DEABORN - Jason Witty, a Security experts with LaSalle Bank, talks about the state of the Internet in this News Maker Interview. And the state, he said, is growing troublesome by the growing proliferation of organized crime from countries like Russia, North Korea, China - some say state-sponsored cyber terrorism - leading phishing attacks that
WASHINGTON DC - Under mounting pressure from their Republican colleagues, the Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives panel have finally scheduled a vote on a bill that would extend by four years a soon-to-expire federal ban on Internet access taxes. The House Judiciary Committee has placed a bill known as the Internet Tax Freedom
DEARBORN - If you missed the first day of SecureWorld, there is still time to attend tomorrow. If you did attend today, make sure not to miss the exciting events happening on Day 2. Don't miss the Conference breakfast keynote featuring Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications for the Department of Homeland Security
LANSING - House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) said Friday he is not resigned to the idea the newly minted services tax needs to be changed, but after a week of it being flogged by business groups, he's open to altering it if the voters signed off on a 1 percentage point increase in the
DETROIT ? Wayne State University's TechTown is launching on Oct. 5 a professional mixer monthly program to introduce the technology and life sciences incubator's entrepreneurs to the community. The program runs from 4-6 pm at Java Exchange, located in TechOne Building at 440 Burroughts on the WSU campus. For more information about TechTown, the Wayne
WASHINGTON DC - While a popular book once proclaimed that "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus," that's not really true when we're talking about entrepreneurs. A new Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy-sponsored report finds that men and women entrepreneurs share more similarities than differences. The study?s main conclusion is that, when other
LANSING ? Michigan legislation designed to help residents find and purchase health insurance through a state-created exchange is on its way to the House after the Senate unanimously approved the bills. The package of the three bills - SB 278 , SB 280 and SB 283 - would create Michigan Health Ensure Affordable and Reliable
AUBURN HILLS - Minority-owned businesses may prosper from a newly formed partnership between Osiris Innovations Group and the Mosaic Advantage Program ? strengthening a network of minority owned suppliers. Osiris provides on-demand supply and demand chain automation applications. Mosaic is a division of ASG Renaissance a professional services firm with offices in Farmington Hills. The
ANN ARBOR ? Earlier this week, a host of government and business officials decided the Connected Vehicle Proving Center, a showcase for testing and evaluating connected vehicle systems ? such as smart roads and telecom technologies. The CVPC, funded by the State of Michigan, has been created through a strategic alliance between the Center for
GRAND RAPIDS ? Phil Tepley, the Tech Team Coordinator for the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, was named Michigan?s State Star Performer at the America?s Small Business Development Centers? 27th Annual Conference in Denver. This award is given to a single SBDC employee per state that is an exemplary performer who, because of