KALAMAZOO - Vestaron Corporation, a venture-backed agricultural biotechnology company, has hired Steven Hartmeier as its new President and CEO. Hartmeier brings 30 years of agricultural experience to Vestaron with large and small companies. ?Steve?s experience with taking start-up companies through the product commercialization process is just what Vestaron needs at this stage of its development?
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech disclosed Tuesday that it has invested over $1 million upgrading and expanding its Mid-Michigan data center over the last 9 months. The data center was built in 1986 by EDS as a disaster recovery data center for General Motors. Online Tech took over the data center in 2005 with its
AUBURN HILLS ? Cloud ERP developer Plex Systems announced that Plex Online offers automated shipping functionality through integration with the Pacejet Cloud Shipping solution. Manufacturers in a range of industries can now access complete multi-carrier shipping for parcel, less-than-load, truck, and third party logistics as a complete, cloud-based solution. Manufacturers can deploy efficient, online shipment
ALPENA - Verizon Wireless is investing $850,000 to upgrade 450 antennas on all of its cell sites between the Saginaw Bay north to the Mackinaw Bridge and east of Interstate 75 to Lake Huron. The company reports the new antenna equipment has resulted in incremental network coverage gains of up to one mile, improving overall
ANN ARBOR ? ForeSee Results announced Thursday that it is shortening its name from ForeSee Results to ForeSee, to align with how it is already known in the marketplace, and introducing an updated logo. The new name and logo will roll out gradually on ForeSee communications and consumer-facing surveys over the next six months. Originally
TROY - Curtis Hicks, president and CEO of Center for Computer Resources, has been voted one of the 150 most influential Power Players in the Small to Medium Business Channel Partner Community in an international poll performed by SMB PC Magazine. ?It?s a tremendous honor to be recognized by my colleagues and professional peers in
STERLING HEIGHTS - UHY Advisors has expanded its presence in Asia by welcoming its newest member - Shanghai ZhongHua Certified Public Accountants, to the global accountancy network of UHY, of which UHY MI has been a member since 2001. This new Shanghai-based member gives UHY Advisors a second location in China, where it also has
DETROIT - TechTown is seeking companies to submit construction bids for unfinished space on the second floor of its business incubator building at 440 Burroughs at the Wayne State University campus. The construction build out will be based on approximately 6,700 plus square feet of unfinished space that will include unique, high-tech lab space. Below
STAMFORD, Conn. - Worldwide mobile connections will reach 5.6 billion in 2011, up 11 percent from 5 billion connections in 2010, according to Gartner Mobile data services revenue will total $314.7 billion in 2011, a 22.5 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $257 billion. "Mobile data traffic will increase significantly as more people will have
DETROIT - Matthew W. Seeger has been named dean of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, effective August 1. Seeger was appointed interim dean of the college in August 2010. "It's an honor to lead such a distinguished group of artists, scholars and critics," said Seeger. "The college is one of the most