GRAND RAPIDS ? A Grand Valley State University researcher issued a report Tuesday that contends the greater Grand Rapids Industrial economy has stabilized. Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University, said survey results are based on data collected in the last two weeks
SAN FRANCSICO - Epsilon, which manages e-mail communications for TiVo, JP Morgan Chase, Capital One Financial, US Bank, the Kroger grocery chain, Best Buy, RedRoof Inn and other merchants, said this week that it suffered a security breach that revealed data on some of its clients' customers. Epsilon, which says it sends 40 billion e-mails
TAYLOR - Atlas Oil Company has completed its acquisition of Ro-Di Oil Company of Veerdersburg, Indiana. Ro-Di distributes approximately 10 million gallons of petroleum products annually in the central Indiana region. Ron Hayman, President of Ro-Di Oil, will assist in the transition. His son, RD Hayman, has joined the Atlas Oil team as district manager.
PLYMOUTH ? David Baker, Identity Management Security Consultant, will discuss Secure Data Sharing April 21 during the April meeting of MotorCity ISSA. The reservation deadline is April 18. He has been CISSP certified for four years. He works for CSC, a global outsourcing company, and is on assignment for Chrysler as an Identity Management Security
SAN FRANCISCO - Security company Webroot has announced a new app for Android users. Dubbed Webroot Mobile Security for Android, the application, which runs on both smartphones and tablets, scans apps for malware prior to installation. It also checks URLs to block phishing attacks. The app's identity-protection feature lets users remotely lock and wipe the
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder said the state has made great progress in his first three months, pointing to the legislation he had signed, which includes some dramatically controversial bills, and saying the state was successfully undertaking the process of reinventing itself. But at a press conference he held with the two legislative Republican leaders
WASHINGTON - The number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. increased by a rate of 1.5 times (50 percent) the national average (34 percent) and account for 29 percent of all enterprises, yet only employ 6 percent of the country?s workforce and contribute just under 4 percent of overall business revenues. The news comes from
DETROIT - What will the Michigan innovation, life sciences, clean energy, transportation and information technology landscape look like 20 years from now? Will the area have emerged as an even bigger player in university and corporate research, or a major factor at all in areas like venture financing and entrepreneurial activity - and, if so,
SAN FRANCISCO - Salesforce.Com said it has acquired Radian6, a social media monitoring service, for $326 million in cash and stock. The deal, which is expected to close in the quarter ending July 31, gives Salesforce technology to monitor, track, and analyze social media across properties such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Radian6, which
SAN FRANCISCO - Phishers use all kinds of come-ons to lure their victims. But one persistent piece of spam tries to trick people by offering an upgrade to Adobe Acrobat. Detailed by security provider Cloudmark in a blog posted yesterday, this type of advertising spam e-mails users a notice to upgrade to the new Adobe