KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Valley Community College is offering its first Production Technician Academy May 29 which will provide free training to prepare for careers in Advanced Manufacturing. An informational session about the new Academy is set for May 23 at 5:30 at M-TEC at the Groves Campus of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, 7107 Elm Valley
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder Tuesday urged eligible Michigan veterans to apply for a new federal program that will cover the cost of up to one year of training for in-demand jobs. To participate, a veteran must be between 35 and 60 years of age, unemployed, and enroll in training for one of more than
MOSCOW - Kaspersky Lab is developing a secure operating system platform. The target market: Utilities, nuclear reactors, financial systems, and other companies that need to defend their IT systems from so-called cyber warfare and cyber terrorism attacks. Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky briefly described the secure operating system project during a keynote this morning at
YPSILANTI ? Michigan is rapidly evolving from a heavy manufacturing, unionized state into one where an entrepreneurial-oriented population understands each has the responsibility for manifesting their own future, said David Brophy, founder of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. ?Historically, people in this state never thought that way,? said Brophy, a professor at the Stephen M.
ANN ARBOR ? University of Michigan President Mary Sue Colman said U-M is making a more concerted effort to train students to become entrepreneurs. Speaking the 31st Michigan Growth Capital Symposium at the Marriott in Ypsilanti Colman, who has been U-M president since 2002, said the university has been enhancing courses focused on entrepreneurship. ?My
GRAND RAPIDS - Ever wonder how giant organizations handle Social and Emerging Media? In an age of transparent and participatory government, how are these new values emerging in military social channels, and extending to other communications channels? Lieutenant Commander Chris Servello of the Navy Office of Information, is the Director of Emerging Media and the
LIVONIA - SIP trunking provider Clearfly Communications has formed a strategic partnership with Technology Solutions, LLC, a leading unified communications company, to provide small and medium size businesses with voice, data, and mobile services. SIP is an IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), internet based protocol originally designed for call set-up and control. According to the
ANN ARBOR - Rubicon Genomics has launched the first product in its ThruPLEX family of sample preparation kits designed and optimized for next generation sequencing. ThruPLEX-FD kits leverage Rubicon?s patented DNA repair and ligation methods to deliver significantly faster and more sensitive sequencing of plasma, formalin-fixed, ChIP and other fragmented DNA with substantially increased throughput.
LANSING - Some potentially troublesome data coming in on the Michigan's new tax on health insurance claims shows it is generating only half of what state officials projected, a situation that could raise concerns about whether the state will have enough money to avoid cutting Medicaid programs. But the key word is "potentially." The tax
WASHINGTON ? The National Veterans Small Business Conference, the government's premier event for Veteran-owned small businesses, is coming to Detroit's Cobo Center June 26-29, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced. VA also announced that a ?VA for Vets? Hiring Fair will be held June 26-28 during the conference for Veterans looking for careers in the