TROY - Join Automation Alley for a panel discussion on health care IT on February 17. As more and more health care providers are adopting electronic charts and integrated electronic health record software, a substantial amount of patient data will be required to travel among organizations using digital channels. If proper security measures are not
TROY - If you're looking to increase your global competitiveness, join Automation Alley for China: Asia's Powerhouse on February 23. While learning about China?s booming economic opportunities, you'll also learn more about Automation Alley's upcoming trade mission to China, taking place May 13-20. Mission participants will travel to Tianjin (Beijing area) and Nanjing (Shanghai area).
ANN ARBOR - The New Enterprise Forum announced Tuesday that Tom Porter and Dick Sarns, both successful Ann Arbor entrepreneurs, will receive Lifetime Achievement awards at the NEF 25th anniversary gala on February 17th. The recipients exemplify notable entrepreneurship through their ability to build Ann Arbor companies that are leading in their respective fields. Dick
DETROIT - DTE Energy's BudgetWise Billing program offers customers a great way to manage rising energy bills in the face of bitterly cold winter weather. With new and improved features to the program now available, eligible customers enrolled in the program pay the same amount for gas and/or electric service over a 12-month period. "Today's
GRAND RAPIDS ? Data broadband provider US Signal announced Tuesday the addition of several locations to its fiber footprint in Ohio and Indiana. "Increasing network density in Ohio and Indiana is critical to addressing the increased demand for US Signal's state-of-the-art networking services," said Kirk Dombek, director of business development. "As US Signal adds network
GRAND RAPIDS - Are you interested in learning the basics of renewable energy systems and how they work in Michigan? The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association will host three renewable energy seminars Feb. 19 at Grand Rapids Community College. The three seminars will cover Solar Heating, Solar Electricity and Wind Electricity. At these seminars you
WASHINGTON - Small business owners can participate in a discussion on the major disaster events that caused business interruptions in 2010 during a free webinar Feb. 15 hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery Solutions. In addition to looking back at the most unusual event - the BP oil spill - the
SAN FRANCISCO - India appears unlikely to implement its threatened ban on BlackBerry services, but the government is still demanding access to the data on Research In Motion's secure enterprise network--something RIM keeps insisting it cannot provide. RIM had been ordered to give the Indian government a permanent solution on access to its BlackBerry Enterprise
REDMOND - Microsoft will address 22 vulnerabilities as part of Patch Tuesday, three of which are critical. Three of the 12 bulletin items released by Microsoft earlier last week are classified as critical, and affect Microsoft's Windows operating system, with one affecting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser as well, CNET News.Com reported. The rest are classified
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - Becton, Dickinson and Company, which paid $275 million to buy Ann Arbor's HandyLab in November 2009, on Monday said it would buy another Ann Arbor company, Accuri Cytometers. Terms were not announced other than it will be an all cash deal. The fate of Accuri?s 85 employees remains unknown. The company