LAS VEGAS - GuidePoint Systems Tuesday announced a new service for the buy-here pay-here market that will transform a GPS payment assurance device into a potential profit center for auto dealerships. The Madison Heights, Mich.-based telematics company said it has launched Recover It, a new GPS-based solution that provides payment assurance technology, but also allows
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has selected ADVA Optical Networking as Vendor of Choice for Merit's Broadband Stimulus Project, REACH-3MC. ADVA Optical Networking was selected from a number of qualified vendors that responded to a Request for Proposal Merit issued in late March. While there were several strong proposals, the Merit team's thorough review of
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present financial tools workshops in metro Detroit this fall. 5 Keys to Achieving Fiscal Fitness, a workshop to help the non-financial manager business owner achieve Fiscal Fitness is a state-wide training program designed to strengthen financial literacy and improve the ability to access
TROY ? Event management company ARZIKA has launched a Speakers Bureau to provide high caliber speakers from across the nation to speak on variety of topics. ARZIKA also provides executive event, experiential marketing and event management services designed to build and maintain brand recognition and audience engagement. "Choosing the correct speaker for your event is
DETROIT - TEDxDetroit is expecting more than 800 people to attend its technology, entertainment and design event September 29 at the Detroit Institute of Arts that will bring together inspiring innovators, inventors, creators, musicians, artists and entrepreneurs from across Michigan. TEDxDetroit is not only meant to create dialogue and action, it also serves as a
SOUTHFIELD - It's time to register to attend the fifth annual Michigan Council of Women in Technology Career Summit on Oct. 9 where you'll learn the latest technology issues and trends and leave with new contacts and skills you can apply to your own career. The popular half-day event will convey business and leadership skills
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, provider of the No. 1 rated manufacturing ERP software, said Tuesday it has generated a 98 percent customer satisfaction rate among users of Plex Online manufacturing ERP software. Users of Plex Online, software as a service, ERP solution for the manufacturing enterprise, report significantly higher satisfaction compared with competitors' software.
LANSING - A tax amnesty program the state is counting on netting $61.8 million to balance the 2010-11 fiscal year budget passed the House on Tuesday after the chamber made a few changes. The amnesty program would run from May 15 through June 30, 2011, and would allow people with unpaid taxes before December 31,
LANSING - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder leads Democrat Virg Bernero by 21 percentage points and has the best favorability numbers of any candidate for governor in the country among independents, according to a new poll. The numbers mean doom for Bernero's bid, said Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling, the North Carolina firm
LANSING - A new group made up of the Business Leaders for Michigan and the University Research Corridor called Accelerate Michigan was unveiled Tuesday as a way to boost the state as a top state for economic development. The new program is aimed at helping both groups "better connect" their strategic strengths and assets to