GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute has launched the Van Andel Fellows program, a new concept for interdisciplinary postdoctoral training aimed at the very best early career scientists. Those selected as Van Andel Fellows will conduct postdoctoral research on an interdisciplinary project under the mentorship of two of more VARI principal investigators and will
WATERFORD - Kors Engineering has launched Mach2, a technology solution for manufacturers seeking to improve machine operations and help meet specified production requirements to become a qualified contributor to OEM supply chains. Mach2 replaces Kors Engineering?s PleXML tool which has been deployed in more than 70 manufacturing facilities using the Plex cloud ERP solution. The
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network will present an interactive online course on the fundamentals of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, an industry-standard methodology for managing and developing IT services. The course will be taught online on March 23-27, 2015. Each day's session will run from 1:00-5:00 p.m. EST, making this an excellent way to master
WASHINGTON DC - US Senate Republicans appear to have largely abandoned efforts to fight an FCC vote later this week that's expected to reclassify broadband as a public utility-like service. After years of grappling with how much or even whether the federal government should be involved in regulating the Internet, the commission is expected to
COOPERVILLE - IT Resource is hosting its annual March Madness event March 19 to explore the topic IT Security & Risk in the Business Place. Whether your systems are on-site or in the cloud, it?s crucial that the right security tools are in place to keep your business safe 24/7. There?s more to security than
SOUTHFIELD - Do you know someone with a great innovation that could help the Automotive Industry? Can be students, professors, independent inventors, or big/small companies in Michigan or anywhere in the world. Must be a new innovation with high potential to help the automotive industry with simple online application process. All applicants will get feedback
DETROIT ? The Miller Lite Tap the Future Business Competition will pit five local entrepreneurs against each other for a cash purse of $20,000 and the chance to compete in Chicago against other regional winners for the $200,000 grand prize. The deadline is April 10. Daymond John of ABC?s Shark Tank, pus Brooklyn-based WeDid.It founders
DETROIT - If you handle public relations within a sales organization, you?re likely considered overhead. While you can argue that an effective media relations strategy leads to sales, you cannot always prove that the customers who came into your store to buy your products or services did so because of what they read online or
DETROIT ? Comerica Bank reports that economic activity increased again in December, keeping the Michigan Index pointed up and to the right, after a one-month decline in October. December?s reading is 46 points, or 62 percent, above the index cyclical low of 73.8. The index averaged 117.3 points for all of 2014, three and one-tenth
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI is offering a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Russian hacking suspect, the highest bounty ever offered by US authorities in a cybercrime case. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is accused of being the mastermind behind the GameOver Zeus botnet, which was used by cybercriminals