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Ann Arbor-based Merit Network Inc., has selected Hickory, N.C.-based CommScope Inc. as fiber optic cable vendor for Merit's broadband stimulus project, REACH-3MC. The REACH Michigan Middle Mile Collaborative (REACH-3MC) will build 1,017 miles of open-access, advanced fiber optic network through rural and underserved communities in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. It's funded by the federal stimulus.
Comcast announced Monday that it will be holding a career open house on Tuesday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its Advanced Product Service Center in Scio Township. The company is looking for candidates to fill approximately 100 call center positions, titled "Technical Support Specialists," in the Ann Arbor area.
Lawrence Technological University has completed a 14-month, $146,000 feasibility study that documented unmet needs of innovators and entrepreneurs in southeast Michigan. The final report, available online, recommends creating a new institution called a Collaborative-based Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship that uniquely addresses those unmet needs, which were led by a lack of access to capital, customers and market data.
In transitioning to a new energy economy, a growing number of regional organizations are developing processes, products and services needed to adapt to changing regulatory, tax, supply-chain and demand environments. With the goal of supporting this economic transition, Oakland University's School of Business Administration and School of Engineering and Computer Science are partnering to deliver an integrative professional certificate program in energy management.
Gomez, the Web performance division of Detroit-based Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq:CPWR), Monday introduced the Gomez Retail UX (User eXperience) Index. The UX Index is the first and only view into the aggregate performance of major Web and mobile applications that also predicts online shoppers' satisfaction or frustration during a critical shopping period -- Black Friday through Cyber Monday.
The Traverse City managed communications and network services provder Appia Communications Monday announced that its special MPLS connectivity offer has been extended until Dec. 31, 2010. The offer waives MPLS port charges and reduces access pricing; this can add up to a $4,000 per year savings for three sites.