NEWTON, MA - The 2013 Global Information Security Workforce Survey indicates that demand for information security professionals was expected to increase by 12 percent in the Americas in the next 12 months, with an estimate of 164,000 new IT security related jobs. While many companies have trouble filling their IT security pipelines with skilled security
EAST LANSING - Advancing the science that recognizes people by their face, fingerprints, gait, and voice - and protecting the privacy of those images - have earned an international award for a faculty member in the Michigan State University College of Engineering. Arun Ross, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at MSU, will
DETROIT - Seventy-one percent of chief information officers said they prioritize skills and experience over college degrees when making hiring decisions, a new survey reports. Another 12 percent said they place a little weight on the prestige of a job seeker?s university when evaluating applicants; only 5 percent are heavily influenced by an impressive alma
TROY - Billhighway has hired Kathryn Lazarski, a senior at Oakland University, for its marketing team. Lazarski brings strong writing, public relations, marketing, and leadership skills to her role at Billhighway. She serves as the social media chairperson of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and the public relations chair of Oakland University?s Greek Council. As marketing
GRAND RAPIDS ? Michigan?s sustainable companies focused on improving the lives of their employees will be honored Sept. 16 by the Michigan Business and Professional Association at the third annual Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies awards program. The winning companies will be honored at a symposium and awards celebration at Davenport University in Grand Rapids.
LANSING - An audit assessing the effectiveness of the state's efforts to ensure reliability of data in the Enterprise Data Warehouse of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget yielded one material condition and three other reportable ones. The most serious issue the Office of the Auditor General found with the EDW, noted as a
ANN ARBOR ? Syntel Inc. founder Bharat Desai graduated from the University of Michigan in 1981 with an MBA and built a multi-million-dollar Information Technology services company. Now he?s giving back to his alma mater. On Tuesday, he announced the Desai Family Accelerator, a joint venture between the Ross School of Business and College of
DETROIT - Jack Zahran, President of the Pinkerton, joined the Internet Advisor to talk about why one of the oldest corporations in the US decided to move their home base to Ann Arbor; Jeff Harter, owner of PC Gladiator, the Livonia computer repair shop answered questions; Mike Brennan, Editor Of MITechNews.Com, shared headlines. Click on
GRAND RAPIDS - Sisu Global Health, a Michigan-based medical device startup company, has been nominated for the Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development grant, as part of a global competition for technologies impacting infant and maternal health. Sisu was nominated among more than 500 applicants including Fortune 500 companies, major research universities,
TROY - Creative Breakthroughs is hosting a career fair at its Troy headquarters on Sept. 3, and is seeking talented professionals to join its IT risk management team. ?We?re growing at a sizzling pace and we are not planning on slowing down this year or next,? said Steve Barone, CEO, CBI. ?The IT Risk Management