ANN ARBOR - We made a mistake on the date for the January Motor City ISSA chapter meeting. The meeting date is Jan. 21 in Ann Arbor at the Marriott, but the RSVP date is Jan. 14. Topics include a review of 2008 Information Security and Trends. Our apologies for this error. Speakers include: Steve
AUBURN HILLS - Auburn Hills-based Plexus Systems, SaaS ERP provider to the manufacturers, has now change its name to Plex Systems. Its ERP product, Plexus Online, will be renamed Plex Online. Plexus Systems, a company providing ERP applications since 1995, has enjoyed significant and consistent growth in 2008 and signed more than 15 new customers
DETROIT - Reuters is reporting that GM says the bridge loan money it's getting will cover all contingencies, even in its worst case scenario. Automotive News reports that UAW president Ron Gettelfinger says Chrysler will probably not need additional money either. What they're referring to is the $17.4 billion that the Bush Administration approved for
DETROIT - During December, the Metro Detroit Purchasing Managers Index fell to its lowest level in 2008, as purchasing managers reported continued production cuts. "While we would like to think that December might be a low point in this cycle, that is probably not the case," said Walsh College Director of Doctoral Programs David Allardice.
RESTON, VA - Online Holiday shopping outperformed bricks and mortar shopping in several key categories, including Sport and Fitness. The study, from comScore, compared e-commerce data to overall (online and offline) consumer spending data published by MasterCard Advisors�?? SpendingPulse Unit for the period of Nov. 1 �?? Dec. 24 vs. year ago. SpendingPulse is an
LANSING - Groups opposed to further development of coal power brought speakers from around the state to Lansing on Tuesday to oppose a proposed power plant in Rogers City and to again ask Governor Jennifer Granholm stop further development of the plants at least until the state has carbon emissions regulations. But administration officials again
LANSING - Because of major cuts the state will have to enact this year, the public will have to accept "a different form of government," Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) said in a newspaper interview. "I don't like to say we've got to cut, cut, cut. I never thought I'd be in government to
LANSING - Proposed rules to regulate the state's new medical marijuana law run counter to that law and are too onerous to be able to help individuals who need medicinal marijuana, witnesses told regulatory officials with the Department of Community Health at a public hearing on Monday. Dozens of witnesses blasted proposals calling for marijuana
DETROIT - Well, we knew they were going to bad and they were. Sales of new cars in the American market fell over 35 percent last month. The hardest hit automakers were Land Rover, Chrysler and Hyundai. The ones who suffered the least were Subaru, Audi and Volkswagen. According to Ward's the annualized sales rate
LANSING - The electric restructuring legislation passed this year in Michigan provided little for alternative electric providers and their customers to like. They predicted throughout the process that the bills as structured would mean substantially higher electric rates and little actual development of alternative energy. Legislators can expect to hear from them if those predictions