant