GRAND RAPIDS - The Product Development and Management Association West Michigan Chapter will host Grand Rapids native Fred Keller, chairman and CEO of Cascade Engineering, at its February 18 event, where he will discuss his vision on how products can be developed to meet customer needs while contributing to the restoration of the environment. The
TROY ? Brian McGinnity was elected president of Automation Alley Thursday at the technology business association's annual meeting at the Troy Marriott. Five new board members also were elected. McGinnity, director & executive vice president of HIROTEC AMERICA, will serve a two-year term as president. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the
GRAND RAPIDS - NuSoft Solutions Friday announced it has formed a new line of business focused on the design, implementation, training and support of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 ? which offers advanced features such as global language and currency capabilities, business intelligence, workflow and collaboration that blends in seamlessly with other leading Microsoft desktop and
LANSING - Though the utilities and their competitors appear still miles apart on how to address Michigan's energy needs, some plan will be moving from the House by the end of February. A workgroup of leaders from both chambers, the administration, utilities and their competitors met for some four hours Wednesday night to begin hashing
WALLED LAKE ? Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Company Patriot Services has been recognized as one of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, an awards program sponsored by the Edward Lowe Foundation. The company provides comprehensive disaster and emergency preparedness solutions, including site, threat and vulnerability assessments; emergency plan development and review; training; and exercises.
GLENDALE, Ca. - Panda Security, a provider of IT security solutions, has announced the availability of Panda Security for Internet Transactions, an anti-fraud security service that leverages the company's collective intelligence in order to protect banks and online merchants against active malware targeting business to consumer transactions. "A good portion of the malware being created
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - In Symantec Corp.'s January 2008 spam report, the security company noted the rise of holiday spam, spammers getting honest and spammers targeting blogs as key trends observed as 2007 came to a close. According to Doug Bowers, senior director of engineering with Symantec, what was interesting as 2007 ended what that
STAMFORD, Conn. - The role of the chief information officer (CIO) is no longer limited to just managing IT, and that role will continue to evolve in the next few years, according to a worldwide survey conducted by Gartner Executive Programs. Of the 1,500 CIOs surveyed for the Gartner EXP report, "Making the Difference: The
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Congress voted on this week to keep a controversial expansion of a wiretapping law alive for another 15 days. The law in question, called the Protect America Act, was passed hurriedly by Congress last August and is set to expire Friday, CNET News.Com reported. The temporary extension, which passed by
NEW YORK - New York's lawmakers have introduced legislation to keep convicted sex offenders off the likes of Facebook and MySpace. In a press conference on Tuesday, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, State Sen. Joseph Bruno, and Assemblyman Sheldon Silver unveiled details of the Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (E-Stop), a