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Obama Keeps Cybersecurity Loopholes Citing National Security

WASHINGTON DC - While President Obama has decided that the National Security Agency should reveal most major flaws it discovers in Internet security, a loophole exists that could allow the agency to exploit flaws for surveillance purposes, The New York Times reported Saturday. After a three-month review of recommendations made by a presidential task force

By |2014-04-14T00:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Michigan Food And Beverage Association Praises State?s New Recycling Plan

WARREN - The Michigan Food and Beverage Association and its sister organization, the Michigan Business and Professional Association praised Governor Rick Snyder?s announcement Monday introducing a comprehensive statewide recycling plan. The governor, together with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant, said the state is setting out to double the recycling rate ? now

By |2014-04-14T00:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Market to Reach $2.5 Billion by 2018, IDC Says

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Worldwide Wi-Fi cloud-managed infrastructure and managed services revenue will reach $653 million in 2014 and $2.5 billion by 2018. In recent years, cloud-managed Wi-Fi growth has been fueled by increased adoption in the midmarket and distributed enterprise (e.g., retail, K-12 education). "Enterprises are seeing the big picture and definitely considering cloud-managed Wi-Fi

By |2014-04-14T00:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Snyder Launches Recycling Plan Names Council

LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder announced Monday his plan to increase recycling in the state and named the Recycling Council that will oversee implementation of that plan. The goal of the plan is to help communities in setting up curbside recycling while also creating new markets for the recycled materials. "Michigan has a strong tradition

By |2014-04-14T00:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 To Offer Entrepreneurs $6.8 Million

LANSING ? Good news entrepreneurs. State officials Thursday announced a designation of $6.8 million for Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0, a statewide investment fund aimed at supporting high-tech early stage companies. The fund will be managed by Invest Michigan, a Michigan nonprofit corporation based in Detroit. Charlie Moret, who ran Connecticut?s Pre-Seed Fund, CTech and TechStart

By |2014-04-11T00:00:00-04:00April 11th, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Survey: Connect-Vehicle Technology Worries Drivers About Security, Privacy

ANN ARBOR - A majority of Americans, Australians and Britons believe that connected-vehicle technology will make driving safer, but most are also concerned about security and privacy, according to a University of Michigan survey. The UM poll found that about 30 percent of nearly 1,600 online respondents in the United States, Australia and the United

By |2014-04-11T00:00:00-04:00April 11th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Heartbleed Bug Found In Cisco Routers, Juniper Gear

WASHINGTON DC - The encryption bug that has the Internet on high alert also affects the equipment that connects the Web. Cisco Systems Inc. and Juniper Networks Inc , two of the largest manufacturers of network equipment, said Thursday that some of their products contain the ?Heartbleed? bug, meaning hackers might be able to capture

By |2014-04-10T00:00:00-04:00April 10th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|