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Altair Offers Qualified Startups Preferential Pricing For Simulation, CAD, Cloud And IoT Software

TROY - Altair is providing its simulation-driven innovation software to qualified startup companies through its newly formed Altair Startup Program offering preferential pricing for its simulation-driven design, computer-aided engineering, cloud computing and Internet of Things software solutions.  The program also provides no-cost expert consulting to quickly ramp-up startup organizations with its multi-physics optimization platform, Altair HyperWorks™,

By |2018-07-31T10:03:03-04:00July 31st, 2018|IoT|
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Plex Systems Buys DATTUS To Add Industrial Internet Of Things Connectivity

TROY – Cloud ERP developer Plex Systems announced Tuesday it has acquired Industrial Internet of Things connectivity technologies provider DATTUS. Terms were not announced. DATTUS solutions connect manufacturing equipment and sensors to the cloud, manage high-volume data streams, and analyze in-motion equipment data to optimize performance, reduce costs, and ensure uptime. The acquisition is expected

By |2018-07-31T09:49:14-04:00July 31st, 2018|Featured, IoT|
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Toyota Debuts Second Iteration Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Class 8 Truck

TRAVERSE CITY - Toyota on Monday unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck before dozens of press and industry leaders during the first day of the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars. The new truck, known internally as "Beta," expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first Project Portal

By |2018-07-31T09:41:23-04:00July 31st, 2018|Clean Update, Featured|
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Genomenon Wins Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant

ANN ARBOR - Genomic Data Search company Genomenon has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research grant by the National Institutes of Health. The amount was not disclosed. The grant will be used to develop and apply machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to variant interpretation, the single biggest hurdle in scaling the

By |2018-07-31T09:33:14-04:00July 31st, 2018|Life Sciences|
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Google Made The Titan Key To Toughen Up Your Online Security

SAN FRANCISCO - When Google boasted that none of its 85,000-plus employees had their accounts hacked since early 2017, it was all thanks to an early version of a security key the company was testing. And now the latest version of that security key will be available for the world to use. In an exclusive hands-on,

By |2018-07-27T07:45:58-04:00July 27th, 2018|Cyber Defense|
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M2 TechCast: Brennan From MBS, LTU STEM Center, LTU Football, LTU Residential College

ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Monday July 30, Co-host Mike Brennan will be at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City and talk about its focus on Autonomous Vehicles. Lawrence Technological University’s Sibrina Collins will update the Marburger STEM Center. LTU’s Coach D will talk about the return of football to the tech

By |2018-07-27T07:37:18-04:00July 27th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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State: Michigan Voting Machines Protected From Vulnerabilities In Report

LANSING - Public Citizen has called on Election Systems and Software to stop selling some of its voting machines because they group said they are vulnerable to hacking but Department of State officials said the company's machines used in Michigan are protected from those vulnerabilities. The group said the versions of the ESS machines that

By |2018-07-26T20:12:01-04:00July 26th, 2018|Politics|
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ManagedWay Offers 100 Gbp Fiber Optic Service Direct To Customers

TROY -  ManagedWay is offering 100 Gbp fiber optic service direct to its customers. One of ManagedWay's early 100 Gbps clients is MiSEN, the Michigan State Education Network that connects teachers and students and is one of the state's most robust and demanding network infrastructures. By using multiple connection points, ManagedWay's service to MiSEN is

By |2018-07-26T18:31:05-04:00July 26th, 2018|New Products / Contracts|
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Ford Motor Co. Creates Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC

DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co. announced it has created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, a new organization charged with accelerating its autonomous vehcile business. The new LLC will take over Ford’s self-driving systems integration, autonomous vehicle research and advanced engineering, AV transportation-as-a-service network development, user experience, business strategy and business development teams. The new LLC, which

By |2018-07-26T15:29:13-04:00July 26th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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Data Privacy, Ads Drive Customer Dissastisfaction In Social Media: ACSI

ANN ARBOR — Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter have the least satisfied users in social media, according to the latest data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index 2018 E-Business Report. Customer satisfaction with social media as a whole fell 1.4 percent to a score of 72 on the ACSI’s 100-point scale, ranking it among the bottom

By |2018-07-26T15:21:26-04:00July 26th, 2018|Announcements/New Products, Social Media|
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