MILFORD - MIPRO Consulting, an Oracle?s PeopleSoft applications integrator, announced that they have been retained by Children?s Hospital Colorado, a national leader in providing children and their families with an integrated pediatric heath care delivery system. The core of this project will involve upgrading the hospital?s PeopleSoft FSCM applications from version 8.9 to 9.2. The
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
WASHINGTON DC - The US government's representative to the Supreme Court filed a brief Monday arguing that Aereo, the service streaming broadcast TV over the Web that set up shop in metro Detroit last fall, is violating copyright law, but that doesn't mean all cloud-storage services should be put under the same scrutiny. In an
SOUTHFIELD - Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has elected three partners to serve on its Management Committee. Andrea J. Bernard, Homayune A. Ghaussi and William R. Jansen will each serve three-year terms on the law firm?s 10-member Management Committee. The committee, which is chaired by Managing Partner Douglas E. Wagner, is responsible for the strategic
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
CUPERTINO, Ca. ? Apple has finally perfected its iOS product for the car, called CarPlay -replication of a simplified iOS interface into a touch-screen display in the car, plus extensive voice command. The focus here is simplicity and safety, with no complex interface elements and, seemingly, no virtual keyboards, CNET News.Com reported. Instead, many actions
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
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 - Skype integration with Outlook.com is now available worldwide, according to a blog posted Tuesday by Skype marketing executive Karen Tong. The expanded rollout follows a limited release for users in the US, UK, Germany, and other countries last year. To enable Skype integration with your Outlook.com account, first download and install the
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