DETROIT - Butzel Long Chairman Philip Kessler has been appointed National Membership Chairman of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society for a one-year term that began July 1. In addition, Kessler becomes an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee of the Society�??s Board of Trustees. Most recently, Mr. Kessler was the Michigan Membership Chair
SALINE - Saline Lectronics, which makes circuit boards for military applications, has completed registration under the U.S. Department of State's International Traffic in Arms Regulations to export defense-related materials to approved companies. To qualify for ITAR registration, Saline Lectronics met requirements for corporate structure, security, record-keeping, and procedures to permit the company to manufacture printed
AUBURN HILLS - Factory automation software developer Plexus Systems announced Thursday it will support Gleaners Community Food Bank in its employee community service campaign. Gleaners Community Food Bank, in collaboration with its member agencies, other area food banks and America's Second Harvest organizations, and with broad community backing and support, provides surplus donated and low-cost
ANN ARBOR - To celebrate the grand opening of the new Borders.com, the company has launched a sweepstakes where one lucky winner will receive a $1,000 Borders gift card to build a "dream library" of favorite books, movies and music titles. Sweepstakes entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EDT, July 31. The winner of
LINCOLN, Neb. - The Internet2 IPv6 Working Group today announced it will begin a broad outreach program to help promote the adoption of the IPv6 protocol among the research and education community and beyond. As a first step, the working group has created an IPv6 accessibility challenge for attendees of the ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs meeting
DETROIT - Wayne State University has been selected by the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education to receive its Award for Institutional Excellence in Communications Technology for the university's Broadcast Messaging Service. This service was developed at the direction of WSU President Irvin Reid, who called for the creation of an emergency
ANN ARBOR - Borders Audiobook Downloads, a new audiobook download service, debuted Monday on Borders.com, offering an initial 15,000 titles, including fiction and non-fiction bestsellers, classics, self-help and children's books, among other categories. Each week, hundreds of new titles will be added to the online catalog of audiobook titles, augmenting the vast selection of audiobooks
ANN ARBOR - The software development community came together last weekend to help 15 metro Detroit non-profits at the first annual Ann Arbor Give Camp. At Give Camp, nearly 100 developers from around the region created custom software to help non-profits solve IT challenges ranging from Web site creation to data management. Ann Arbor Give
ANN ARBOR - Intellectual property attorney Chris Mitchell has joined Butzel Long as a senior attorney based in the firm?s Ann Arbor office. He focuses his practice in the areas of consumer products, life sciences and medical devices. Mitchell has represented biochemical producers, manufacturers of food products, sporting goods and building products, food service franchisors,
ANN ARBOR - Data center operator Online Technologies Corporation, has released a new product called MyOTC Customer Portal, which lets customers manage their colocated and dedicated servers by providing remote monitoring and management of their servers. The MyOTC Customer Portal provides a dashboard, making it easy to: manage support incidents and user accounts; monitor data