LANSING ? The Michigan Cyber Range ? which announced its first site at Eastern Michigan University ? will help the state become a center for protecting the nation's cyber infrastructure, the state?s cyber security officer said in an interview. ?It?s about protecting the critical infrastructure,? said Dan Lohrmann, the state of Michigan?s Chief Information Security
ANN ARBOR - Four Michigan companies have received a combined total of $200,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program this past quarter, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $2.5 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. ?From a company doing high tech manufacturing to
ANN ARBOR - Logic Solutions and Digital Edge Learning announced the release of digiCoach, an iPad-based formative coaching system for K-12 school administrators and instructional leaders. digiCoach combines modern mobile technology with proven educational research to drive effective professional development decisions and provide teachers with instant feedback. Administrators use digiCOACH while conducting classroom walkthroughs to
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has expanded its MeritLicensing Service and is now offering Secure Sockets Layer certificates to Merit Members at discounted prices. Merit is an authorized Comodo SSL certificate reseller and can provide Merit Member organizations with standard, wildcard, extended validation, and multi-domain SSL certificates. "The MeritLicensing Service has been a valuable, cost-savings
ANN ARBOR - William Cardenas, PMP, has been named by Fulcrum Edge as a Principal and appointed to head of its new office in Tampa, Florida, which expands on Fulcrum Edge offices in metro-Detroit and Cleveland to better serve clients. Cardenas has a deep background in project management and working with governmental and multinational organizations
DETROIT - Butzel Long has been named one of the Top Ranked Law Firms in the Midwest and will be featured in the August 13 issue of The National Law Journal. The Firm achieved this distinction by having at least one of three lawyers in the Firm rated AV by Martindale Hubbell. Butzel Long is
WASHINGTON DC - A Democrat-sponsored cybersecurity measure that the Obama administration calls necessary to protect the nation's infrastructure was blocked by Republicans opposed to what they considered to be undue regulation. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 needed 60 votes to move to a vote by the full Senate, thanks to a Republican filibuster of the
LANSING ? Michigan customers would have to pay $87 up front and $15 a month, but they would be able to opt out of having a new advanced meter transmit information to Detroit Edison, the company said in a filing to the Public Service Commission on Wednesday. The charges, officials said in the filing, would
LANSING - Leading up to its annual conference in Chicago next week, the National Conference of State Legislatures is renewing a push for Congress to close what the group calls a loophole in sales tax collections from online retailers such as Amazon. Members of NCSL's Executive Committee Task Force on State and Local Taxation recently
LANSING - On the school report cards issued Thursday by the Department of Education, 286 schools ranked as Reward Schools, but 146 were Priority Schools and 358 were Focus Schools needing some level of intervention. The report also showed adequate yearly progress measures took the hit officials expected they would. Changes to the cut scores