DENVER - It's estimated that in the next 20 years, the United States will invest $2 trillion into the infrastructure of its aging utilities, a former chair of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission told reporters on Wednesday, and it would be wise of utilities to spend that money wisely, on renewable energy resources. "This will
LANSING - The U.S. Travel Association and the National Council of State Tourism Directors this week honored Pure Michigan with five Mercury Awards. Pure Michigan was recognized as having the best state tourism television advertising, best state radio advertising, top social media presence, best partnership advertising program and top public relations effort, won jointly with
TROY - SunTel Services has successfully achieved Elite Portfolio Partner Network Infrastructure status in Juniper Networks? Partner Advantage program for the company?s outstanding leadership in sales, customer service, technology expertise, and service specialization. "We?re proud of meeting the highest standards in order to maintain our Elite partner status by Juniper, as it underscores our focused
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems has promoted Chris Bishop to vice president of global services and support and Jason Prater to vice president of development. Previously, Bishop was the director of customer care and Prater was the director of development at Plex Systems. In his new role, Bishop is responsible for worldwide professional services, education
GRAND RAPIDS - Three entrepreneurial ideas split $60,000 in second-round funding from Start Garden at the organization?s second update night. Start Garden, the $15 million pre-seed fund started by ArtPrize founder Rick DeVos, supports new business ventures in the Grand Rapids area through a tiered funding system. The first level of funding gives each idea
REDMOND ? If you?re looking for back-to-school electronics for your kids, Microsoft?s Peter Han, vice president, OEM Division, has a few suggestions for you. Each uses software made by Microsoft. Natch. Han said Microsoft works with OEMs of all types, including big names like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, providing consumers with a diverse ecosystem from which
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office announced the feature film Fractured has been approved for a $31,613 film incentive from the state. The film is a psychological thriller shooting in metro Detroit and directed by Michigan filmmaker Lance Kawas. Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, The Expendables) and Jake Busey (Starship Troopers, Home Fries) have signed
DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center and Eastern Michigan University recognize the sacrifice our soldiers have made and want to help those veterans seeking to start their own businesses by offering a veteran-specific New Venture program at no-cost, starting October 13 at the EMU Livonia campus. The New Venture class normally
WASHINGTON DC - The commander of U.S Cyber Command says the military has good offensive cyber capabilities and good defensive cyber capabilities. The problem is they're operating as two separate teams that need to be melded into one. The Defense Department rarely talks publicly about its offensive cyber capabilities or precisely what its cyber warriors
ANN ARBOR ? A University of Michigan student startup, Fetchnotes, is part of the 1 percent of new ventures that have made it into TechStars, where it can get up to $100,000 in venture funding. Fetchnotes uses a cloud-based note-jotting and organizing system. It has more than 19,000 users. The week, the company moves to