mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

4 Different Mechanisms For Real-Time Server Replication In 2023

Photo by Sammyayot254 on Unsplash With speedier and more reliable access to data increasingly becoming the norm, and users trying to access information more frequently and parallelly, real-time replication continues to grow its clout. It essentially one-ups legacy storage and transfer technologies, offering a paradigm shift in optimized data availability, with a wide range of use cases, across

By |2022-12-09T16:11:54-05:00December 9th, 2022|Guest Columns|

Common Software Vulnerabilities Of 2023 and How to Prevent Them

Software security threats and vulnerabilities result in disastrous security compromises. The victims of these compromises vary from individuals, companies, and government secrecy agencies. The frustrating aspect of common software vulnerabilities is that they often manifest themselves in a concealed manner that software developers cannot trace, detect, and mitigate. But even more alarming is the increased

By |2022-12-12T11:00:12-05:00December 8th, 2022|Guest Columns|

Survey: Marginally Negative Industrial Market Signals Continued March Toward Mild Recession

GRAND RAPIDS - The industrial market in West Michigan remained marginally negative during November, but some key indicators recovered lost ground, according to a survey of West Michigan manufacturers by Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business. Employment and gross output (production) indices showed improvement from the October survey, which Brian Long, director of

By |2022-12-06T10:03:41-05:00December 6th, 2022|Featured, News|

Kaspersky Report Finds Last-Minute Shoppers Face Greater Cyber Risk

MOSCOW - According to a report from Kaspersky, 40 percent of American consumers who do most of their shopping after December 16 are willing to shop on sketchy-looking sites if the offer is enticing enough, compared to just 29 percent of shoppers who are mostly done shopping by December 15. A number of similar findings

By |2022-12-06T09:26:51-05:00December 6th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Brian Hanna Loses Interim Title Named Executive Director Of Cannabis Regulatory Agency

LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that Brian Hanna will move from interim executive director at the Cannabis Regulatory Agency to Executive Director. Hanna spent five years with the CRA as the manager of field operations, inspections, and investigations. He has a law enforcement and military background, having previously worked as a criminal intelligence

By |2022-12-02T10:56:35-05:00December 2nd, 2022|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Digital Revolution Changes The Way Streaming Video Disrupts Television Industry

The use of technology and consumers' streaming behaviors have evolved considerably during the past few years. More than ever, we enjoy watching for pleasure. Still, with advanced technologies such as Spotify, Netflix, HBO Max, etc., we can now do it on any internet-connected device as compared to the conventional techniques utilising satellite or cable tv

By |2022-12-02T10:20:47-05:00December 2nd, 2022|Uncategorized|

Industry 4.0 Pitch Competition and Conference Dec 7

SOUTHFIELD - Manu-Tech Pitch Competition 2022: Catalyzing Sustainability in Domestic Manufacturing. Scott Phillips, manufacturing expert in residence at Lawrence Technological University, provides details on the Manu-Tech Pitch Competition Dec. 7. It is focused on Industry 4.0 technologies. To register, click on https://pmbc.connect.space/manu-tech-2022/agenda https://youtu.be/WvW9cu6NQQA

By |2022-12-07T19:23:41-05:00November 29th, 2022|mitechtv|