LANSING ? Ken Theis, the Michigan chief information officer, plus director of the new Department of Technology Management and Budget, provides an update on how the consolidation process has gone so far and where he sees it headed over the next three to five years. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
MIDLAND ? Bill Moneypenny, the CEO of the MidMichigan Innovation Center, talks about the incubator and its focus on start ups developing material science products. He also announces the winners of the four innovation awards presented in May at an event that celebrated entrepreneurship. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
MIDLAND ? Chris Moultrip, program director for the MidMichigan Innovation Center, talks about the success of the May entrepreneur program hosted at the Dow Diamond called Heading for the Big Leagues. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
MIDLAND ? Debra Zellner is the new Business Development Director at the MidMichigan Innovation Center. She came from a similar job at Dow Corning, so understands entrepreneurs and Mid Michigan well. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
MACKINAC ISLAND - Michigan has the infrastructure to see major progress in attracting biotechnology businesses, but the state is hurting itself by failing to develop and stick to a plan to promote the industry, top biotechnology executives said. As a result, Michigan is losing out compared to states like Ohio and Indiana, which in some
MACKINAC ISLAND - The latest study to look at the nation's most prosperous states shows the state should spend more effort on education, especially higher education, than on taxes if it wants to promote prosperity, officials from the think tank Michigan Future said Thursday. The study, the third annual progress report prepared by the group,
MACKINAC ISLAND - A new agenda of state policies, driven by the concerns expressed by thousands of Michigan residents, and focusing on several key issues including a revised tax system, extending term limits for state politicians and changing spending priorities, is critically needed, said Phil Power, president of the Center for Michigan. In addition, Power
MACKINAC ISLAND - All seven Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates were on the stage, but the fight was between Attorney General Mike Cox and Ann Arbor business executive Rick Snyder as Cox accused Snyder of insider trading and Snyder made a thinly veiled reference to Cox's extramarital affair. Before hundreds of business executives during the
BATTLE CREEK - As part of the Totally Technology Series, Google executive Michal Lorenc will present to local businesses and non-profit organizations June 9th in the Branson Ballroom at the McCamly Plaza Hotel in Battle Creek. The presentation will deliver information about Google and tips on how to use Google technology and tools to promote
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems announced that independent research from Boston-based Aberdeen Group reveals Plex Online users are more likely to achieve Best-in-Class performance than those manufacturers using Enterprise Resource Planning software solutions from other vendors. The study, "Manufacturing Operations Management: Capitalizing on the Economic Recovery," concludes that manufacturers using Plex Online ERP, delivered as