DEARBORN - Ford has announced that they're joining the ranks of automakers producing an eight-speed transmission, and they've also announced production of an electronic continuously variable transmission for hybrid vehicles. Both transmissions are Ford-designed and Ford-built, unlike some transmission offerings from Ford today. The Car Connection.Com reports Ford already has the distinction of offering more
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK recently added five to its team and also promoted two of its staff. The new hires are: Britany Affolter-Caine, Ph.D., director, talent; Lukas Bonner, vice president, business development; Donna Doleman, vice president, marketing, communications and talent; Maricatharine Eggenberger, events manager; and Erin Wiley, executive assistant. Skip Simms was promoted
DETROIT - Wayne State University is helping TechTown startup companies secure college talent with a new incentive program that rewards entrepreneurs for hiring work-study students. Companies in the TechTown community will now be eligible to receive a 50 to 100 percent reimbursement from Wayne State of the students' work-study salaries. "The goals of the program
DETROIT - Michael Wright will add the responsibilities of chief of staff to his role as Wayne State University's vice president for Marketing and Communications. He will report directly to WSU President Allan Gilmour. Wright has managed marketing, public relations, media relations, advertising, publications production and Web activities since he joined Wayne State in July
LANSING - The Michigan Saves Home Energy Loan Program will be able to offer loans up to $20,000 beginning June 1 under an order approved by the Public Service Commission on Thursday. The program, currently limited to loans between $1,000 and $12,500, provides low-interest notes through participating lenders to assist homeowners with energy efficiency upgrades.
AUBURN HILLS - An initial public offering on Wall Street sometime next year could be in the cards for Plex Systems, which provides Plex Online, a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning software for manufacturers. Plex CEO Mark Symonds, during an interview earlier this month at PowerPlex 2011 Conference in Dearborn, said Plex is looking to ?go
GRANDVILLE ? Cloud computing solutions that allow access to data anytime, anywhere, from any device will be the focus of Trivalent Group's Seventh Annual Solutions Expo June 16 at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Cloud computing is just the latest technology offered by the privately held IT services provider that has posted 72 consecutive
STAMFORD, Conn. - In the first quarter of 2011, worldwide server shipments grew 8.5 percent year-over-year, while revenue increased 17.3 percent, according to market researcher Gartner Inc. "The first quarter continued a quarterly trend of year-over-year growth in both shipments and vendor revenue," said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner. "All regions showed growth
TOKYO - Sony has made good on its promise to offer PlayStation Network and Qriocity users a free way to keep their identity safe, CNET News.Com reports. Subscribers to those services can go to a new page that Sony has set up and input an e-mail address to start the process of joining AllClear ID
CUPERTINO, Ca. - A new version of rogue antivirus malware that targets the Macintosh operating system does not need victims to type in their administrator passwords to install and infect the machine, a security company reported. The latest version of the malware has been overhauled to look like a native Mac OS X application and