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MCWT Names Cisco’s Alison Gleeson Woman Of Year In Technology 

DETROIT-  The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation named Alison Gleeson its “Woman of the Year in Technology.” Gleeson is the senior vice president of the Americas for Cisco. The second annual MCWT award recognizes women in Michigan leading or driving change for other women in information technology careers or fields of study. MCWT Foundation President Carey Pachla presented Gleeson with the honor at the nonprofit’s annual gala on Oct. 28 in Dearborn. Hosted by Ford Motor Co.,

By |2017-11-02T18:21:22-04:00November 2nd, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|
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11 Companies Invest $11 Million In Mcity To Develop Connected, Autonomous Vehicles

ANN ARBOR - Eleven companies are investing a total of $11 million in the second phase of industry funding for Mcity, the University of Michigan-led public-private R&D initiative leading the transformation to connected and automated mobility. Industry's continuing interest reflects Mcity's success in building an ecosystem of companies committed to the center's mission to accelerate

By |2017-11-01T19:41:36-04:00November 1st, 2017|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center Adds Two New Manufacturing Courses

PLYMOUTH - To meet the increasing needs of an evolving workforce, the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center has developed two new courses that focus on training workers with the practical skills and tools needed to succeed in a changing manufacturing industry. The courses offered are Practical Approach to Project Management and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt,

By |2017-11-01T19:25:55-04:00November 1st, 2017|IoT|
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MCubed Grows $30 Million Investment Into $100 Million Follow-On Funding

ANN ARBOR - A five-year, $30 million investment into bold research and scholarship from the University of Michigan and its faculty members has tripled into a return of nearly $100 million in follow-on funding. The one-of-a-kind Mcubed program is designed to spark innovative projects without traditional review. It rapidly gives seed funding—either at a $60,000

By |2017-11-01T19:17:21-04:00November 1st, 2017|Entrepreneurs|
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U-M Gets $1.6 Million Toward Artificial Intelligence For Data Science

ANN ARBOR—Researchers, hospitals, companies, consumers and government  agencies are drowning in data that they can't fully capitalize on. Now, a team from the University of Michigan has received $1.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help develop a toolkit so that even nondata scientists can use that data to possibly answer questions

By |2017-11-03T06:10:41-04:00November 1st, 2017|Featured, IoT, New Products / Contracts|
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Social Distortion: Are Social-Media Platforms Effective for Media Relations?

NEW YORK - It’s never been easier to communicate with anyone on the planet. It’s never been harder to choose the right way to do it. We have a growing number of avenues of global communication at our disposal and many of them are free. Take your pick between the major social networks, several mobile-messaging

By |2017-10-31T19:43:25-04:00October 31st, 2017|Guest Columns|
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How Do You Create Meaningful Connections In A Hyper-Communicative World?

ROYAL OAK - How do you create meaningful connections in a hyper-communicative world? Tim Moynihan, editorial services and media strategist for Airfoil Public Relations explains in this interview. Moynihan explores the question with so many lines of digital communication at our disposal, the potential to form lasting connections with media -- and audiences directly --

By |2017-10-31T19:21:40-04:00October 31st, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, Social Media|
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Automation Alley’s Integr8 Industry 4.0 Conference – The Back Story From Tom Kelly

ROYAL OAK -  Automation Alley is hosting a global conference focused on Industry 4.0 technologies on Nov. 9 that will include a variety of industry leading speakers and hundreds of tech and manufacturing professionals. Integr8 will focus on the integration of eight major components of Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution —

By |2017-10-31T18:12:06-04:00October 31st, 2017|M2 TechCast, News, Podcasts|
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What’s Going On With Women In Technology In Michigan?

ROYAL OAK - What’s going on with Women in Technology? Kathleen Norton Schock fills you in on all the happening with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Those include the just concluded MCWT annual gala, the just passed deadline for the high school girl’s web design contest, and Giving Tuesday on November 28. She

By |2017-11-10T08:42:44-05:00October 31st, 2017|Diva Tech Talk, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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How Can Small, Medium Businesses Protect Themselves From Cyber Attack?

ROYAL OAK - How can Small and Medium Businesses protect themselves from cyber attacks? Learn those answers in this podcast hosted by Nicol Pasuit, founder of TechStak, as she interviews Amy Babinchak, president of Harbor Computer Services, and Jason Chapman, CEO of Knight Code Security. Babinchak is one of the very few woman Managed Service

By |2017-10-31T08:47:59-04:00October 31st, 2017|Cyber Defense, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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