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Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Equipment Market Showed Mixed Results in Third Quarter

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Worldwide market revenue increased 9.6% quarter over quarter, but declined -7.7% year over year in the third quarter of 2014.` The International Data Corporation Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Equipment Qview showed mixed results in the third quarter of 2014 with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing 9.6% compared to the second quarter,

By |2014-12-31T00:00:00-05:00December 31st, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|
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Worldwide Smartphone Growth Forecast To Slow From A Boil To A Simmer As Prices Drop, Markets Mature

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments will reach a total of nearly 1.3 billion units in 2014, representing an increase of 26.3% over 2013. But looking ahead, IDC expects 1.4 billion smartphones to be shipped worldwide in 2015

By |2014-12-31T00:00:00-05:00December 31st, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|
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Microsoft XBox Live Hit With Denial-Of-Service Attack

SAN FRANCISCO - Players around the world are now breathing a sigh of relief as they settle into some long overdue gaming during the holiday break. Starting around December 24, two of the largest online gaming services, Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live, were disrupted in a high-profile denial-of-service attack, which was resolved a

By |2014-12-30T00:00:00-05:00December 30th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|
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2014 Was Terrible Year For Computer Security

SAN FRANCISCO - Let's face it, 2014 was a terrible year for computer security, leaving everyone feeling a little more vulnerable. Hackers stole 56 million credit card numbers and 53 million email addresses from Home Depot between April and September. They took contact information for 76 million households and 7 million small businesses from JPMorgan's

By |2014-12-30T00:00:00-05:00December 30th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|
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Japan Boosting Cyberdefense In Fear Of Attack From North Korea

SAN FRANCISCO - Japan is boosting its online defenses for fear of becoming the next victim of a North Korean cyberattack, according to a new report. The Japanese government is formulating a possible diplomatic response and improving its cyberdefenses in the event that its networks are hacked by North Korea, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing comments

By |2014-12-30T00:00:00-05:00December 30th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|
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Apple Has Spectacular 2014: Can It Repeat In 2015

CUPERTINO - Apple has a lot to do to top 2014. This year, Apple introduced larger screen iPhones, showed off its first wearable and launched a mobile-payments service. That was on top of updates to its Mac and tablet lines and improvements in its mobile and computer software. Apple also made its biggest acquisition ever

By |2014-12-30T00:00:00-05:00December 30th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|
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RheTech Agrees To Be Acquired By HEXPOL

WHITMORE LAKE - RheTech has reached an agreement to be acquired by HEXPOL, a Swedish-based polymers group. The acquisition is expected to be completed in early 2015 after regulatory approvals. Terms were not disclosed. ?This is excellent news for RheTech,? said John Levinson, president and chief executive officer. HEXPOL is already a leading worldwide compounder

By |2014-12-25T00:00:00-05:00December 25th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|
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Consumer Sentiment In December Highest In Eight Years

ANN ARBOR - Consumer confidence reached its most favorable level in the December 2014 survey since the last cyclical peak was set in January 2007, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946, the Surveys monitor consumer attitudes and expectations. The gains over

By |2014-12-25T00:00:00-05:00December 25th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|
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PSC Chair Expects Work To Continue On Energy Law

LANSING ? Michigan Public Service Commission Chair John Quackenbush is targeting 2015 as the right year for the state to update its energy policy last overhauled in 2008, he told Gongwer News Service in an interview, with the intent being to, ideally, set a path beginning in 2016. In 2008, the state passed and then-Governor

By |2014-12-25T00:00:00-05:00December 25th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|
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