PMV named to managed service provider toplist: The Troy-based IT services provider PMV Technologies said Wednesday it had been named to the MSPmentor 100, a list of the world’s most progressive managed service providers. The MSPmentor 100 recognizes managed service providers, integrators, consulting firms and VARs that leverage managed services to improve customer service. Through managed services, solutions providers deliver proactive customer care to small, midsize and even large enterprises. The net result for customers is a dramatically improved IT infrastructure that speeds the flow of business. The complete MSPmentor 100 report, along with comprehensive coverage of the managed services market, can be found at www.mspmentor.net. More about PMV at www.pmvtech.com/info or by calling (800) 451-4429.

Two Michigan defense suppliers win awards: Janel's Industries Inc. of Cassopolis and Networks Enterprises Inc. of New Hudson were among the award recipients when the Defense Logistics Agency honored 23 industry partners, customers and individuals Feb.12 with its Business Alliance Awards. Janel's Industries received the Outstanding Readiness Support Award in the service disabled, veteran-owned small business category. The award recognizes businesses that have provided extraordinary customer support, service or product directly to a crisis situation. Networks received the Innovative Business Performer of the Year Award in the service disabled, veteran-owned small business category. The award recognizes businesses that have undertaken risks associated with innovative business practices such as shared production, electronic commerce, prime vendor and quick response. The company also demonstrated overall excellence in superior product quality, on-time delivery, superior customer service, reliability, dependability, consistency and accuracy. Janel's specializes in cable assemblies and wiring harnesses in addition to a multitude of other products. Networks has used various innovations to provide superb readiness support of various material handling items used by American servicemen and women. More at www.dla.mil.

Warren man wins IEEE award: Kevin Taylor of Warren has been selected to receive an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award. Taylor, a member of the IEEE-USA Career & Workforce Policy Committee, is being honored “for conceiving and coordinating the Future Energy Technology’s Employment Challenge career program in Detroit” in October  2006. The event drew 150 attendees to the NextEnergy Center, Michigan’s alternative energy accelerator. Leonard J. Bond, IEEE Region 6 director-elect and a Laboratory Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., was the keynote speaker. Bond spoke about the U.S. energy system, energy technology trends and the challenges and opportunities U.S. organizations face in meeting their needs for a talented energy workforce. Taylor will be honored with 21 other award recipients during the IEEE-USA Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Indianapolis on April 26. Taylor is the IEEE Southeast Michigan Section technical chapter chairman for the IEEE Power Engineering, Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics societies.

Media 1 boss up for women's award: Chris F. Willis, CEO of Grand Haven-based Media 1, has been named as a Finalist for the 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award. In its sixth year, this award celebrates successful women entrepreneurs across the country. For more than 14 years, Grand Haven-based Media 1 helps global companies meet strategic business goals through customer learning and performance systems for workforce improvement, sales and marketing, and channel partners. With a focus on overall organizational goals, not one training course at a time, Media 1 develops innovative performance and training solutions for clients including Dematic, Hewlett-Packard, Meijer, Siemens, USF Holland, and X-Rite. For more information, visit the Media 1 Web site at http://www.media1.us.