M2 TechCast

Online Tech Buys Kansas City Cloud Computing Provider To Expand Into Missouri

ROYAL OAK - Online Tech CEO Yan Ness announces his company’s acquisition of Echo Cloud, a Kansas City, Mo., enterprise cloud company. The acquisition is set to boost Online Tech’s reach in the Midwest market and provide further geographical diversity to its growing cloud infrastructure. Ness said the acquisition provides several benefits for his company,

By |2017-04-25T18:46:24-04:00April 25th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

MVCA Associate Director Talks Venture Capital Activity In Michigan

ROYAL OAK - Emily Heintz, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, discusses the highlights of the MVCA 2017 Annual Report, covering Venture Capital activity in Michigan during 2016. Key highlights include: There were 141 active venture-backed startups in Michigan in 2016, which is a 48% increase in the last five years. 54 startups

By |2017-04-25T17:48:33-04:00April 25th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Red Level Security Expert Explains How Businesses Can Keep Networks Safe

ROYAL OAK - Mark Dreyer, a Senior Consultant at Red Level, just returned from a Microsoft security conference before he appeared April 17 on M2 TechCast providing him with a lot of information about ways in which businesses can keep the bad guys out of their networks. In this interview, Dryer answers the following questions:

By |2017-04-25T12:47:47-04:00April 25th, 2017|Cyber Defense, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Social Media Trends, MISBDC Mentoring, Traverse City Drone Group, Detroit Startup Week

ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday April 24, social media expert Melih Oztalay from Birmingham-based SmartFinds Marketing will updates us on the latest trends. Keith Brophy, state director of the Michigan Small Business Development Center, will interview one of the entrepreneurs helped by his SBA-backed mentoring program. Enrico Schaefer of DroneLaw Pro will talk

By |2017-04-21T12:28:55-04:00April 21st, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Auto Guru Cole Talks Autonomous Vehicles – How Michigan Leads Its Development

ROYAL OAK - World renown auto expert David Cole, Chairman of Auto Harvest, an Ann Arbor-based web-based innovation ecosystem focused on autos and manufacturing, talks about a study that rated the auto companies on how well they are doing in autonomous vehicle technology. Ford and GM were Nos. 1 and 2. Michigan is working hard

By |2017-04-19T14:39:25-04:00April 19th, 2017|Auto Tech, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

OST’s Lomonaco Updates What’s Happening With The Internet Of Things – IoT

ROYAL OAK - So what’s up with the Internet of Things? Open Systems Technologies Marketing Director Mike Lomonaco tells us what his company is doing in this space. He said OST looks at the IoT ranging from connected products to digital transformation, so much so that what are historically physical appliances, like thermostats, are all

By |2017-04-19T14:23:37-04:00April 19th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Diva Tech Talk’s Norton Schock Shares News On Detroit Demo Days, Detroit Startup Week, MCWT

ROYAL OAK - Diva Tech Talk co-founder Kathleen Norton Schock updates what’s happening with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and Diva Tech Talk. She also updates Detroit Startup Week, May 22 - 26 at the Masonic Temple. Registration is now open. Also an event is included for women entrepreneurs. What's more, Quicken Loans

By |2017-04-19T14:24:18-04:00April 19th, 2017|Diva Tech Talk, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Cart Rides Ends Meijer Beta Test For Ride-Sharing, Food-Shopping Service

ROYAL OAK - Inforum’s Tember Shea talks about a University of Michigan startup Stacey Matlen, CEO of Cart Rides, a ride-sharing service that drives patrons from their homes to some Detroit-area Meijer stores. The beta test has ended for the program and Tember updates the results. More information at https://cartrides.com/ To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-77-inforums-tember-shea-with-stacey-matlen-cart-rides

By |2017-04-19T14:06:21-04:00April 19th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Online Tech Merger, Red Level Cyber Summit, Trump’s Cyber Funding, LTU’s Blue Devil Motorsports

ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Monday April 17, Online Tech CEO Yan Ness will announce a new merger, Red Level’s Mark Dreyer Sr. will review the session he is conducting at this week’s Microsoft Cyber Security Summit, Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann will discuss federal funding for cyber in Trump’s infrastructure plan, and finally LTU’s Selin

By |2017-04-14T10:39:23-04:00April 14th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Supported Intelligence’s SmartBracket Ranked In Top Percentiles For March Madness Picks

ROYAL OAK - Peter Schwartz from Supported Intelligence talks about how successful the SmartBracket software product did with the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Through the final game, SmartBracket had the North Carolina-Gonzaga match up in two of the three ways SmartBracket is measured. SmartBracket uses Artificial Intelligence to pick brackets. In Yahoo, SmartBracket was in

By |2017-04-10T21:09:05-04:00April 10th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|