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Trillium Secure Partners With MCity To Bolster AI To Protect Connected Vehicles

ANN ARBOR - Vehicle cybersecurity company Trillium Secure has partnered with the University of Michigan’s TechLab at MCity to conduct research on how Artificial Intelligence can bolster a connected vehicle’s resistance to cyber attack. Trillium’s Director of Global Engineering, Ross Hirschi, will collaborate with MCity by providing mentorship to a team of UM students from

By |2018-09-07T11:37:35-04:00September 7th, 2018|Auto Tech, Cyber Defense|

MITechNews TV Launches With Auto Tech Channel

ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com is expanding its technology video news coverage by adding the first of many topic specific channels - Auto Tech. Editor Mike Brennan attended the Center for Automotive Transportation’s Management Briefing Seminars in August and shot more than a dozen videos interviews with top auto tech decision makers, CEOs, CIOs and other

By |2018-09-07T10:43:25-04:00September 7th, 2018|Auto Tech, Featured, News|

ManagedWay CEO – IT Partners Can Determine If They Have Services, Infrastructure They Need

ROYAL OAK - Robert Sanders, President and CEO of ManagedWay, a nationally recognized leader in dedicated internet access, cloud computing and collocation services, joins M2 TechCast to tell the story of the company he founded in 2005. Sanders has an electro-mechanical background in the aerospace industry where he is both FAA and NASA-level certified and

By |2018-09-06T17:46:11-04:00September 6th, 2018|IoT, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

123Net’s Irvin Explains How Detroit Internet Exchange Brings Value To Michigan

ROYAL OAK - Chuck Irvin, Director of Network Development at 123Net, explains how the Detroit Internet Exchange brings value to Michigan. The Detroit Internet Exchange was founded in 2014 with five original members, including 123Net that hosts the exchange. Since then, it has grown exponentially to become one of the largest not-for-profit Internet exchange points in the

By |2018-09-06T17:09:59-04:00September 6th, 2018|IoT, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Auxo Completes Raise For $50 Million Private Equity Fund

GRAND RAPIDS — Auxo Investment Partners closed fundraising for its first fund after netting $50 million from family offices and institutional investors. The close last week enables Auxo’s partners to focus solely on seeking and vetting investment prospects. The Grand Rapids-based private equity firm expects to invest in 10 to 15 companies over the next three years

By |2018-09-04T19:10:41-04:00September 4th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

Illinois Agency Named By MEDC To Assist With Japanese Attraction Efforts To Michigan

LANSING - A-Lex International Marketing, a Schaumburg, Ill. based agency, has been selected to assist with Japanese attraction efforts in Michigan with the goal of creating new jobs and private investment in the state. “In the ever-intense competition to attract foreign based companies to Michigan, it is of utmost importance to strengthen our ties with

By |2018-09-04T18:58:22-04:00September 4th, 2018|Politics|

Karamba Security CEO Explains How His Company Keeps Hackers Out Of Connected Cars

ROYAL OAK - If a Chinese white hat hacker company called Keen Security calls, pick it up on the first ring, so says Ami Dotan, CEO and President of Karamba Security, an Israeli company that has developed anti-car hacking software. Ami Dotan  Dotan gave a presentation at the Center For Automotive Research's Management Briefing Seminar

By |2018-09-04T11:04:34-04:00September 4th, 2018|Auto Tech, Cyber Defense, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

MISCI And ITC Team Up For Distance Learning Program

DETROIT - A small, rural elementary school in northern Michigan. An urban charter school in California. Separated by thousands of miles, on any given day such schools may come together to learn about astronomy, weather, habitats and more through the Michigan Science Center's ECHO Distance Learning Program. ECHO, which stands for Engaging in Collaborative Hands-On learning, is part

By |2018-08-31T09:50:21-04:00August 31st, 2018|Guest Columns|

Toma Detroit Wins $250K Grand Prize In Hatch Detroit Contest

DETROIT – Toma Detroit will serve fresh, locally sourced simple yet sophisticated cocktails and foods from Latin America with the help of a $50,000 cash prize the founders won Thursday night in the 2018 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest presented by Bedrock. The annual contest supports brick and mortar business growth in Detroit, Highland Park and

By |2018-08-31T09:16:14-04:00August 31st, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Split Canvassers Approve Language On Redistricting Proposal

LANSING - After a repeated standoff between Republican and Democratic members of the Board of State Canvassers and repeated requests by officials of Voters Not Politicians to change the ballot language to better reflect what they said was the spirit of its redistricting proposal, a slight change allowed a 3-1 majority to approve what will

By |2018-08-30T19:41:20-04:00August 30th, 2018|Politics|