DETROIT - The Michigan International Chamber of Commerce will honor 11 local business owners, corporations, and community leaders at its first Awards Night December 9. The following companies and individuals have been selected by their peers for their extraordinary dedication to their causes, their self-less devotion to supporting others, and for their community leadership within
SAN FRANCSICO - According to Sophos' Australian team, which conducted a study to see how likely Facebook users were to offer up personal information, 41 to 46 percent of the 100 people Sophos contacted "blindly accepted" friend requests from two fake Facebook users created by the security firm. After becoming friends with Sophos, the security
ANN ARBOR - Four more Michigan companies recently split $924,000 in investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund - Mandy & Pandy, Algal Scientific, Axenic Dental, and RealBio Technology. To date, 38 Michigan companies have received seed money from the Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan?s SmartZones. ?The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund is a great
LANSING ? Dan Lohrmann, chief technology officer for the state of Michigan, has been named by Computerworld as one of the top 100 IT Leaders for 2010. Lohrmann, 46, was Michigan's chief security officer for many years, and his resume includes a stint at the National Security Agency. He's also a blogger and an author.
GRAND RAPIDS ? Van Andel Research Institute researchers have figured out how plants, on a molecular level, respond to drought and cold, which could help engeineer crops that not only thrive in harsh environments globally, but also combat global food shortages. The fine print on this discovery is VAI researchers have determined precisely how the
WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense has pulled a parental control product from its online store serving military families after learning that the company collects childrens' data, according to documents the Electronic Privacy Information Center obtained from the government agency. EPIC has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that Echometrix, maker of
LANSING - Michigan has been shedding jobs for about a decade and economists see that continuing for at least another couple of years. But Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Greg Main sees the turnaround coming as soon as next year. The MEDC has been working with a substantial number of companies over the past few
TROY - Automation Alley's executive director, Ken Rogers, represented Michigan's largest technology business association at President Obama's Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth Thursday, as a guest of Congressman Gary Peters. The event was an opportunity for the President and his senior administration officials to meet with small business owners, experts from the green jobs
GRAND RAPIDS - Voice Data Systems has become an Avaya Business Partner while maintaining its focus on Nortel. Currently, VDS has offices in Grand Rapids, Farmington Hills, Michigan, Cleveland, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. Today, VDS is the only independently owned company to reach the Elite Advantage Partnership in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. ?We are thrilled
ANN ARBOR ? Data Center Online Tech said it is shutting down its smallest Ann Arbor data center, its oldest, least efficient, which no longer meets Online Tech's needs. Current clients will be upgraded to Online Tech's recently acquired, more efficient data center located in the Avis Farms technology center on the south side of