ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK will kick off its fourth Shifting Gears program this fall. Applications to the 2010 Shifting Gears program are due on September 3. Leading up to the fall Shifting Gears program, SPARK also announced five information sessions beginning August 3. Shifting Gears, an intensive four-month program, provides professional career coaching
DEARBORN ? Secure Crossing R&D, an OEM manufacturing company that builds network security products for critical infrastructure, is leasing some rack space in its secure datacenter at discounted prices. Pricing for a 1U rack starts at $50 a month, which includes unlimited bandwidth, a static IP address, video-security monitors in the server room as well
DETROIT ? TechTown has received a $25,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Senior Engagement Programs, money that will be used to fund start up businesses for senior Americans as well as to hire mentors to help them make their dreams come true. TechTown Executive Director Randal Charlton discusses the program in this Newsmaker Interview.
LANSING - House Speaker Andy Dillon's call for a single health insurance pool for all government employees made headlines last July, but in the 12 months since then, questions about how much such a plan would save have overcome efforts to move the proposal forward. Besides the annual budget, there has been no single piece
DETROIT - On July 19, administrators from Wayne State University's Computing & Information Technology office and the Office of the Vice President for Research will be recognized at the Campus Technology 2010 conference hosted by Campus Technology magazine. Wayne State is one of 11 Campus Technology Innovators award winners, chosen from nearly 500 entries. Wayne
LANSING - Insurers can continue to consider customers' credit scores when setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance, a divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a much-anticipated decision. The ruling is a bitter setback for Gov. Jennifer Granholm, legislative Democrats and urban activists who have decried the practice, which they say unfairly leads to illogically
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission has once again found no need for a proposed coal-fired electric plant, this time in Holland. The Holland Board of Public Works had proposed the 70 megawatt plant as part of its plan to meet expected demand growth. But the PSC staff found in its report that Holland
DETROIT ? In the July meeting of the Faith-based Business Forum, TechTown will explore how leaders can direct their teams to increase the profile of the organization's brand in order to generate new levels of public interest in the organization's mission and goals. Christa Chambers-Price, managing director of Chrysalis Interactive and CEO of Knowledgecrush, Inc.,
DETROIT ? What are some of the missing elements of your business plan that are holding you back from success? Come to TechTown's First Friday event and Eddie Flowers, founder of the Michigan Insurance Benefits Agency, will reveal "The 5 Missing Books of the Business Plan." To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
WASHINGTON DC ? The U.S. government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private U.S. companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear power plants, according to people familiar with the program told the Wall Street Journal Wednesday. The surveillance by the National