TRAVERSE CITY - Common Sense Solutions of St. Louis has joined Appia Communications' rapidly-growing nationwide network of partners. Appia provides managed IT and telecommunications services to small and midsize companies and organizations. Common Sense Solutions is a technology provider to hundreds of construction and service companies throughout the Midwest. "Our partnership with Appia is an
DETROIT - Get ready to enter the exciting world of engineering with a theater experience like no other when the Detroit Science Center opens the Toyota Engineering Theater on March 14. This multi-media theater experience will take Science Center visitors on an interactive journey into the world of real-life engineers, while incorporating state-of-the-art digital video,
GRAND RAPIDS ? Fiber optic service provider US Signal on Tuesday announced the addition of Toledo, Ohio, as a new metro market on its network, which adds 274 route miles to the company's Midwest network. US Signal's network now includes more than 700 miles of fiber optic metro rings in 14 markets, and more than
SAN JOSE - Check Point has announced its latest security gateway and management solution based on the company's new "Software Blade" architecture that offers businesses a common platform to deploy a library of more than 20 interoperable security applications or "software blades" such as firewall, virtual private network (VPN), intrusion prevention systems (IPS), anti-virus, policy
DALLAS - Comerica Bank's Michigan Tourism Index fell in the fourth quarter to its lowest reading in 16 years. Over the four quarters of 2008, our index declined 11 percent, similar to the 12 percent decline recorded in the 2001 recession. "Similar to so many other measures of economic activity, the decline in our tourism
DEARBORN - MessageCoach Public Relations announced the launch of its new website and special services for entrepreneurs, start ups and small businesses. The company is offering two value-priced starter kits for businesses that want to spread their news and reach target audiences through the media. A discount is available to MiTech News readers and listeners
LANSING - Web hosting provider Liquid Web announced it is providing support for the popular Ruby on Rails application development platform. Ruby on Rails support is available on Liquid Web's Shared, VPS and Dedicated hosting packages. Liquid Web customers are able to deploy highly scalable and fault tolerant Rails configurations within minutes. By creating a
DEARBORN - Ford is testing an array of new active crash-avoidance and driver-aid technologies it will introduce in 2009 by driving prototypes into large, car-shaped balloons to help customers avoid real accidents. Engineers use the balloons as target practice at Ford's Dearborn Development Center to test the company's new Adaptive Cruise Control with Collision Warning
NEW YORK - Appia Communications announced today that Odila Roman has joined the company as Regional Manager for the Northeastern United States, including New York, New Jersey, and New England. Appia, a nationwide provider of managed IT and telecom services, tapped Roman to serve its growing regional client base of customers and channel partners. She
DEARBORN - A new study shows that Ford's SYNC hands-free system significantly reduces the level of distraction when drivers select a phone number or choose a song on their MP3 player compared with the same operations with hand-held cell phones and music players. For example, the research conducted by Ford Motor Company shows study participants