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 …
US Signal building second Detroit-area data center
GRAND RAPIDS — US Signal, a provider of data center and other managed IT services, announced that it has started engineering and construction of its newest data center in Wayne …
Southfield’s Nexcess expands to Australia
SOUTHFIELD — Nexcess.net LLC, the Southfield-based managed cloud hosting provider, announced the expansion of its Nexcess Cloud service to its Sydney, Australia data center. The company says the move will …
US Signal: 70% of U.S. businesses saw unplanned IT disruptions in past year
GRAND RAPIDS — More than two-thirds of businesses in the United States have experienced at least one unplanned IT disruption over the past 12 months, according to the 2018 IT …
Consumers Energy in data center deal with Switch in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS — Switch (NYSE: SWCH), the Las Vegas-based technology infrastructure provider, announced that it has signed a colocation deal with Consumers Energy, officially selling out 90 percent of the …
Ford To Invest $1.2B At Three Michigan Plants
DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co. says it will invest $1.2 billion at three Michigan plants, among other things, financing the return of the Ford Ranger midsized pickup and the Bronco …
Secure-24 Reports 84% 6-Month Bookings Growth
SOUTHFIELD — Officials at the Southfield-based managed IT services provider Secure-24 have reported 84 percent year-over-year growth in bookings for the first six months of 2016. They also reported a …