AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, provider of the No. 1 rated ERP software for manufacturers, Tuesday announced availability of a newly published report from industry analysts IDC Manufacturing Insight.SaaS ERP Versus On-Premise ERP Through the Lens of Total Cost of Ownership, the report is now available as a free download from Plex Systems. Calculating total
ANN ARBOR - The Wolverine Venture Fund, managed by The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, announced participation in a follow-on round of early stage financing for Intelligent Clearing Network. The financing round was led by Early Stage Partners, a longtime supporter
GRAND RAPIDS ? Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, the Van Andel Research Institute and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare have discovered a biomarker that could help in the treatment of patients with an aggressive type of lung cancer. Using a particular biomarker, researchers might better predict which patients with
LANSING - Five members of the Michigan Education Association have filed a lawsuit against the state that accuses the Legislature and Gov. Jennifer Granholm of violating several laws when they enacted the public school employee retirement legislation. The lawsuit challenges the legality of the law's requirement that public school employees who do not take advantage
ANN ARBOR - Two Ann Arbor companies received high-tech, five year MEGA tax credits today to help them expand in the region. NanoBio Corporation and Grand River were approved Tuesday for MEGA tax credits from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the State of Michigan. NanoBio Corporation is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing
LANSING - It is turning into an "upward climb" to get the Legislature to move on a proposal to encourage state workers to retire, Gov. Jennifer Granholm told reporters Tuesday, but winning approval of that proposal is preferable to cutting funding to schools. Granholm rejected allegations from some Democratic House members that the proposal, which
ANN ARBOR - ForeSee Results today announced that it has added a Social Media Value Calculation to its core product offering. The Social Media Value Calculation allows ForeSee Results' clients to understand the impact of their social media marketing efforts on revenue. "Most businesses have accepted the marketing value of social media without any real
LANSING - In announcing a number of new corporate projects that she said would bring or retain more than 10,800 jobs to the state, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the state can hope that it is finally starting to emerge from the long economic downturn that has plagued it like no other state. Speaking to the
LANSING - State officials are estimating as many as 19,000 teachers and eligible school personnel could retire under the incentive/penalty plan adopted by the Legislature. The state had seen 16,000 retirement applications as of noon Friday, said Kurt Weiss , spokesperson for the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Weiss said the Office of Retirement
ANN ARBOR - In-Pore Technologies won the inaugural $100,000 SmartZone Award Thursday night at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan writing contest awards program, the top prize in a night when $250,000 in checks were handed out. The SmartZone Award, sponsored by the Michigan SmartZones and funded through the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a