DETROIT - Big data is the key enabler for the next wave of innovation and growth across all sectors, and Wayne State University?s Big Data and Business Analytics Group is ready to help business and information technology executives, decision makers and marketing professionals learn how to use big data to take action, seize new growth
WASHINGTON DC - The Target data breach that has affected up to 110 million people is now under scrutiny by the US Justice Department. Speaking before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday, US Attorney General Eric Holder said his office is evaluating and enforcing "privacy protections and other safeguards concerning data possessed by
SAN FRANCISCO - The alleged architect of the bank-hacking malware SpyEye, which is said to have infected 1.4 million computers, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Russian national Aleksandr Andreevich Panin was the primary developer and distributor of SpyEye. "As several recent
LANSING - When you?re watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, you?ll see a familiar face. Gov. Rick Snyder has purchased advertising time for the big game to announce he is running for re-election. The ad kicks off a whistle-stop tour of the state next week. He has planned an announcement tour for Monday and Tuesday
LIVONIA - Inventev, a new Detroit-based company that brings mobile power generation to commercial fleets using medium-duty trucks, won first place and a check for $5000 in the MiQuest business plan competition Thursday night. MiQuest is the former Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest. First place in the New Business Ideas category went to Kalamazoo-based Micro-LAM Technologies,
DETROIT - Happy 16th Anniversary Internet Advisor Show. Pasty.net: The Internet: Past, Present and Future. Charlie Hopper has been keeping Yoopers connected to the Internet with all sorts of innovative solutions. He began Pasty.net at almost the same time Internet Advisor began. Also in this podcast, Terry Bean talks about his March 13 event, 313DLove.
MASON - The long-running Michigan Energy Fair, held in Onekama in year?s past, is headed south this June to the Ingham County Fairgrounds. The Michigan Energy Fair, June 27-28, is a stellar event held every year to make this all happen. The goal of this event is to allow those in the sustainable energy industry
SOUTHFIELD, MI - Two groups of students from Troy High School in Oakland County and Portage Central Middle School in Kalamazoo County have been developing an innovative idea for a mobile application that would make a difference. These schools are the newly announced Best in State Contest winners for Michigan in the Verizon Innovative App
LANSING - Former Michigan Chief Information Officer Ken Theis has been promoted to president of technology consultant Dewpoint. He will retain his role as chief operating officer. Former President Andrew Kotarba will remain as Dewpoint?s chief executive officer. ?Dewpoint is experiencing positive growth in many ways ? from new customers, to new employees, to new
LIVONIA - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest announced Thursday at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship that is has merged with the Small Business Foundation of Michigan and has been renamed MiQuest. MiQuest?s President Diane Durance said the rebranding of GLEQ and its alignment with SBF allows MiQuest to tap the historical strengths of both organizations and