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Junior-Level IT Hiring Looks Good For West Michigan In 2016

HOLLAND - In general, West Michigan companies seem to be holding steady on technology hiring. Sixty percent continue to plan on hiring more tech staff in the next six months just as they did for all of 2015. Fewer, only about 50 percent, are raising salaries. Perhaps this is because in 2015 more than 75

By |2015-12-28T19:40:29-05:00December 28th, 2015|Featured, News|

Travel Marquette Launches SmartPrize Entrepreneur Competition

MARQUETTE - Travel Marquette, taking a page from Grand Rapids’ ArtPrize, is launching a new business competition that encourages entrepreneurs to create exhibits that express a business or product idea. SmartPrize exhibits will be displayed throughout downtown Marquette and be judged by a panel as well as crowd votes. “We are excited to invite innovators and

By |2015-12-28T19:03:43-05:00December 28th, 2015|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Report: Desktop Support, Database Management, Network And Windows Administrators Most Wanted IT Jobs

SOUTHFIELD - Desktop support jobs are most in demand, a new survey shows, followed by database management, network and windows administration skills. The report comes from the temporary tech staffing firm Robert Half Technology, which added in a press release that hiring challenges remain as IT operations move into 2016. A survey of CIOs and

By |2015-12-28T19:24:55-05:00December 28th, 2015|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Consumers, DTE Renew Call For Urgency On Energy Legislation

LANSING  - The state's two largest utilities are fighting back against what they believe have been potential misrepresentations about news from state officials on Tuesday that the state can essentially maintain business-as-usual practices and still be in compliance for at least a decade with the federal Clean Power Plan on carbon emissions. "In less than

By |2015-12-28T12:27:18-05:00December 28th, 2015|Clean Update, Featured, Politics|

Gov. Snyder Signs Bill To Provide Tax Breaks For Switch – 40 Other Data Centers

LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder last week signed a pair of bills providing sales and use tax exemptions for certain data centers saying they "modernize the structure of Michigan's tax code" by give data centers similar treatment as manufacturing facilities, which better aligns the state with tax laws elsewhere. "Michigan has a long tradition of

By |2015-12-28T12:27:18-05:00December 28th, 2015|Featured, Politics|

NORAD’s Santa Cams Now Live For Ole Saint Nick’s Flight

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Today, visitors to NORAD's Santa Tracking website can watch Santa flying around the world delivering presents to good little boys and girls, starting in Australia. NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream videos on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations. Then, at 4 a.m. MST (6 a.m.

By |2015-12-24T10:53:16-05:00December 24th, 2015|Featured|

Report: Ford-Google To Announce Self-Driving Car Alliance In January

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. and Google are in talks to have the automaker build Google’s next-generation autonomous cars under contract, Automotive News reported Tuesday. Although few details about the project are known, a source with knowledge of the project says both parties have been negotiating on a contract manufacturing deal “for a long time.” An

By |2015-12-22T09:16:11-05:00December 22nd, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|

Virginia Tech Researcher Claims Stonewalling On Flint Water Lead Data

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services had data that showed there were elevated lead levels in Flint's water, but delayed in releasing that data to others for review, Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards said in an article posted to his website documenting the city's water crisis. Department officials agreed and said

By |2015-12-21T20:16:40-05:00December 21st, 2015|Clean Update, Featured, Politics|

Dematic Completes Acquisition Of Reddwerks Warehouse Software Provider

GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic has completed its acquisition of Reddwerks Corporation, the creator of Warehouse Execution Software that provides customers with real-time decision engines to optimize material and information flow in the supply chain. Reddwerks will operate as a subsidiary of Dematic under the tradename Dematic Reddwerks, offering an enhanced software suite that provides responsive

By |2015-12-21T19:36:22-05:00December 21st, 2015|Featured, News|

Can Your Company Benefit From An R&D Tax Credit For Using Wireless Technology?

DETROIT - Another year is winding down and tax season is just around the corner. It is time to get everyting in order to maximize your potential credit and improve your ROI. Michigan Mobile Musings Host Melissa Bernie interviewed Andy Lane, Partner and Co-Founder of Tri- Merit, a professional services firm specializing in the calculation, documentation, and substanition of R&D tax credits and other specialty tax

By |2015-12-22T09:17:33-05:00December 21st, 2015|Featured, Michigan Mobile Musings, Podcasts|