TRAVERSE CITY - Based on growth in the Western Region of Michigan, SunTel Services announced that it has expanded to larger office space at 697 Hannah Avenue in Traverse City. SunTel has recently been awarded several new contracts in the West Michigan area, including a new Mitel virtualized VOIP phone solution for Northwestern Michigan College
LANSING - Public school employees are on the verge of refunds that could total thousands of dollars unless Governor Rick Snyder appeals the Court of Appeals decision Friday finding that a 2010 law mandating them to contribute 3 percent of their pay toward retiree health care coverage violated the U.S. and Michigan constitutions. Snyder has
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations that Sept. 27 is the application deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Michigan as a result of excessive rain, high winds, hail, freeze, frost, blizzard, tornadoes, flooding and
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Iserv Co. acquired 31 other telecom and Internet Service Providers in the 11 years that Victor Shepherd served as CEO. On June 1, the acquirer was acquired by an even bigger fish, 382 Communications, which plans to hire upwards of 50 new employees as the Boston-based telecom company shares Iserv's data
KALAMAZOO ? One of those technology home runs that Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to hit in Michigan - mophie, the manufacturer of the juice pack, billed as the first ?Works With iPhone? portable battery solution certified by Apple - announced it will build a 30,000-square-foot call and distribution center at Western Michigan University?s Business Technology
TORONTO, Can. - Vendors and analysts may be touting the value of social media in the workplace, but a majority of companies are still resisting, according to a new study. The study, The 'Killer Apps 2012' report was compiled by Easynet and Ipanema Technologies, and was .based upon online field research conducted in March and
GRAND RAPIDS ? In late September, computer hackers and the IT security professionals who cross digital swords in Grand Rapids at a two-day conference to share the latest measures and counter measures on computer network security. GrrCON (pronounced ?Grrrr Con?) will run on September 27th and 28th, at the DeVos Place. Significant portions are dedicated
LANSING - Michigan voters will have to decide on at least three ballot proposals in November, and the chance for more proposals to go before them remains. While the Board of State Canvassers spent most of their time listening to arguments on whether they should certify the Protect Our Jobs collective bargaining proposal, the board
LANSING - The House unexpectedly, but unanimously, approved an election reform bill Wednesday that would address some of the issues that arose following the revelation that House Speaker Jase Bolger and Rep. Roy Schmidt (R-Grand Rapids) plotted to have Schmidt switch parties at the last second and find a straw candidate to run against him.
LANSING - In the first full-scale departure of a department head during the administration of Governor Rick Snyder, state capital observers were surprised Wednesday when it was announced that Department of Community Health Director Olga Dazzo is resigning. She was replaced by James Haveman, who led the department for many years under former Governor John