Archive

Spam On The Rise; Spammers Turn To New Avenues

BOSTON - Spam is on the increase again, and Sophos' latest spam trends report shows that only one in 28 e-mails can be considered legitimate. The rest are like the Vikings in that classic Monty Python skit: Spam, spam, spam. While there have been increases and decreases over the last couple of years, with spam

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Cyber-Crime Takes On Methods Of Legitimate Business

SAN JOSE, Ca. - Cyber-criminals have become organized and bare more than a passing resemblance to legitimate business today, according to Finjan's latest trends report from its Malicious Code Research Center. The report looked at the trend of cyber-crime during the second quarter of 2008, and it looks like cyber-criminals have gone up-scale. Finjan's research,

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Study Seeks How Green-Minded IT Decision Makers Are

AUSTIN - Do "green" products and marketing matter in the enterprise technology industry? According to GreenFactor, a global green enterprise IT study released by Strategic Oxygen, GCI Group and Cohn & Wolfe, green products are not only highly important for the environment, they are potentially profitable: More than 70 per cent of the global respondents

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

U.S. Government Cyber-Security Worse Than Previously Thought

SAN FRANCISCO - The latest report from ZATZ Publishing highlights a surprising lack of government record-keeping oversight, along with critical cyber-security gaps that indicates without proper records management, America won't have critical records of the operation of their government. These finding were revealed in the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of the National Archives

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Report: Google In Acquisition Talks With Digg

MOUNTAIN VIEW - Social-news site Digg.com, a perpetual target of acquisition rumors, is in ?final negotiations? to sell itself to Google for $200 million, according to a TechCrunch report that cited multiple sources. Google has been in talks to bring Digg into the Google News group, but it could be a few weeks before the

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Plexus To Support Gleaners Community Food Bank

AUBURN HILLS - Factory automation software developer Plexus Systems announced Thursday it will support Gleaners Community Food Bank in its employee community service campaign. Gleaners Community Food Bank, in collaboration with its member agencies, other area food banks and America's Second Harvest organizations, and with broad community backing and support, provides surplus donated and low-cost

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

FCC Commissioners Set To Approve XM-Sirius Deal

WASHINGTON - A majority of commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission have reached a deal to approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s long-pending purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. The final hold-out, Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, agreed to vote to approve the deal after winning several concessions from

By |2008-07-24T00:00:00-04:00July 24th, 2008|Archive, Events/Announcements|

T/J Technologies Founder Thompson Named Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

LANSING - Maria Thompson, former President and CEO, T/J Technologies, Ann Arbor, was recognized July 24 as an Entrepreneur Extraordinaire by the Small Business Foundation of Michigan. The Entrepreneur Extraordinaire recognition is given to an individual who demonstrates exceptional merit in the assumption of risks for an enterprise that transforms ideas into new value within

By |2008-07-24T00:00:00-04:00July 24th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

SecureWorld Expo Goes To DC With All Star Cast

DETROIT - Michigan InfraGard members - plan to be in Washington DC September 30 and October 1 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the two day SecureWorld Expo. A Keynote from the recently appointed National Cyber Security Center Director, Rod Beckstrom will open the conference. Director Beckstrom will highlight the DHS perspective on

By |2008-07-24T00:00:00-04:00July 24th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Compuware Bests Wall Street Estimates For Quarter – Stock Up 5 Percent

DETROIT - Software maker Compuware Corp on Wednesday posted first-quarter results above market estimates, helped by a 30 percent jump in software license fees revenue. On Thursday, the company?s stock was nearly 5 percent higher on Wall Street. Compuware posted first-quarter earnings of $34.7 million, or 13 cents a share, compared with $189,000, or breakeven

By |2008-07-24T00:00:00-04:00July 24th, 2008|Archive, Events/Announcements|