ROYAL OAK - The road is full of people whose lives are at risk the second you take your eyes off the road to look at your phone. If you'd never use your phone with someone in the car, you shouldn't do it alone. AT&T’s Teresa Mask explains the IT Can Wait anti-distracted driver campaign
ROYAL OAK - Jeff Cranson from the Michigan Department of Transportation outlines the $8 Million Michigan Mobility Challenge grant initiative to address core mobility gaps for seniors, persons with disabilities and veterans across the state. Michigan Mobility Challenge will engage the state’s robust technology, start-up and transportation networks – along with service providers, advocacy groups and
LANSING - The state of Michigan, city of Detroit, and numerous businesses and nonprofits recently teamed up to address the mobility challenges Detroit residents face with the Detroit Mobility Initiative. After research and extensive listening sessions, four focus areas were identified as initial priority projects. Focus areas include neighborhood mobility, downtown accessibility, traffic safety and
ROYAL OAK – How do you secure your data with Microsoft’s EMS? Listen as Mark Dreyer, a senior consultant with Red Level, explains all this and more on this segment of M2 TechCast. As a leader in security, how would you handle security if you already knew it would be affected? Your employees need to
FARMINGTON HILLS – The deadline to apply for Pitch Club Grand Circus is July 1. Sponsors for the July 25 event include Kyyba Innovations, Bodman PLC and TiE Detroit. The select pool of the companies chosen to pitch at the monthly Pitch Club events will be provided investment opportunities in the form of presenting to
LANSING - Mobility startups will now have access to more than $1 million in grant funding, thanks to a new statewide program announced at the 2018 ITS America Annual Meeting held in Detroit last week. The two-part program, one of the first of its kind, includes a PlanetM Pilot Grant and a PlanetM Testing Grant.
ROCHESTER HILLS — EFlex Systems, a provider of manufacturing software and consulting firm, announced a partnership with OPS Solutions LLC of Wixom, maker of Light Guide Systems, to add augmented reality features to eFlex’s web-based, assembly software, Job Element Monitor (JEM), a work instruction module. “Many of our manufacturing software modules have focused on lean
DETROIT — AT&T Inc. announced the appointment of Tom Monahan to oversee business in what it calls the Greater Lakes region, including Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and northern Indiana. Tom Monahan. ATT photo. Monahan will manage more than 1,300 employees, 133 AT&T-owned retail locations and more than 267 national distribution outlets and authorized resellers. “Tom brings
JACKSON — Consumers Energy announced this week that it would file an Integrated Resource Plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission to zero out its use of coal as a power source and hit 37 percent renewables by 2030 and 43 percent to 2040, up from 11 percent today. The company the plan would help
EAST LANSING — Five student startups from Michigan State University kicked off on June 3 a 10-week creative journey that could propel some into commercialization. The five teams participating in the Conquer Accelerator program each received $20,000 in seed funding, tailored mentorship, a creative co-working space, as well as access to networking support and talent
