LANSING — State officials have announced financial support for an expansion of a Huntington Bank call center in Flint that will result in the creation of 60 new jobs and a $5.4 million investment. The Huntington complex is on Saginaw Street across from the University of Michigan-Flint campus. The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Department of Energy released an alarming report in January 2017, saying that the U.S. electric grid is in imminent danger from a cyberattack. So where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going regarding smart grid security? In the department’s landmark Quadrennial Energy Review, it warned that
ROYAL OAK - Inforum’s Tember Shea interviews Nicol Pasuit, Founder & CEO, Techstak. Techstak is the Angie’s List for Technology. What she discovered is technology companies want to market to the small and medium businesses that helps business find and connect to reputable, trusted technology providers. Techstak is now on boarding IT pros, managed service
ROYAL OAK - What’s the hot tech news from the auto industry? Auto industry guru David Cole joins us on M2 TechCast to talk future powertrains and President Trump’s desire to reduce the CAFE fleet fuel standards to make it more achievable for the auto industry. Cole also discusses the sale of Opel/Vauxhall by GM
ROYAL OAK - Richard Laramee, President of Electro-Matic Ventures, will provide details on the Manufacturing in America conference March 22-23 at the Renaissance Center. The free show will feature about 2,500 manufacturing executives and hundreds of exhibitors focus on the manufacturing sector. Laramee said one day at Manufacturing in America is devoted to students to
ROYAL OAK - In February, Amazon Web Services went down for up to 12 hours leaving millions of customers using this public cloud off line. Online Tech offers its Disaster Recovery as a Service product that guarantees its customers that if an outage occurs, they will be back on line in under 10 minutes. Nick
PONTIAC - CloudTech1 is hosting the March 27 Tech248 at Fillmore 13 Brewery where CEO Rick Beckers will post the question, “Let’s make IoT a RIoT in Michigan.” Beckers said Fillmore 13 Brewery can accommodate up to 125 people and nearly 80 are registered so far. So act today by registering by March 23 at
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday March 20, Melih Oztalay from SmartFinds Marketing will talk about the latest social media trends. Jeff Hall from Siemens will talk about the Manufacturing in America conference March 22-23 at the Renaissance Center. Plus Dan Lohrmann will warn us about possible hacker threats to the U.S. power grid.
ANN ARBOR - A new combustion turbine at the University of Michigan's Central Power Plant is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly, lowering emission levels halfway toward the university's 2025 sustainability goal. The 15-megawatt combustion turbine, which will be housed in a 12,000-square-foot addition, is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP - Calling for both work and faith that "this city and this nation will once again shine with industrial might," President Donald Trump told auto executives and an audience largely made up of autoworkers in Ypsilanti Township that he will ensure any regulations dealing with the auto industry protect jobs in the United
