BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Great Lakes Angels announced Monday that one of its portfolio companies, Blaze Medical Devices, has been selected to present at AdvaMed 2014 in Chicago in October. The AdvaMed 2014 Business Development Committee reviewed 110 applications and selected 29 Emerging Growth Company Scholarships across 4 categories. ?We are honored to be selected to
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University welcomed dozens of girls from ages 12 to 18 this summer to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in new ways at the Miss Media Michigan summer camp. The all-girls tech camp is an immersive program that features game design, interactivity, computing, web development, 3D modeling, electronics, mobile app
TROY - Nanette Poulios, Director of Information Assurance Center Associate Professor BIT Department at Walsh College, has retired, but plans to stay active in the cyber security world. Her last day at Walsh College was July 8. She worked at the college for 12 years and was instrumental in creating the IAC, where students get
WASHINGTON DC - The gubernatorial race between Republican Governor Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger Mark Schauer is within the margin of error, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters is extending his lead over Republican Terri Land in the U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll. The survey by EPIC/MRA for the Detroit Free Press
TROY - SunTel Services has expanded its service to include video surveillance platforms to help assist its customers meet the changing demands of company security. Technology in the security market is rapidly changing as cameras, card readers, door locks and other security requirements are now often part of a company?s IP Network. To help address
BIRMINGHAM - There is no task more difficult for a CISO than stepping into that role at a large organization that has never had a CISO and has recently experienced a devastating breach that is at least partly responsible for the departure of senior IT management and the CEO. Securitycurrent polled its contributors to compile
LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan Small BIZ PAC has endorsed Brian Calley for reelection as Lt. Governor. This is the first time in history that the SBAM Small Biz PAC has made an endorsement for Lt. Governor. "Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is one of the most effective Lt. Governors in the history
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University has donated 50 Fujitsu tablet PCs to Vista Maria of Dearborn Heights, a non-profit providing treatment programs and other services to victimized girls and young women in Southeast Michigan. The used laptops are from the LTU Zone program that provides all undergraduate students with personal computers loaded with the software
ANN ARBOR - In Mid-June, GRCurrent, the Grand Rapids SmartZone based at GVSU?s Cook-DeVos Health Sciences Center, graciously hosted a BioMixer. The food and beverage had a distinctly World Cup flare and a flat screen hook-up allowed attendees to keep tabs on the games being played. It all made for good networking and a fun
GRAND RAPIDS - Who are you? really? A business owner got real with me one day. After several years in business, he realized the company he founded had drifted off course. Somehow it had lost sight of its original business objectives. It?s purpose for being. Where were the markers that propelled them early on? The