LANSING ? The Green Infrastructure Conference, hosted by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, is taking registration for the event, scheduled for May 8-9 in Lansing. This conference includes several panels and keynote speakers that will be discussing what is being done at the federal and state levels to advance Green Infrastructure (GI) including new
DEARBORN ? ISACA Detroit will host a chapter meeting on March 19 that looks at how to Implement an IT Risk Management Methodology. RSVP by March 15. Panel Speakers include: Brenda Karl, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, QSA Craig Kelley, MBA, CISA Jamshid Sadaghiyani CPA, CISA, CRISC David Flynn CPA, CISA The pre dinner topic is Career
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Great Lakes Angels has opened its March 26 Event to angel investors that may not be members of a group yet and would might like to join a group have not done so yet. Two interesting companies are presenting. Seat Side Service is a mobile app. enabling guests at entertainment venues to
LANSING - The executives of the state's three biggest counties, at a joint press conference Monday, urged Michigan legislators to reject proposed changes to the state's auto insurance system. Supporters of the changes said the three officials were out of their depth to weigh in on the plans. Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Macomb County
SAN FRANCISCO - Total Kickstarter pledges have surpassed $1 billion, the company announced Monday. The total came from 5.7 million donors, and half of the sum was pledged in the last 12 months alone. In Kickstarter's first month in April 2009, its users raised nearly $3,900. Kickstarter, along with competitor Indiegogo, have become funding places
DETROIT - Professor Jeff Ingalsbe puts some of the recent advances in mobile technology showcased at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in perspective and explores the threats to our privacy that come with these advances. Matt Hampel of Code for Detroit Brigade shares the vision of this group of technologist who want to solve
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Wednesday the completion of several upgrades to its statewide, fiber-optic backbone. The upgrades bolster critical paths on Merit's core network to better support bandwidth exchange between Members and improve the flow of traffic to key interconnection points with Internet2, the Tier 1 Internet and content providers. "Our Members continue
SAN FRANCISCO - Results from TechTarget?s 2013 annual salary and careers survey, which looked at IT security professionals and IT personnel who spend their time on security, shows that total compensation (salaries, bonuses and commissions) is holding steady. More than half of those surveyed reported raises in 2013, and close to one-third received bonuses. The
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for February dipped to 47.3, down from 52.3 in January. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. A PMI index value below 50 generally suggests economic slowing. ?Though the southeastern Michigan economy has slowed a bit, there?s no reason to believe that this is a
GRAND RAPIDS - The KR Group will host a Hospitality Lunch and Learn on March 20 to discuss how wireless Internet, and how demonstrating hospitality and customer service can improve your business relationships. Guest speakers Nick Tess, Inside Sales Representative at Cisco Systems, and Shawn Partridge from Rockford Construction, will discuss the driving force of