LOS ANGELES ? Ask employees if they think their human resources department is slow or fast, and this will lead to a pretty interesting conversation. That's just what eePulse and the CEO at the University of Southern California did in the Fall 2010 Leadership Pulse. The leadership pulse asked leaders to rate overall, leadership confidence
ANN ARBOR - Pay-Ease, which makes electronic financial processing software, has chosen Online Tech's OT Private Cloud computing platform for secure hosting of its eCommerce SaaS applications. The private cloud computing platform is hosted in Online Tech's SAS 70 certified data centers to meet PCI compliant hosting requirements. "We have trusted Online Tech with the
TROY - Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, announced Tuesday that it is now providing eligible youth and dislocated workers with information technology training and industry recognized certifications, as well as career readiness training, job placement assistance, and internship opportunities. In partnership with Oakland Schools, Automation Alley's "Information Technology Career Pathways Project" offers students
GRAND RAPIDS - MINDSCAPE at Hanon McKendry, an Internet marketing and web development firm, has launched the MINDSCAPE Content Division. The division brings branded online content development and management in-house, including keyword-focused web page content writing, social media strategy and management, and video concepting and production. "The appetite for online content is huge," said MINDSCAPE
NEW YORK - Major websites are moving to limit the number of tracking technologies like "cookies" spreading on their sites, hoping to keep lucrative data about visitors for themselves - and avoid privacy risks. More sites are counting the number of tracking tools - software that can clandestinely monitor people's activities online - that are
DETROIT - The nation's major automakers have published their October sales reports, and there is mixed news in the hybrid market. While the Toyota Prius remains the nation's bestselling hybrid, Prius sales in October were down 9.9 percent from October 2009. In October 2010 Toyota sold 11,731 vehicles, down from 13,496 a year ago. Sales
ANN ARBOR - Advanced Photonix Inc. announced Friday an agreement in principle with Arlington, Va.-based In-Q-Tel to engineer a low cost terahertz "anomaly detection" device, and deliver multiple systems for evaluation. IQT, is a non-profit investment firm established in 1999 to work on behalf of United States intelligence agencies. It focuses on identifying new and
GRAND RAPIDS - Register for this exciting all day event and attend amazing sessions with talented business, media, and communication professionals at Midwest Social Media Confab Nov. 10 at the J.W. Marriott in downtown Grand Rapids. The keynote will be presented by the author of "The Mirror Test" and former Kodak CMO, Jeffrey Hayzlett. He?s
ANN ARBOR - Governor-elect Rick Snyder, in naming House Speaker Andy Dillon and former Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus to his administration Monday as treasurer and senior adviser for legislative affairs, respectively, said the pair's experience in both the public and private sector was critical. Just as essential in Dillon's and Posthumus' background is their reputation
LANSING ? Gov.-elect Rick Snyder said he doesn't want to move his family from Ann Arbor to the governor?s official residence in Lansing until his youngest daughter, Kelsey, finishes high school. Snyder told the Detroit News he will instead commute to Lansing after he is sworn in Jan. 1. Kelsey is a freshman this year