Fry Inc. to develop HomeClick sites
Ann Arbor-based Fry, Inc., a leading e-commerce design, development and
managed services provider, was selected by HomeClick, the premiere
online retailer for luxury home products, to design two new properties,
absolutehome.com and barbecues.com.
The site launches mark the first introduction of the two brands for Home
Décor Products Inc., parent company of the HomeClick.com Web site. Fry
created corporate identities for the two new brands in addition to
developing the Web sites.
Helppie leaves Neoforma board
Richard Helppie, CEO of Dearborn-based Superior Consultant Holdings
Corp., resigned Monday from the board of directors of San Jose,
Calif.-based Neoforma Inc.
Helppie had been on the board of Neoforma, a supply-chain-management
systems provider, since Oct. 1999. He said he left the board so that he
could concentrate on the growth of Superior (Nasdaq: SUPC), a health
care information-technology company.
MMA debuts Web directory
The Lansing-based Michigan Manufacturers Association has launched the
MMA Marketplace, a Web-based directory of manufacturers and related
industries.
Users can find information from the site marketplace.mma-net.org on
about 3,000 Michigan manufacturers and service providers for free.
Information such as company descriptions, e-mail links and maps are
available.
The MMA represents companies that together employ about 90 percent of
the state's industrial work force. For more information, visit
www.mma-net.org.
Baker College to offer Cisco training
Baker College of Auburn Hills plans to add Cisco certified training to
its curriculum starting in the fall of 2005.
Baker College said it is authorized to offer the Cisco Certified Network
Professional program. To become eligible, Baker instructors had to
become Cisco Certified Network Associates and pass a two-week training
session.
The program at Baker will encompass 28 credit hours of hands-on,
lab-intensive training. In order to achieve certification, students must
pass four exams that include demonstration of knowledge of Cisco
routing, switching, remote access and design.
Detroit likes instant messaging
Sixty-one percent of instant-message users in Detroit said the service
has had a positive impact on their work life, according to a new AOL
survey.
The survey revealed instant messaging is becoming an important business
tool, with 65 percent saying they send instant messages to get quick
answers on business matters and 39 percent saying that the service helps
them get more done each day.
Further, 18 percent of the respondents said they send more instant
messages than e-mails.
Compuware plans tour for IT companies
Detroit-based Compuware Corp. said Monday that it plans an 11-city tour
to help information-technology organizations assess the service impact
of technology changes before new applications go live.
The half-day sessions are geared toward executive information-technology
management including chief information officers, vice presidents,
information-technology directors and business application owners. The
events will be held in Minneapolis; Atlanta; Madison, Wis.; Columbus,
Ohio; Washington; Houston; New York City; Phoenix; Detroit; Toronto; and
Chicago. The events will be Oct. 5-27.
Women in Computing plans banquet
The Association of Women in Computing's Ann Arbor chapter announced its
list of top Michigan women in computing to be honored at its Nov. 6 gala
at the Fairlane Club in Dearborn.
The women were selected based on their career progression, community
involvement, involvement in mentoring, the size and scope of their
organization and number of years in management.
The winners are: Lorie Buckingham, Visteon Corp.; Paula Gwyn, EDS Corp.;
Susan Hares, Nexthop Technologies; Kristin Odeh, Ford Motor Co.;
Kathleen Schroeder, Minacs; Jane Sydlowski, American Megacom Inc.; Mary
Templeton, R.L. Polk; Lori Tremonti, Compuware Corp.; Bette Walker,
Delphi Corp.; and Judy Wright, Plante & Moran P.L.L.C.
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