GRAND RAPIDS ? I'd like to wish all the readers of MITechNews.Com, Advertisers and Content Partners a Happy Holiday season. Certainly, with all the changes in the offing, our growing audience will be able to get their news in many ways ? including video - making 2012 a prosperous New Year as well. Starting in
LANSING ? A dozen Michigan business incubators will split $6 million in grants from the Michigan Strategic Fund to help launch and grow start-up companies throughout the state. The biggest winners were Wayne State?s TechTown - $875,000 ? Michigan Technological University - $750,000 ? and Oakland County?s Automation Alley - $625,000. Other recipients in order
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation would operate a new $3 million venture capital matching fund for the state's technology companies under a proposal outlined Wednesday to the Michigan Strategic Fund Board. Mike Psarouthakis, vice president of business acceleration for the MEDC, said initial proposed funding would total $3 million, but the hope is
WASHINGTON DC - A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America's top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members, several people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The break-in at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is one
BIRMINGHAM ? Those that support critical infrastructure like smart grids have begun to realize that they have minimal security in place to counter targeted cyber attacks. NitroSecurity's Eric Knapp talks about how to secure these critical infrastructures in the first segment of a new webinar series called Cyber Defense Update brought to you by IT-Harvest's
GRAND RAPIDS ? MITechNews.Com is pleased to announce a joint agreement with MIBiz, starting in January 2012, to cover the technology beat for the West Michigan publishing group both in print and online. MIBiz, purchased recently by REVUE Holding Company, Inc., publishes a twice-monthly business newspaper in Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and along the
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder signed into law Monday two of the most significant legislative packages of his administration to date when he approved bills addressing the state's debt to the federal government for unemployment aid, restructuring what jobs those receiving assistance would have to accept and overhauling the workers' compensation system. Overall, Snyder said
GRAND RAPIDS - Startup Weekend is coming to Grand Rapids on Jan 13 to the Factory, where entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs can develop business plans in just 54 hours. Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists to build communities, companies and projects. It is known
LANSING - The Michigan House and Senate completed a deal on restoring home heating aid for the poor and sent that legislation (SB 364 and SB 864) to Governor Rick Snyder for signature. The House, despite some reticence among conservative Republicans, passed a new structure for the state's film incentive program (SB 569 ) with
LANSING - After eliminating the state's lucrative film subsidy and replacing it with $25 million in incentives, the Legislature approved a framework Thursday to dole out those funds, with an extra incentive to hire Michigan workers. Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe), the bill sponsor, has said the intent of SB 569 is to make