ANN ARBOR - We did it! The IT Zone's first Virtual Reciprocity Ring (VRR) was launched in a three-hour session on September 28. A group of 50 networking aficionados gathered at MITC (Michigan Information Technology Center) with their wireless laptops to explore the workings of Humax Corporation?s Virtual Reciprocity Ring software. With the help of
ANN ARBOR - Are you concerned about the environment? Are you interested in seeing Michigan reduce energy consumption by 15 percent? The Delta Institute, a Chicago-based nonprofit foundation, has formed the Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency (P2E2) Center. The P2E2 Center plans to keep Michigan businesses competitive even as energy costs soar and the volatility
ANN ARBOR - The IT Zone, Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Corporation (MI-SBTDC), and Company of Friends are pleased to be bringing Barry Moltz back to Ann Arbor on December 14 for a presentation designed to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit in all of us. Barry is the best-selling author of You Need to be
ANN ARBOR - The IT Zone is pleased to be working with a project team from the University of Michigan School of Information. Last fall, our student team from SI attended many events and interviewed members and other attendees to determine how the IT Zone could better serve and communicate with its audience. This year,
ANN ARBOR ? The Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program road show comes to SPARK Central Oct. 19. Participants will find out how they can get a piece of the $2 billion up for grabs in both programs. In partnership with the Michigan Smart Zones, BBC is embarking on a
ANN ARBOR - IT Zone member CompanyCrafters is offering a new and valuable resource to our entrepreneurial community ? The Entrepreneur?s Dictionary. This guide to business terms is for everyone in the startup game: entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, startup executives, service providers, new-business-development specialists, university technology transfer professionals, inventors and anyone launching a new venture. ?I?ve had
ANN ARBOR - The IT Zone was pleased to sponsor the October 12th Ann Arbor Ad Club presentation by Grady Burnett, head of online sales and operations for Google's Ann Arbor office. Burnett addressed an audience of 150 IT Zone and Ad Club members. He briefly reviewed the history of the eight-year-old Internet search giant,
IT Zone ? Getting Out And About ANN ARBOR - As you?d expect, I spend most of my days and evenings ? sometimes as much as 14 hours straight ? at the IT Zone. With so many events and meetings here, it?s often difficult to get out and attend events away from home base. Some
ANN ARBOR - The IT Zone is supporting the efforts of Washtenaw Community College (WCC) and the Ann Arbor Chapter of the Association of Women in Computing (AWC) to encourage women students to join the next generation of IT professionals. The Zone is helping sponsor the Women in Computing and Information Technology (WiCIT) dinner November
ANN ARBOR - Come to the Ann Arbor IT Zone to hear Rob Risser and Steve Williamson discuss the lessons they've learned about growing a successful high tech business in Michigan, and share their thoughts on funding options. Both are executives with API, which is featured in MEDC's national advertising and marketing initiative of successful