Summary: Microsoft is informing customers hit by its Office 365 cloud outage this week that a ?networking interruption? caused the problem, and that the company is planning to offer them a 25 percent credit for their trouble. To read the rest of the story, click on ZNet.Com a>>
BOSTON - Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc raised its full-year revenue outlook, fueling hopes that cloud computing companies can avoid getting caught up in a possible slowdown in tech spending. To read the rest of the story, click on Reuters.Com a>>
GRANDVILLE - According to a recent report on Cloud trends, analyst house Gartner recommends that network managers should test or emulate the performance of Cloud -based applications in all geographies where they plan to deploy. There is a need for organisations to adopt a Cloud computing service that addresses specific issues around latency such as
GRANDVILLE - Over the last two years, in my consulting role I have encountered an increasing number of organisations whose staff work from home one or two days a week. This has many benefits for both employer and employee. People still attend the office for a number of reasons, the office culture, communication and collaboration
MIDLAND - Continuing education (CPEs) can be the key to keep you up-to-date on emerging IT security threats. However, if you don't take the time to posture your IT defense and offense (not to mention earn the credits you need), you could expose your company to attack and lose your certification. To read the rest
GRAND RAPIDS ? Less than 100 tickets are still available for the first GrrCON information security and hacking conference on Sept. 16. He expects all 500 tickets to be sold shortly. Security professionals who attend will get 12 continuing education credits. There?s also a New Horizons Computer Training Center Ethical Hacker Training Discount. Tickets cost
LANSING - If Governor Rick Snyder and the Legislature are going to repeal the personal property tax, then the replacement revenue should be constitutionally guaranteed, a wide array of groups representing local governments and schools said Thursday. The tax on business equipment, which raises $1.2 billion, largely goes directly to municipalities and counties with some
LANSING - The chair of the Michigan Senate Insurance Committee, who is taking a lead role in reforming the state's auto no-fault insurance system, said Thursday he is preparing a new version of legislation that would set the minimum coverage for personal injury protection at $250,000. Sen. Joe Hune (R-Hamburg) told Gongwer News Service the
AUBURN HILLS - CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment Thursday announced a new agreement to provide 33,000 units of its remote patient monitor VitalPoint to groups of visiting physicians in the United States. The contract is valued at more than $100 million. VitalPoint is a standalone 4.5-pound device that can monitor blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation,
LANSING - A regional compact regulating how invasive species are handled in the Great Lakes is the goal of legislation under initial review Thursday by the Senate Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Committee. Similar to the Great Lakes Water Compact, which governs water withdrawal out of the basin and lakes, SB 508 , SB 509 and