GRAND RAPIDS ? As I was typing out the issue number on this eNewsletter, it hit me ? Vol. 10, No. 1. Means MITechNews.Com ? the first web portal site in Michigan to offer news about Michigan technology and entrepreneurs ? is celebrating its 10th birthday. It?s hard to believe when I left the Detroit
GRAND RAPIDS - MiBiz announced Wednesday that veteran business journalist Mark Sanchez has begun working for the region's largest business publication as a Senior Writer. Sanchez will cover the West Michigan health care, finance and small business beats for MiBiz and its affiliated print and online publications. For the last 25 years, Sanchez has been
LANSING - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was the favorite to win the Michigan Republican presidential primary next month before last night's Iowa caucuses, and his eight-vote victory there over former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum appeared to do little to change that dynamic. There are still seven states that will hold primaries and caucuses between
WATERFORD - Single, childless women in their 20s are more likely than their male counterparts to graduate from college, reports Inforum in a study called "Women & the Workplace," a new installment of an ongoing research partnership to examine trends affecting women in the second decade of the 21st century. Maxine Lauer, CEO for Sphere
GRANDVILLE ? Cloud computing, agile methodology, tablet computers, mobile applications, and IT security are among the top technology trends for 2012, says Dawn Simpson, VP of Market Development for Trivalent, an IT services and data management company. Trivalent compiled its top ten technology trends list from a variety of sources including Forrester Research, Gartner, JP
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 - 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
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