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WSU Offers App Challenge With $5000 Cash Prizes

DETROIT - Wayne State University is challenging students, alumni, faculty and staff to create a mobile app that will help others get the most out of their time on campus with prizes totaling $5000 in cash. Wayne State?s office of economic development is teaming with WSU?s Blackstone LaunchPad program in a first ever competition focusing

By |2014-03-24T00:00:00-04:00March 24th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Warner Norcross & Judd Offers HR Seminar April 22 In Grand Rapids

GRAND RAPIDS - The law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP will offer its popular human resources and benefits seminar on April 22 in Grand Rapids. The daylong seminar will focus on Strategy, Risk Management and Best Practices for Benefits and HR Professionals. More than a dozen Warner Norcross attorneys focused on employee benefits,

By |2014-03-24T00:00:00-04:00March 24th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

2nd Annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence & Big Data Summit A Big Success

TROY - On March 13, more than 250 business and technology professionals from across the Midwest came together for the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence and Big Data Summit. The event, hosted by WIT, gave attendees the opportunity to learn about proven best practices, discover the latest innovative solutions, and network with top technology

By |2014-03-24T00:00:00-04:00March 24th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Pure Michigan DREAMJOB Coming To Ford Field In June

LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced the state?s largest ever matchmaking summit to bring Michigan employers with job openings together with skilled and talented people from across the state and around the country at Ford Field in June. Pure Michigan DREAMJOB will take place on June 13 with many of the state?s leading

By |2014-03-24T00:00:00-04:00March 24th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Report Predicts Global Smart Building Tech Revenue To Top $22 Billion By 2017

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. ? A new report from IDC Energy predicts global smart building technology will reach nearly $22 billion in revenue by 2017. After several years of slower-than-expected growth, the smart buildings technology market is expected to grow rapidly as there is increasingly broad market awareness of the business values generated by deploying smart building

By |2014-03-24T00:00:00-04:00March 24th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

RS Components Selects LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru

ANN ARBOR ? RS Components has selected LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru as the standard application for supply chain design throughout the company?s global enterprise. RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products. The company operates in 32 countries and offers

By |2014-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Do You Know What Your Customers Really Pay for Your Technology?

GRAND RAPIDS - Being merely competitive doesn?t win the race. Grow your business with a compelling customer-focused value proposition! What is your technology worth? Being merely competitive doesn?t cut it. You need a compelling value proposition! A recent technology column listed several new consumer electronics devices coming to market. I?m a gear-guy and a sucker

By |2014-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|