LANSING - In advance of her tour of several Michigan campuses this week, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is stepping up efforts to generate public support for the Legislature to restore some of the cuts made to the 2009-10 budget, especially restoration of the Michigan Promise Scholarship. On Monday, Granholm released a YouTube video about the Promise
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Tuesday the next step in her efforts to consolidate state government with the merger of the departments of Management and Budget and Information Technology. Granholm said the executive order to detail the change would not be issued for a couple Of weeks, but she said DIT Director Ken Theis
DEARBORN ? Jane Sydlowski, president of AMI Strategies, also serves as liaison between the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and its Advisory Board. She seeks to get IT executives, both men and women, to commitment not only their financial resources, but also emotional. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - With a total of eight auto-related projects out of the 12 new economic development projects announced for the state on Tuesday, the head of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation said there was strong evidence of the resurgence of the automotive sector. The projects dealt not only with advanced battery manufacturing, but with suppliers
DEARBORN ? Andi Karaboutis, whose day job is working for General Motor's IS&S Organization, talks about how the Michigan Council of Women in Technology are looking to reach out past Southeast Michigan and link up with other women in IT around the state. Karaboutis is MCWT President. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com http://mitechnews.jenesysgroup.com/entrepreneurs-corner/mcwt-looks-to-expand-statewide/ a>>
DEARBORN ? Marcy Klevorn, president of the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation, talks about the MCWTF's GET-IT Program ? Girls Exploring Together Information Technology ? which encourages high school girls to consider and ultimately pursue a career in Information Technology. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DEARBORN ? Janet McQueen, CIO at the Blue Care Network of Michigan, also helps develop strategy for the Michigan Council of Women In Technology. She outlines her game plan in this interview from the MCWT 2009 Signature Event at the Henry Ford Museum. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
WASHINGTON - A new report prepared for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has concluded that the Asian nation is likely using his sophisticated IT systems to spy on America. The report, released Thursday, analyzed China's information warfare strategy and offered up a case study in which an unnamed U.S. company was infiltrated by
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft on Friday said it is working on a fix for a vulnerability in the Server Message Block file-sharing protocol in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used to remotely crash a computer. The software giant had said that it was looking at the bug, discovered by
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration honored the Detroit participants in its Emerging 200 Initiative at a graduation ceremony on November 17. SBA's e200 program identified 200 inner-city businesses across the nation that demonstrated a high potential for growth. Selected companies participated in a free, six month course of in-depth business education focused on