DETROIT - Compuware Corporation has agreed to be purchased by Thoma Bravo, a California-based private equity investment firm, for $2.5 billion. The joint press release did not say whether Compuware would remain in Detroit or what would become of its employees. But in an interview CEO Bob Paul said no layoffs were planned. ?Organizations are
NEW YORK - The scope of last week?s computer attack against JPMorgan Chase and at least one other bank appears to be much larger than initially reported. In addition to possibly affecting seven financial organizations, instead of two as originally reported, some bank records at JPMorgan were altered and possibly deleted, reported CNN, citing unnamed
SAN FRANCISCO - Google is taking unprecedented steps to show its cloud, business, and education customers that data protection is its top priority. To prove its commitment, Google is making the details of an independent security audit and of a security compliance certificate available to the public for the first time on its Google Enterprise
SAN FRANCISCO - Not only is the National Security Agency scooping up vast troves of data on the American public, it's also sharing that data with other US government agencies. The NSA has granted access across "nearly two dozen" agencies to data on "more than 850 billion records" that covers more than 30 different kinds
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Following a second consecutive quarter of softer than expected demand, International Data Corporation has lowered its worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast for 2014 to 233.1 million units. The new Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast represents a 6.5 percent year-over-year growth rate, which is well below the 12.1 percent growth rate previously
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corp., more than 1.25 billion smartphones will be shipped worldwide in 2014, representing a 23.8 percent increase from the 1.01 billion units shipped in 2013. Looking ahead, total volumes are forecast to reach 1.8 billion units in 2018, resulting in a
SOUTHFIELD - Wyatt J. Istvan-Mitchell has joined the Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. Istvan-Mitchell concentrates his practice in intellectual property law with a focus on patent preparation, prosecution and opinion work, primarily for clients in the chemical and metal arts. A chemical engineer by training, he focuses on
CHICAGO - One large clean transportation project and a much smaller clean energy project were enough to vault Michigan into the Top 10 in a new ranking of clean jobs, according to a report issued today by the nonprofit, nonpartisan business group Environmental Entrepreneurs. Michigan?s strong showing took place despite mixed signals from some of
EAST LANSING ? Michigan State University?s College of Engineering has recruited not only the largest incoming class of freshmen since 1986, but also the largest number of women to enroll in decades. Some 260 women make up 18 percent of the class, up from 225, or 16 percent, a year ago. The incoming class this
LANSING - With the 2014 election some nine weeks away, a public opinion poll shows Democrat Mark Schauer slightly leading Governor Rick Snyder. The poll released Wednesday by the Lansing firm of EPIC/MRA shows Schauer supported by 45 percent of those asked, while Snyder is supported by 43 percent. The margin still means the race