TRAVERSE CITY - Verizon Wireless has completed a $750,000 integration of its network with that of Alltel across much of northern Michigan, including Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Kalkaska and Grand Traverse counties. Verizon Wireless? voice network and high-speed 3G data network (that lets customers rely on their phones for just about everything other than making calls)
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Area Chambers of Commerce officially formed the new Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber on June 1. "We are proud of our new logo that symbolizes the two communities coming together and overlapping to cause a ripple effect throughout the county," said Diane Keller, Chamber President. ?We launch not
LANSING - Cloud Computing analyst, CloudHarmony, performed a comprehensive analysis of 20 Cloud Computing Vendors' CPU performance. Cloud Harmony benchmarked more than 150 different cloud server configurations focusing this round of testing specifically on raw CPU performance. After exhaustive analysis, Cloud Harmony determined Liquid Web's Storm On Demand's 48 GB Cloud Server to be the
SAGINAW - Marcelle Smith has been hired as the new Procurement Technician for the Saginaw Future Procurement Technical Assistance Center. Smith is a recent graduate of Florida A&M University with a Master Degree in Business Administration. He was a member of numerous academic organizations including the Presidential Scholars Association and White & Gold Honor Society.
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network Inc. announced that they have entered into an agreement with VMware to launch the MeritLicensing Service - VMware Program, which will save Michigan educational institutions more than $391 million in capital expenses and $56 million in operating expenses over the next five years. The initiative, , a three-year initiative that
DETROIT - A Wayne State University spinoff company is highlighted in a national report that shows how investment in basic research leads to innovation and job creation. The report, "Sparking Economic Growth: How federally funded university research creates innovation, new companies and jobs," released by The Science Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of 45 of
LANSING - Managed web hosting company, Liquid Web, has added a new feature for its cloud computing platform - Storm On Demand - called Storm Bare Metal, which allows users to provision and manage private dedicated servers with Cloud Hosting features. Storm Bare Metal is a server technology that allows users to provision and manage
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau will establish a new office focused on helping production companies shoot films in the area. It?s appropriately called the Ann Arbor Area Film Office, was has been approved as a member of the Association of Film Commissioners International. Michigan grabbed Hollywood's attention in April
ANN ARBOR - Individuals can now attain certification as a machine vision professional (basic level) through a new program launched by the Automated Imaging Association, the global industry's trade group. To earn "CVP" status, individuals need to pass a test based on the basic tutorial programs AIA offers in the fundamentals of machine vision, beginning
DETROIT - The Engineering Society of Detroit has partnered with the University of Detroit Mercy to offer a new advanced electric vehicle graduate certificate program. The curriculum emphasizes core electric and hybrid vehicle engineering expertise. It was designed to educate and retrain traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the