Merit Network names new CEO
ANN ARBOR–Roger Blake, currently at Palo Alto Networks, has been selected as the president and CEO of Merit Network Inc. Blake spent four years at Palo Alto, working as a …
Otava names VP of customer experience and strategy
ANN ARBOR–Otava, the cloud computing services provider, has named Cyndi Lyon vice president of customer experience and strategy. “As a cloud computing and IT service provider, Otava has always prided …
Cloud security provider Tenacity raises $3M
ANN ARBOR—Officials at the Ann Arbor-based cloud data security provider Tenacity announced that the company has raised $3 million in new capital. The round was led by the Chicago-based investor …
Lansing IT firm ASK in merger
BOSTON—Officials at Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity investment firm, announced today that its portfolio company, Convergence Networks / Grade A, has merged with Lansing-based Application Specialist Kompany (ASK). ASK …
Cloud IT service provider names VP of engineering and infrasctucture
ANN ARBOR—Otava, the cloud IT services provider, announced the appointment of Jim Lubinski as vice president of cloud engineering and infrastructure. Lubinski will lead the development of the company’s private, …
IBM, Intel among new sponsors of Automation Alley conference
TROY—The Troy-based technology and manufacturing business association Automation Alley announced that IBM and Intel have signed on as event sponsors for its global Industry 4.0 conference, Integr8. Heading into its …
US Signal adds disaster recovery as a service for VMware
GRAND RAPIDS—The data center and connectivity services provider US Signal announced general availability of DRaaS for VMware, its new Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solution running on VMware technologies. Powered …
New report from Ann Arbor’s Duo Security drags ‘shadow IT’ into the light
ANN ARBOR—Businesses worldwide are gaining control of previously unmonitored and unsupported cloud applications and devices, known as shadow IT, that lurk in their IT environments, according to the 2019 Duo …
WorkForce Software gets investment
LIVONIA—The Livonia personnel management software developer WorkForce Software announced an equity investment from affiliates of Menlo Park, Calif.-based Evergreen Coast Capital Corp.. the technology-focused private equity arm of Elliott Management …
Online Tech is now ‘Otava’
ANN ARBOR—Officials of Online Tech, a provider of cloud services, announced that the company has changed its name to Otava. Online Tech was acquired in early 2018 by Schurz Communications …