TROY - Pavan Muzumdar has been hired by new Automation Alley Executive Director Tom Kelly to serve as chief operating officer for Michigan’s leading technology business association. Muzumdar comes to Automation Alley with an extensive background in organizational management and is the creator of the organizational tool icube, a collection of simple, effective techniques and
ANN ARBOR - For the first time beginning next month, forecasts of the regional effects of solar storms will help protect the power grid and communications satellites, thanks to a new tool developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Rice University. Solar storms are torrents of charged particles and electromagnetic fields from the
LANSING - Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday was awarded a Michigan Business Development Program grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund to the tune of $4.5 million in exchange for the creation of 700 jobs when it begins production of the next-generation Ram 1500 pickup truck at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. In July, the company announced
TROY - Early bird tickets for DetroitDevDay 2016 are now on sale. The conference is scheduled for Nov. 12 at United Shore in Troy. Use the special discount code PastAttendee and you'll get an additional $10 off the early bird ticket price. Godfrey Nolan will be giving the keynote. Nolan is the noted author of several
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. A sell-out in its first two years, the event has become the signature function for local sustainable business professionals in West Michigan. This year's edition features our annual awards,
GRAND RAPIDS - An estimated 40 or more area businesses will be participating in the West Michigan Employment Expo October 15 at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids. Organized by radio stations WLAV-FM, WBBL-FM, HOT 105.3 WHTS, 94.5 NASH WTNR-FM and WJRW-AM, the goal of the West Michigan Employment Expo is to bring area businesses together
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group is hosting the 2016 Michigan Cyber Security Conference on Oct. 5 at Grand Valley State University’s downtown Grand Rapids campus to update business owners, managers and security professionals on the latest threats from malware, ransomware, phishing attacks, and hackers. The conference will include a keynote address from FBI Special Agent Don
GRAND RAPIDS - What happens when you bring technology & Michigan beers together? You have a TechMash. And when it falls near Halloween, you get a Halloween-themed TechMash. Join C/D/H on October 26 at its Grand Rapids office, located at 15 Ionia Avenue SW, Suite 270, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00
DETROIT - Join Opportunity Detroit Tech on October 6 between 5-7pm at Vertical Detroit for an upcoming IT training and recruiting networking event! There will be some delicious app’s and a variety of wines for purchase! Opportunity Detroit Tech is looking to expand communication and collaboration within the IT training and recruiting ecosystem to help shape the technology industry’s
DETROIT - Someday power lines could deliver low-cost, multi-gigabit wireless internet speeds. No need to build new towers. No need to bury new cables in the ground. That's what AT&T has in mind for its Project AirGig launched Tuesday - described as having the potential to transform Internet access globally, well beyond the AT&T footprint and
