ROYAL OAK – Rajiv Das, formerly the chief information security officer for the State of Michigan, in January joined accounting and consulting firm Plante Moran’s cybersecurity practice. He joins M2 Techcast to talk about what he will bring to the private sector from the public sector. Rajiv Das To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/e159-rajiv-das-plante-moran You can
ROYAL OAK - What’s happening with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and whom has Diva Tech Talk interviewed lately. Kathleen Norton-Schock tells all in this interview on M2 Techcast with co-hosts Matt Roush and Mike Brennan. Kathleen Norton-Schock To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/e159-kathleen-norton-schock
GRAND LEDGE - I hear it all the time. “My management just doesn’t ‘get’ security.” Or, “We tried those cyber actions a few years back, but now our execs are on to something else.” And all over the world, people say: “My management thinks that we’ve had no major data breaches, so we must be
ROYAL OAK - Richard Murray, Plex Systems Chief Product Officer, joins M2 TechCast to talk about results of survey that shows a third of manufacturers are using the Industrial Internet of Things. Dan Lohrmann with Security Mentor discusses how government and business don’t take cyber threats seriously. Gail Bernard, Cybernoor sales and marketing manger, provides
WASHINGTON, DC — The Michigan Future City champions from St. John Lutheran School in Rochester won two special awards at the National Future City competition, held this week in Washington, DC as part of National Engineers Week. The team won the Michigan Regional Competition of Future City, hosted by The Engineering Society of Detroit, on
EAST LANSING - Patrick Anderson, CEO of Anderson Economic Group, using his Rapid Recursive technology, explains why Amazon selected New York City and Washington DC over other cities for its HQ2, and lists similarly desirable cities that could serve as alternatives to the now-terminated Queens, New York project. As a result of his research, Anderson
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan will make a $2.75 million initial investment into four U-M startups with potential funding of up to $20 million through subsequent financing rounds. The U-M Board of Regents approved the investments Thursday through the Michigan Investment in New Technology Startups initiative. The MINTS fund, which is overseen by the U-M
DETROIT - DTE Electric issued its second offering of green bonds on Friday, Feb. 15. The $650 million in bonds will finance green investments, including renewable energy and energy efficiency. In its initial green bond offering in May 2018, DTE became the fifth investment-grade energy company in the nation – and the first company in Michigan
EAST LANSING - The state’s largest ever Michigan VEX Robotics State Championship is headed to Jenison Field House at Michigan State University on Feb. 24. Around 500 of the state’s best young robotic minds will compete in two divisions during the 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tournament. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:15 a.m. The event
ANN ARBOR—In a finding that runs counter to a common assumption in physics, researchers at the University of Michigan ran a light emitting diode with electrodes reversed in order to cool another device mere nanometers away. The approach could lead to new solid-state cooling technology for future microprocessors, which will have so many transistors packed
