Guest Columns

‘Don’t Look Up’: UM Scientists Comment On Movie’s Climate Message

ANN ARBOR - In the new Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up,” two actors playing fictional Michigan State University astronomers discover a comet on a collision course with Earth and struggle to convince people to take them seriously. The film is a satire about society’s inability to cope with climate change. Below, several real-world scientists from

By |2022-01-20T17:00:35-05:00January 20th, 2022|Climate Change, Featured, Guest Columns, Science|

Why Remote Workforces Need Reliable IT Support

DETROIT - In a time where millions of people around the world are working from their homes, companies need to ensure their remote workers have a reliable means of communication with colleagues and clients. When a company has a workforce distributed throughout the world, they often find themselves in a circumstance where one or two

By |2022-01-19T10:59:46-05:00January 19th, 2022|Guest Columns|

Keeping Down Stress At The Top Of The Job

DETROIT - High-level tech roles typically bring with them fantastic salaries and benefits plus a real sense of prestige. But more often than not, what they  also attract is serious long-term stress; a factor which, according to statistics reported by Forbes, now impacts up to 77% of tech leaders since the advent of COVID-19. Being

By |2022-01-18T08:16:47-05:00January 18th, 2022|Guest Columns|

Casino Players in Michigan Switch to Playing Online in Droves

DETROIT - Being a state in which online gambling is now legal, many people in Michigan have decided to try out that playing environment, and indications are that they are loving it. I have been very reliably told by the founder of sister casino spy that one of the main reasons why Michigan residents are

By |2022-01-14T14:05:16-05:00January 14th, 2022|Guest Columns|

Must Have Accessibility Tools for Your Online Business

DETROIT - Running an online business is certainly not the most straightforward occupation imaginable, despite the relative ease with which one can be set up nowadays. Modern tech, hyper-connectivity, and SaaS (among other elements) have, in many ways, made starting a business easier than ever before, but a lower barrier to entry often means a

By |2025-12-08T11:06:58-05:00January 11th, 2022|Guest Columns|

Rick Haglund: Will Michigan’s Big Tax Incentive Bet Pay Off In New Auto Jobs?

LANSING - Michigan’s new economic development incentives, mostly designed to help Michigan better compete with other states for new electric vehicle assembly and battery plans, remind me of a hilarious scene in the 1996 hit movie, “Jerry McGuire.” McGuire, a sports agent played by Tom Cruise, is desperate to keep pro football client Rod Tidwell,

By |2022-01-03T13:01:59-05:00December 31st, 2021|Auto Tech, Guest Columns|

AWS Penetration Testing Cheat Sheet

DETROIT - AWS offers a number of security features out-of-the-box but it is important to be aware that these mitigations are not impenetrable. There will always be security flaws, especially when your infrastructure grows and the more integrations you have with third-party services. It is essential that you conduct penetration tests on your AWS infrastructure

By |2021-12-30T12:17:45-05:00December 30th, 2021|Cyber Defense, Guest Columns|

Checklist For Cloud Pentesting – Including Types, Advantages, and Disadvantages

DETROIT - Cloud pentesting is the process of testing a cloud service for vulnerabilities. A pentester can do this by scanning, gathering information about or breaching the target. The goal is to find any security holes before an attacker does and mitigate them so that your data remains safe. This blog post discusses types of

By |2025-08-22T09:22:46-04:00December 30th, 2021|Cyber Defense, Guest Columns|

Secondary Containment Solutions For Designated Locations In Your Facility 

DETROIT - Cans, bottles, tanks, and drums are all designed to keep liquids contained and safe. Yet, when one of these shells fails, the mess can be anything from an insignificant nuisance to a major disaster. Luckily, secondary containment solutions buy time, facilitate liquid recycling, and prevent catastrophic harm.  Instead of chasing and confining a

By |2021-12-16T11:14:07-05:00December 16th, 2021|Guest Columns|