REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft recently provided a "Technical Preview" of Office 2010 highlighting new capabilities such as lightweight, Web-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote, all accessible via desktop, mobile device, and through Web browsers Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. Other standout improvements include new cut-and-paste features for Word and new ways to broadcast
NEW YORK - A study released Tuesday by the privacy-focused Ponemon Institute, companies' chief executives tend to value cybersecurity just as - if not more - highly than their executive colleagues. But compared to lower-level execs, CEOs also tend to underestimate the frequency of cyberthreats their organization faces. The survey, which was funded by cybersecurity
ANN ARBOR - Accuri Cytometers Monday announced the completion of a $4 million Series D financing round from current investors Fidelity Biosciences, Flagship Ventures, Baird Venture Partners and Arboretum Ventures, as well as the InvestMichigan! Program co-managed by Credit Suisse. The money will be used to finance working and growth capital to support its C6
LIVONIA - Quicken Loans, unable to secure a construction loan for a new headquarters in downtown Detroit, will instead move its 1700 employees to leased space in the Compuware Building by mid-2010, some 18 months earlier than planned. In November 2007, Quicken Loans announced it would relocate its headquarters to a newly constructed building in
ANN ARBOR - West Michigan entrepreneur Keith Brophy became the first local business leader to capture the championship trophy at the New Enterprise Forum annual "Entrepreneurial Improv: Battle of the Elevator Pitch." The third annual event was held on May 21 in Ann Arbor. The light hearted contest pits seasoned business leaders against each other
FLINT - Marissa Peterson was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Management degree by Kettering University during Convocation services July 9 in Flint. She is the retired executive vice president for Sun Microsystems. Peterson, who lives in Fremont, Calif., joined Sun in 1988 as a commodity manager and held several increasingly responsible positions including chief
DETROIT - Finally some good economic news in Michigan. On Friday morning, the new General Motors Co. exited Chapter 11 protection, with the auto maker emerging as a leaner, more-focused manufacturer, with only four brands. At a Detroit press conference, GM Chief Executive Frederick "Fritz" Henderson announced the birth of a "new GM," committed to
WASHINGTON - Effective July 10, small businesses that would otherwise have difficulty securing private equity or venture capital may find funding easier to get as a result of changes made as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company program. "The Recovery Act expands SBA's
GRAND RAPIDS - The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative and Grand Valley State University are sponsoring a community conversation with West Michigan residents to discuss entrepreneurship and how the state can best foster growth of entrepreneurial activity. This free Grand Rapids event is one of four facilitated conversations organized
TRAVERSE CITY - On Aug. 4, the CAR Management Briefing Seminars will kick off in this Northern Michigan resort town to focus on the major transformations rocking the auto world, given current economic challenges, continued technology advancements and demands, and heightened global competition. The program also will examine how the implications of these changes will