DETROIT - If you know of someone who has developed an innovative solution that solves the needs of the general business public, whether this person is from industry, government or academia, if they are a technological leader or a pioneer or visionary in their field, here is the opportunity for them to become acknowledged by
LANSING - An email that opponents of the proposed Detroit River International Crossing say shows the state knew that bridge toll revenues could not pay for the bridge does not specifically deal with the bridge project Governor Rick Snyder is proposing and as such is not relevant to the actual project, Lt. Governor Brian Calley
MOUNT PLEASANT - Michigan's next promising businesses got a boost Friday in the form of $45,000 in start up funds during Central Michigan University's New Venture Competition. The competition was held to enrich the economic environment in Michigan and encourage the entrepreneurial spirit among CMU students. 24 teams presented their business plans to a panel
SOUTHFIELD ? ImageSoft has promoted John Koerner to engineering manager. Prior to his promotion, he was principal engineer for the Southfield-based technology company and helped lead the company's technical team. Koerner joined ImageSoft in 2004 as a software engineer and in 2008 was named principal engineer. He has worked in the technology industry since 1997
AUBURN HILLS - MI Green Team, ecoSTORE USA and the US Green Building Council Detroit Regional Chapter - Green Schools Committee have teamed up to offer kids a chance to show everyone what their school is doing or could be doing to be "green" through the My Green School Art Contest. In conjunction with the
PORTAGE ? Manatron announced that Texas's Tarrant Appraisal District has signed a contract with contracted with Manatron to install its GRM computer-aided mass appraisal software to serve as its newly integrated assessment system. Contract details were not announced. Tarrant AD is the second-largest appraisal district in Texas and encompasses more than 822,000 parcels. When the
OAK PARK - Azure Dynamics announced that its products will comprise a new half million dollar DHL 80-vehicle "green" fleet in Manhattan. The DHL fleet includes 50 Balance Hybrid Electric powertrains to be retrofitted on existing Ford E450 chassis and 30 Transit Connect Electric vans. The Azure-provided DHL vehicles are part of DHL?s comprehensive GoGreen
GRAND RAPIDS - US Signal announced its plan to add a cloud-based Managed Data Center offering to its Managed Services portfolio by the end of the second quarter. US Signal's Managed Data Center is built with dedicated resource pools designed to rapidly provision and host Virtual Private Servers accessible through US Signal Wide Area Networks.
ANN ARBOR - The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's Defense Center and SoarTech will host a Michigan Robotics Day on April 12 at NCMS headquarters in Ann Arbor. The event will showcase innovations and demonstrations in robotics and the program will include presentations from robotics industry luminaries
DETROIT - Do you have a business idea or start-up that you'd like to get feedback on from a venture capital company for possible funding? Farmington Hills-based Beringea, Michigan?s largest VC firm, will be holding its ?Office Hours? open pitch program in Detroit on Tuesday, April 12. Beringea is inviting entrepreneurs at all stages looking