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123Net Enhances Data Center Experience With Smart Hands

SOUTHFIELD - 123Net is now offering onsite, 24/7 Smart Hands services to clients that colocate in its facilities. Smart Hands covers emergencies and maintenance issues every moment of every day, including asset management, logistics management, onsite support, and rack & stack duties. Service level agreements guarantee that service requests will be responded to in under

By |2018-05-07T20:52:18-04:00May 3rd, 2018|New Products / Contracts|

Michigan Republicans Tweak Fiscal 2019 State Budget – With $150 Million Unallocated

LANSING - Michigan Republicans approved almost a dozen minor tweaks to their Fiscal Year 2019 General Fund and School Aid Fund (starting Oct. 1) spending plans before passing a plan that has more than $160 million left on the balance sheet. Even with the changes, the budget remains a "fiscally conservative document" that leaves roughly

By |2018-05-07T20:52:59-04:00May 2nd, 2018|Politics|

Michigan Teams Dominate FIRST Robotics World Championships

DETROIT — More than 15,000 students and 40,000 family members, friends and fans gathered last week for the FIRST Robotics world championships. The four-day event came down to a conclusion Saturday night in front of thousands of cheering fans at Ford Field when teams competed in match finals for the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST

By |2018-05-07T20:54:55-04:00May 2nd, 2018|ESD, Featured|

Frasier High School To Get Manufacturing Education Courses

DEARBORN — The SME Education Foundation and the Michigan Manufacturers Association will make manufacturing education available to students at Fraser High School in cooperation with Macomb County businesses, SME officials announced. Dominion Technologies Group, I.F. Metalworks, Fori Automation, General Motors, Oakley Industries and Superior Heat Treat LLC will collaborate through SME’s Partnership Response In Manufacturing

By |2018-05-07T20:55:57-04:00May 2nd, 2018|ESD|

Kraig Labs Approved To Make Spider Silk In Vietnam – Used By US Army

ANN ARBOR — Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., a biotech and advanced materials developer, announced it has been issued its Enterprise Registration Certificate required to begin its operations in Vietnam. Kraig is developing genetically engineered silkworms that spin silk that has some of the strength characteristics of spiderwebs — so-called “spider silk.” “These licenses to operate

By |2018-05-07T20:59:16-04:00May 2nd, 2018|Life Sciences|

Connect Michigan Launches New Website To Battle Digital Divide

LANSING — Connect Michigan, the nonprofit dedicated to bringing high-speed internet and related technologies to all people in Michigan, has launched a new website. Erick Frederick The organization, a subsidiary of Bowling Green, Ky.-based Connected Nation, says the new site features community resources, broadband data and solutions, and a look at the action plans so

By |2018-05-07T21:00:12-04:00May 2nd, 2018|ESD|

Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Names Presenting Companies

ANN ARBOR -  Organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Tuesday announced the list of companies that will present at the 37th annual event, which will be held May 15-16 at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti. A total of 32 companies, representing the best of the emerging growth companies in the Midwest that are actively

By |2018-05-07T21:01:57-04:00May 1st, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Airfoil Group’s Bryson Explains Latest Tech Trends, Skills Building The Next Silicon Valley

ROYAL OAK - Airfoil’s Senior Vice President, Amy Bryson discusses how the latest tech trends and skills are building the next generation Silicon Valley, outside of California. In this podcast, she explores how technology is changing how business gets done and how businesses are created. This is true for Michigan-based companies, as well as global brands.

By |2018-05-07T21:03:20-04:00May 1st, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcast - Diva Tech Talk, Podcasts|

Detroit-China Border Investment Summit Recap With Milan Stevanovich

ROYAL OAK - Milan Stevanovich, vice president of global strategy for the Detroit Chinese Business Association, discussed the recent Detroit-China Cross Border Investment Summit he hosted at NextEnergy on April 19 that featured a full day focusing on collaborative investment opportunities between the U.S. and China. The TED-style conference emphasized collaborative investment opportunities in the

By |2018-05-07T21:07:01-04:00May 1st, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Tech248 Member BackBeat Raises $130,000 In Kickstarter Campaign

ROYAL OAK - Oakland County Tech248’s Greg Doyle interviews Yerko Sepluveda, creator of BackBeat, who benefited from the Oakland Entrepreneurial Alliance. BackBeat is a wearable, portable rumble pack and practice amp for bassists that turns every low note you play into a vibration you can feel. BackBeat has raised nearly $130,000 in a Kickstarter campaign.

By |2018-05-01T16:50:13-04:00May 1st, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|