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Cloud Computing Solutions Firm Finds a Great Fit in Michigan

January 5, 2012 Great Companies

Early last year, the new East Lansing office of Force by Design, based in San Francisco, opened its doors. Since then, the company has been taking advantage of the IT talent found in Michigan to grow and help bring jobs and business to the area. The company now has six full time employees in Michigan, [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships

Michigan No. 1 for tech job growth

October 7, 2011 Information Technology

  Michigan leads the nation in tech job growth, according to the latest 2010 TechAmerica report, putting the state in the national spotlight along with the winning Detroit Tigers. Michigan, which lost more jobs than any other state during the past decade, has been a national comeback leader in recent weeks. Just last month, Newsweek [...]

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Tagged as: economic diversification, high tech jobs, tech jobs

Michigan takes leadership role in cyber defense

October 7, 2011 Homeland Security and Defense

The state of Michigan has released an action plan to help defend Michigan against cyber attacks and position the state to take advantage of opportunities in the growing cybersecurity industry. Governor Rick Snyder made the announcement at the launch of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, saying Michigan is taking a leadership role in protecting families, [...]

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Tagged as: cyber safety, cyber security, homeland security and defense, identity theft

Think you have the next great app idea? Find out at Startup Weekend 2

April 5, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Hackers, designers and business people: You know that brilliant idea for an app that you’ve had floating around in your head forever, but just can’t seem to find the final push to get it up and running? Startup Weekend Lansing 2 is the perfect place for you to test your idea on a group of [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Resources

Detroit hottest spot in nation for tech job openings

February 10, 2011 Information Technology

Calling all techies! Detroit is hiring. According to Dice.com, which is currently tracking about 75,000 available tech and IT jobs nationwide, the Detroit area is leading all other areas in growth in demand for technology professionals from a year ago. Dice senior VP Tom Silver said in his report: “Detroit tops the list with more than [...]

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Tagged as: economic diversification, Economic Growth, IT jobs, tech jobs