CHICAGO - Video conferencing can help businesses reduce operating costs, improve their decision making capabilities and increase their customer contact. Yet, just half of businesses use video conferencing today. In November and December 2010, distributor CDW surveyed IT and telecommunications managers to understand video conferencing adoption, examine key drivers and identify implementation challenges. The Video
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Clearwire and Sprint Tuesday announced a significant expansion of the Clearwire 4G network footprint and key capacity upgrades for mobile broadband customers in the greater Grand Rapids metro area. The regional CLEAR and Sprint 4G service area has added coverage for an additional 24,707 people. Now, more than 306,220 people in
GRAND RAPIDS - Plex Systems announced Tuesday that Meijer supercenter chain has selected Plex Online as the cloud/software as a service enterprise resource planning software solution for its manufacturing processes. Meijer will implement the full suite of Plex Online solutions. Meijer, the inventor of the "one-stop shopping" concept, has 195 supercenters and grocery stores throughout
TROY - The Venture Michigan Fund II Tuesday announced its first investment commitment to MK Capital II, a technology venture capital fund that focuses on emerging companies in the digital media, software and education industries. MK Capital has offices in Ann Arbor, Chicago and Los Angeles. ?We are very pleased with the quality responses we
EAST LANSING - When Governor Rick Snyder unveils his education message on Wednesday, a hallmark will be moving authority for activity in the classroom to the teacher, he said Monday at the annual Governor's Education Summit in East Lansing. Snyder told the educators gathered at the Kellogg Hotel and Center at Michigan State University that
PONTIAC - Penny auction sites may be a dime a dozen on the Internet, but Michigan-based BidDogz.Com bounded into the pack with its own breed of auction site last week. Its slogan: "Where Bidding Doesn't Bite." Founder Michael Falk, who describes himself as a seasoned marketing veteran, said he came up with the idea for
LANSING - The Michigan Senate version of the budget is $40 million general fund below Governor Rick Snyder's recommendation, not $300 million, Ellen Jeffries, director of the Senate Fiscal Agency, said Monday. Last week, when the Senate Appropriations Committee reported all budget bills, Sen. Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw Township), the committee chair; Jeffries; and other Senate
TROY - The Venture Michigan Fund II, Limited Partnership Tuesday announced its first investment commitment to MK Capital II, L.P., a technology venture capital fund that focuses on emerging companies in the digital media, software and education industries. MK Capital has offices in Ann Arbor, Chicago and Los Angeles. ?We are very pleased with the
LANSING - Universities should not be required to report to the Legislature on their embryonic stem cell research, Governor Rick Snyder said at an event Monday. Both legislative chambers have so far supported the language, but Snyder indicated he thought it would at least violate voters' intent in allowing the research. "We need to focus
SAN FRANCISCO - Want to wipe location-tracking data that's being stored on your iPhone without your permission? There's an app for that, but you've got to jailbreak your iPhone first. Several tools have cropped up as a fix for people riled up about the fact that iPhones (and iPads) are surreptitiously logging unencrypted location-related data