WARREN - As we move ahead into the New Year, escalating health care costs continue to remain an issue of great concern for many organizations. Rising health care costs are inevitable as the total health benefit cost per employee has risen by approximately 6 percent annually for the past five years. And as the need
TROY - SunTel Services has achieved Gold-Certified Channel Partner status with Avaya. Avaya Connect Gold channel partners earn their status by certifying staff members in the operation of Avaya systems and software, and in the operation of solutions offered by other major information technology vendors. Gold-certified channel partners must meet rigorous service delivery and customer
NEW YORK - Ernst & Young will work closely with the Startup America Partnership to accelerate the growth of its high-potential ?Speedup? entrepreneurial companies in a deal Ernst & Young values at $7.5 million. Startup America Partnership will tap Ernst & Young?s professionals and its network of previous Entrepreneur Of The Year award-winners as advisors
WATERFORD ? Kors Engineering is offering a free tool that allows any user of the Tridium Niagara AX framework to export data streams to the cloud through Pachube, a real-time, software as a service-based data management infrastructure. Pachube provides services to store and access real-time data streams via a robust application programming interface, providing the
ANN ARBOR - Sakti3 announced the inclusion of its advanced solid state battery technology among MIT Technology Review's 2011 TR10, an annual list of the world's ten most important emerging technologies. Each TR10 winner is drawn from the editors? coverage of key fields, and is based on a simple question: is the technology likely to
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's plan to convert discretionary revenue sharing from traditional payments to money local governments could obtain if they follow guidelines on financial transparency, setting performance metrics, service sharing and public employee benefits appears to have strong legislative support. The Senate Appropriations General Government Subcommittee approved a budget (SB 177 ) Tuesday
DETROIT - Join TechTown at the May First Friday for a special celebration of women entrepreneurs. Three women will share their inspiring stories and wisdom they've gained along the way in their entrepreneurial journeys. Presenters include: Carolyn Cassin, President and CEO, Michigan Women's Foundation Debi Scroggins, President and CEO, The Bearclaw Coffee Company LaTonya Barber,
WARREN - The Michigan Food and Beverage Association, along with its sister association the Michigan Business and Professional Association, commends the Michigan legislature and Governor Rick Snyder on the passage and signing of Senate Bill 5, a measure that creates a new liquor permit allowing the sale and delivery of beer, wine and spirits for
DEARBORN - Recent hiring announcements in the automotive sector are a welcome sign and one that supports the fact that the industry is rebounding. This new hiring and other workforce trends related to the transformation of the automotive industry will be the focus of the Driving Change: Greening the Automotive Workforce conference, May 3-4 at
ARLINGTON, Va. - Internet2 announced Tuesday at its annual Spring Member Meeting that Randy Stout, Research and Development Coordinator at Kan-ed has been honored with this year's Richard Rose Award, an annual award established to recognize extraordinary individual contributions that extend the reach of advanced networking into the K20 community. In his role as Research