AUBURN HILLS - How do you know Cloud ERP is for you? What are the benefits of Cloud-based vs. on-site systems? What challenges might you face in transitioning to Cloud ERP? AMR Research Fellow and Plex Systems Vice President of Strategy Jim Shepherd answers these questions and more June 13 on a webinar sponsored by
SAN FRANCISCO - Security firm Bitdefender has introduced Clueful (iTunes), an app that lets you see what information other applications installed on your phone might have access to. Once installed, the $3.99 app scans your device to see what's installed and puts it in an ordered list that can be filtered based on the various
LANSING - Using high technology in education is not about the technology but using it to help children learn better, Governor Rick Snyder said Wednesday at a gathering on using the Internet to convert education. And former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, now president of the Washington-based Alliance for Excellent Education, said states and local
LANSING - Legislation that would give businesses the option to keep their employees rather than be forced to lay them off in the event of a downturn cleared the Senate unanimously on Wednesday. SB 1094 , sponsored by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-Hillsdale), would be applicable to employers with two or more employees and permits them
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and the Republican-led Legislature appear well on their way to wrapping up the 2012-13 fiscal year budget by their self-imposed deadline of June 1 after they inked an agreement Wednesday on an overall framework for the budget that provides more funding for many programs than initially anticipated. The agreement calls
SAN FRANCISCO - Google is using a clever Domain Name System hack to let people infected with the DNSChanger malware know that they have only a few weeks left before their Internet connection goes dead. The warning that will appear at the top of search results for people whose computers are infected. The effort, scheduled
WASHINGTON DC - CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications. The FBI has recently formed a secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that will let police more readily eavesdrop
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware increased significantly across several platforms in the first quarter, with PC malware reaching the highest levels in four years, according to a McAfee report released this week. The first-quarter report (you can read the full PDF below) also noted a huge increase in malware -- short for malicious software -- targeting
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. said Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 22 percent, and it gave a more somber outlook for the current year than analysts were expecting, but the company's revenue rose, and its shares climbed in aftermarket trading. Compuware, Michigan largest software company, offers products and services designed to help information technology
SOUTHFIELD - Documents and process management company ImageSoft announced the latest release of TrueSign electronic signature solution. TrueSign is an easy to use application that creates legally compliant electronic signatures. It is the electronic equivalent of physically signing a document and enables users to electronically sign or stamp a document in real time, eliminating the