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GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will again honor local organizations and professionals at The Third Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash on October 12. As in past years, a nominating committee of past honorees and WMSBF board presidents will select finalists for a vote by the forum membership. To assist the committee in this
DEARBORN - The contest is to identify entrepreneurs and startups from the connected transport ecosystem. The emphasis would be on products, areas of applications within the connected transport space, vehicle management, traffic management, vehicle logistics, telematics, navigation, cybersecurity, infotainment and data analytics. During the contest, six finalists will have seven minutes to pitch their product to
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. National Institutes of Health will award an estimated $9 million over the next five years to a new statewide center to enhance the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, launched Monday, will support researchers and clinicians from the University Research Corridor,
LANSING - Liquid Web, a $90-million web hosting and cloud services provider, announced this week an agreement to purchase the Cloud Sites business unit from publicly traded Rackspace - what Liquid Web CEO Jim Geiger describes as the new strategy to better serve savvy, skilled professionals who are dependent on a highly available and reliable
GRAND RAPIDS - Atomic Object co-founder and CEO Carl Erickson, a former professor of Computer Science at Grand Valley State University, was walking his dog in January 2015 when he spotted an old building in the Wealthy historic district for sale. Atomic Object’s headquarters just wasn’t large enough anymore to handle his rapidly growing staff.
DETROIT - Bamboo Detroit will go east next week when it opens its first neighborhood co-working location, a pop-up inside MASH Detroit. It’s first satellite shop is called Bamboo East, located on the east side of Detroit. Bamboo East will offer affordable office space, a conference room, wi-fi, coffee, workshops and networking, Monday-Fridays beginning on
ROYAL OAK - Rick Beckers, CEO of CloudTech1, talks about his brain child, the CloudTech1 University. His company is a managed service provider that evolved into a cloud service provider. So he wanted to help folks understand all about the cloud and what it can do. In June he launched his CloudTech1 University to teach
ANN ARBOR - Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech, aka “The Cloud,” talks about his growing data empire that includes four data centers in Michigan and one in Indianapolis. On Sept. 11, Online Tech will be hosting a tailgate party for the Detroit Lions’ NFL opener in Indianapolis with the Colts. Online Tech’s data center
ROYAL OAK - Rob Ponto and Michelle Gilbert talks about Comcast’s coverage of the Rio Olympics, some 6,000 hours, or 250 days straight 24/7 of television coverage. Live feeds, on-demand, streaming media lets you follow fencing, gymnastics, and even golf. The video comes from nine TV channels owned by NBC. You can search by sport,
DETROIT - One of the largest business plan competitions in the nation sets the stage for up to $1 million in prizes on November 3 at Cobo Convention Center. The Accelerate Michigan Planning Committee is taking applications for one of the largest business plan competitions in the nation. Companies can apply for the opportunity to pitch
