ROYAL OAK - Another week, another great episode. This time around we were joined by Youness and Michelle from Comcast talking about network improvements, customer service, and quite a few other solid topics. We were also joined by long-time group member and recruiter Dave Dullack to talk about the job market in the area and
DETROIT - Gary Baker is our enterprise guru and he has some insights into the recent acquisition of LinkedIn (Facebook for business) by Microsoft. Is this going to be for good or just another excellent site being absorbed and forgotten? Click Here to Listen to Gary Microsoft Commentary
DETROIT - Cal Carson reports on the huge wave of OS changes announced at the recent Apple World Wide Developers Conference, held last week in California. No big new gadgets wowed us but there was a BIG change in the OS platforms supporting those Apple devices. Click Here to Listen to Cal’s Apple Run Down
DETROIT - Allan O’Shea, President CBS Solar and Co-Chair Michigan Renewable Energy Fair announces a triple play for renewable resources coming to Mason, MI June 24 and 25. The Ingham County Fair grounds will host the Michigan Energy Fair, Sustainable Living Summit and Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo all for the single entry fee of $5/person. There will be music and
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Ellen Hallett, chief operating officer for RightAnswer.com of Midland. The company was recently named a member of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. RightAnswer.com, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application development company, creates and manages referential databases and document authoring and
GRAND RAPIDS - More industries and businesses are turning to cloud computing technology as an efficient way to improve quality services due to its capability of reducing overhead costs, downtime and its ability to automate infrastructure of deployment, as well as the advantages of high-computing power. Melissa Birnie interviews Rick Beckers, President of Cloudtech1, a Rochester Hills
SOUTHFIELD - Kristen R. DeVries has been named vice president of university advancement at Lawrence Technological University. Her appointment is effective August 1 and concludes a national search. DeVries will oversee Lawrence Tech’s fund raising, donor interactions, conference services, and alumni relations, in addition to corporate and foundation partnerships. For the past nine years she
SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk has proposed combining his electric-car and solar-energy companies, in a bold effort to consolidate his holdings and offer widespread clean-energy products from vehicles to power in homes. Musk wants to combine Tesla Motors with SolarCity Corp. On Tuesday, he made a stock offer to acquire the portion of SolarCity he
ANN ARBOR - On-demand, driverless public buses. Data-driven accident avoidance systems. "Smart" traffic systems that dramatically reduce emissions and congestion. Two new data science projects at the University of Michigan are working toward making these autonomous driving systems a reality. Supported by the Michigan Institute for Data Science Challenge Initiatives program and UM-Dearborn, the projects
DETROIT - What economic slowdown? While national surveys show the pace of economic expansion to be flagging a bit, Detroit-area technology executives are on an IT hiring binge. In the latest biannual Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report, 26 percent of CIOs say they plan to add staff to their IT
