ANN ARBOR - The IT Zone is pleased to announce its relationship with the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA). IT Zone President Diane Durance was elected to the GLREA Board of Directors on December 2. GLREA is a non-profit membership organization that advocates, promotes, and publicly demonstrates renewable energy technologies. The organization provides training
ANN ARBOR - It?s the seventh year for The Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship (ACE) ? an event promoting the development and commercialization of Michigan?s high-growth potential, innovative, and technology business ventures. ACE brings Michigan entrepreneurs together with peers, support organizations, students, and potential capital partners. Hosted at Washtenaw Community College?s Morris Lawrence Building in Ann
ANN ARBOR - IT Zone member Online Technologies Corporation, a leading data center operator and managed services company announced the addition of Compendia Biosciences, Inc. (an Entrepreneur Boot Camp graduate) to its rapidly growing and diversified portfolio of customers. Online Technologies will provide Compendia with dedicated servers, application and database hosting and managed services. Services
ANN ARBOR - IT Zone member ProQuest Company reported its House of Commons Parliamentary Papers from 1800 to1901 will now be available to all two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, through funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee and ProQuest. The online resource, comprised of nearly 151,000 documents and more than
ANN ARBOR - IT Zone Member TechSmith is in the news! Techsmith is one of the top five consumers of broadband services in mid-Michigan, and is currently using more than 100 megabits of Internet bandwidth and regional Ethernet services. As the world?s leading provider of screen capture and recording software, Techsmith uses the Internet as
ANN ARBOR - Veteran Ann Arbor software developers and IT Zone members Bill Wagner and Dianne Marsh were featured as guests on .Net Rocks, an Internet talk show for .Net developers hosted by Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell. Wagner and Marsh, principals of SRT Solutions, discussed software development and different programming languages. They also announced
ANN ARBOR- Ann Arbor SPARK has named Elizabeth Parkinson as its director, marketing and public relations. Parkinson will be responsible for developing and executing an integrated marketing and public relations plan for SPARK, a non profit economic development consortium in Washtenaw County. Parkinson?s role will include developing and implementing tradeshow marketing and other special events,
ANN ARBOR - Attention Entrepreneurs: Barry Moltz is returning to Ann Arbor on December 14. Plan to join the IT Zone, Company of Friends, MI-SBTDC and the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest for a presentation designed to inspire your entrepreneurial spirit. Barry is the best-selling author of You Need to be a Little Crazy, a book
ANN ARBOR - The IT Zone is pleased to be working with a project team from Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Ann Arbor class of 2006-2007. Leadership Ann Arbor is in its 23rd year. Each class has 55 current and future leaders of the community that agree to spend one day a month
ANN ARBOR - Fascinating and great fun ? that's how gForce Technologies president and mathematician, Kurt Kleinsorge, describes the company he co-founded 12 years ago and operates with his brother, Jeff Kleinsorge, chief operating officer. Ann Arbor-based, the company has $4 million in revenue and 15 people, most of whom work out of its second-floor