GRAND RAPIDS ? eSecurity specialist CA, formerly Computer Associates, has created an official presence in West Michigan by basing a new staff member and another recently promoted in the greater Grand Rapids area. Ken Reahm has joined CA as Sales Executive for Western Michigan, covering the full breadth of CA products. In that role, Reahm
GRANDVILLE ? Digital imaging specialist X-Rite on Wednesday declared a fourth-quarter cash dividend of 2 1/2 cents per share on its common stock, payable Feb. 14. The dividend will go to shareholders of record on Jan. 17. X-Rite reported 21,235,899 shares outstanding on January 3. X-Rite provides color measurement solutions comprised of hardware, software and
DETROIT - Experts are advising corporations to use an unofficial patch to combat the latest Microsoft Windows Meta File exploit, which can open the door to malicious spam to MSN Messenger worms. Antivirus vendor F-Secure and the Internet Storm Center, a volunteer security group, separately urged businesses on Tuesday to use the unofficial patch, as
TROY - The fourth forum in the Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeast Michigan, scheduled for Jan. 12, will feature presentations by three emerging companies selected by a panel of the groups' business leaders and investors. The keynote speaker will be from the Michigan Economic Development and discuss the new 21st Century Jobs Fund Initiative and the
LANSING - Changes in Michigan?s business taxes to help small business are the top priorities of Michigan's two leading small business organizations. That includes not only specific proposals for small businesses, but ensuring that small businesses have a hand in drafting any legislation to create a new overall business tax. The National Federation of Independent
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Netarx Inc., which provides Cisco IP Voice and Data and EMC storage networking products, has opened if first expansion office in Columbus, Ohio. This move expands Netarx geographic coverage to include Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Jeff Bryngelson, Netarx GM of Business Development, recently hired a team of networking professionals to open the
ANN ARBOR ? Larry Eiler, a well-known PR professional in Southeast Michigan, and Rob Pasick, an executive coach and business development consultant, have teamed up to launch a new radio show on January 14 that will focus on business and economic development in the Ann Arbor area. The show, "Innovations with Eiler and Pasick," will
DETROIT - A new Trojan horse program was infecting PCS last week, exploiting a hole in Windows systems to sneak onto computers, then dropping adware or spyware or turning them into zombies, Internet security companies warned. The Trojan, dubbed Exploit-WMF (Windows Meta File), was rated a category 2 level risk, meaning it had the potential
DETROIT ? iPods, Video games, coats and jewelry helped online merchants record record sales during the just completed Holiday shopping season. Mega eTailer Amazon.Com said it had its best holiday sales season ever, with more than 108 million items ordered from Nov. 1 through Dec. 21. The busiest day for the world's largest online store
LONDON ? Some 28 million cars in the United States and 73 million worldwide will be equipped with iPod integration solutions of one kind or another by 2011, TRG Forecasts predicts. The proliferation of automotive interfaces for portable music players is creating a new competitive landscape driven by music listening and device preferences. From iPod