ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has deployed ADVA Optical Networking equipment at 16 nodes on the Merit backbone. The equipment, which consists of routers, switches and optical transport gear, will improve service to several community anchor institutions that are current Merit Members. The equipment will also interconnect with Merit's REACH-3MC network build-out, enabling the fast
GRAND RAPIDS ? The long discussed year-around indoor market is finally moving forward. Demolition is expected to begin in January for the $27 million Urban Market at Ionia Ave between Wealthy and Logan streets. Initial site work including installing a safety fence, removing salvage materials, site evaluations and assessments has been completed. The seven buildings
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Business Review will cease publishing its weekly tabloid newspaper and focus on expanding digital offerings for business-to-business readers. Business Review West Michigan ? formed 16 years ago as a regional business publication and initially known as Business Direct ? published its final print edition this week. The company also plans to
ADA - Alticor, the parent company of Amway, has named former General Electric executive, Michael Cazer, as the company's chief financial officer. Cazer, 45, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Alticor. In his duties as CFO, he'll serve as a member of the company's senior executive staff, reporting directly to
DETROIT ? Southwest Airlines is offering free photos with Santa for Holiday travelers at 21 airports around the country, including Detroit Metro Airport. Southwest has partnered with Microsoft in its Windows photo experience. The photos will be available at Gate D20 in the North Terminal through December 24. People can also enter a sweepstakes for
ANN ARBOR - Machine vision sales in North America rose 15 percent through the third quarter of 2011, according to new statistics from the Automated Imaging Association, the industry?s trade group. After a strong first half, sales fell two percent in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2010. ?After six consecutive quarters
OXFORD ? Relume Technologies, a leading manufacturer of light-emitting diode (LED) products and smart grid control systems for outdoor lighting applications, has announced the launch of Illumadisk, the first high wattage LED retrofit product. Illumadisk is part of Relume?s retrofit streetlight product offerings and is used to retrofit high wattage decorative teardrop fixtures that light
GALESBERG - The Fat Screening Quiz along with Contented Hearts User Technological Equation or CUTE can help you personalize diet and exercise goals to help you shed those Holiday pounds. You can find it, along with other personalized health tools, in the Guide to Contented Hearts E Book available from most E Retailers: Amazon, Barnes
ANN ARBOR - Lakeside Software has acquired an R&D facility in Ann Arbor to accelerate the company's growth by making it easier to hire top technical talent from the Ann Arbor metropolitan area. Lakeside's corporate headquarters will remain in Bloomfield Hills. In March 2011 the company received a Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credit to
ANN ARBOR - The Automated Imaging Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Machine Vision Industrial Association, a year-old trade association representing machine vision in Korea. ?We are delighted to be collaborating with KMVIA in our mutual efforts to advance the understanding and use of imaging and vision technologies,? said Jeff Burnstein,