ANN ARBOR ? Spam accounted for 95 percent of email traffic in 2007, including attack strategies not seen in previous years, so says SpamStopsHere, an email filtering solution created by Greenview Data. Spammers were in full throttle last year developing new spamming techniques. Phishing attacks rose dramatically, worms threatened millions, and overall spam levels hit
DETROIT - The law firm of Butzel Long has named Charlotte Garry Carne, William Kliffel and Dawn Ward as senior attorneys. Previously, they were associate attorneys. Based in Butzel Long?s Detroit office, Charlotte Garry Carne?s practice includes all areas of labor and employment law. She routinely provides counseling and advice to management on employment law
ANN ARBOR ? Chris Holman, Small Business Advocate for the Michigan Economic Development Corp., will again emcee the ACE program Jan. 17 at Washtenaw Community College. Showcase presentation will be made by Dave Morin, CEO of Cielo MedSolutions. ACE's Lead Sponsor is Butzel Long. For the eighth year, entrepreneurs, investors, and support organizations from across
GRAND RAPIDS ? Jerry Brown, current president of Lawrence Productions, a West Michigan video production company, has purchased the company from founder John Lawrence. Terms were not announced. ?We?ll continue to provide the same excellent service and quality our clients have come to expect,? Brown said. The company was started in Battle Creek by Lawrence
GRAND RAPIDS - Reid Gough, Dean School of Technology and Davenport University Online, discusses the schools new Master's Degree in Information Assurance. The degree work helps train the next generation of security professionals and is offered both at the Grand Rapids campus and online. Soon it will be offered at Davenport's Livonia campus. To listen,
TROY ? Ken Rogers discusses a new report released Monday by Automation Alley says information technology professionals in southeast Michigan earned a 5.1 percent average wage increase from 2004 to 2005, despite the region losing some 6.1 percent of overall technology jobs ? suggesting Southeast Michigan has been attracting or generating a fair amount of
GRAND RAPIDS - The Van Andel Research Institute has named James Fahner, M.D., the current and founding division chief of pediatric hematology and oncology and senior administrative physician for philanthropy and community relations at Helen DeVos Children?s Hospital, to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Fahner was elected in December 2007 by the three members of
CLINTON TOWNSHIP ? Logicorps, on Tuesday announced it has closed a management buyout of the IT services provider, putting Scott Wiederhold, former Chief Operating Officer, in sole control of the company. As part of the reorganization, Ian Gray has been named as new Vice President of Operations and COO. Since 1999, Logicorps has been under
TROY - Greg Auner, Director of Wayne State University's College of Engineering's Smart Sensor and Integrated Microsystems will discuss the emerging smart sensors and devices for automotive and energy markets on Jan. 16 at Automation Alley. Auner will present complex projects that go beyond the limits of current technology to spur original ideas and shape
EAST LANSING - In the first MSU presidential election survey of its type, students selected Sen. Barack Obama as their first choice for president. The web survey was conducted by the Office for Survey Research in the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at MSU. Among MSU students, Democrat Obama claimed 34 percent of