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Cybersecurity Expert Lohrmann Talks Voting Machine Hacks, Ransomeware Attacks

ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann talks about the ongoing challenge of ransomware, the DDoS attacks around the world, including in the United States that have brought down some major eCommerce websites. Lohrmann also talked about a recent article he wrote that said the recounts in Michigan and Wisconsin are unlikely to reveal cyber

By |2016-12-06T20:57:21-05:00December 6th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

U-M Dearborn Students Help Denso, NextEnergy Study Future Of Car Sharing Technology

SOUTHFIELD - Thirty students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn have been sharing three battery-electric Ford Focus cars for the past three weeks as part of a long-term study that will help shape the future of vehicle sharing. The experiment was crafted by auto supplier Denso and NextEnergy, a Detroit-based accelerator of advanced energy and mobility

By |2016-12-02T14:50:12-05:00December 2nd, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

Michigan Republicans Seek ID To Vote – Opponents Call It Voter Suppression

LANSING - Voters would be required to show a photo identification card while voting or within 10 days after the election at a local clerk's office to have their voted counted under legislation being considered in the Michigan House Elections Committee. The bills (HB 6066, HB 6067 and HB 6068) were introduced by Elections Committee

By |2016-12-01T14:11:40-05:00December 1st, 2016|Featured, Politics|

Customer Demand, Desire To Expand Global Reach Takes OST To Hong Kong, Singapore

GRAND RAPIDS - To meet its growing client demand, Open Systems Technologies has expanded its global presence to Hong Kong and Singapore, just three years after opening its first international office in London, England. OST’s move into Malaysia and China are part of the $160 million technology and design consulting company’s global strategy to serve its

By |2016-12-01T13:54:04-05:00December 1st, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Get Microsoft Office 365 At Cost Through CloudTech1.Com

ROCHESTER HILLS - CloudTech1.Com is offering any company interested in upgrading to Microsoft Office 365 to get this incredible software product for the same price the Managed Service Provider pays. Already have Office 365? Renew or transfer to CloudTech1 as a client and pay what CloudTech1 pays for Microsoft 365! Tell them MITechNews.Com sent you. 

By |2016-11-29T18:55:14-05:00November 29th, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

The Trouble With Recounts in the Name of Hacking

GRAND LEDGE - With suspicions of hacking, Jill Stein is asking for a recount of the votes cast in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. This is a bad idea. Here are 10 reasons why. Jill Stein is raising plenty of money via her website to the pay for the government recount efforts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and

By |2016-11-28T19:05:49-05:00November 28th, 2016|Featured, Guest Columns|

Comcast Opens Xfinity Public Wi-Fi Hotspots For Free Access On Cyber Monday

DETROIT - Comcast is providing free access to its Xfinity public Wi-Fi hot spots on Cyber Monday Nov. 28 starting at 6 am for 24 hours. Xfinity WiFi hotspots are available on train platforms, in small businesses, parks and shopping districts. Many of the places consumers will be searching for those Cyber Monday deals. To

By |2016-11-27T20:29:14-05:00November 27th, 2016|Featured|

M2 TechCast: OST’s Lomonaco Shares Survey Results – Customer Adoption Biggest Concern

ROYAL OAK - OST’s Mike Lomonaco, director of marketing and communications, talks about organizational challenges that the Integrated Solutions Provider is working through on IT projects in a digital transformative world. OST recently did an insight study across leaders, many current accounts and lines of business in Grand Rapids, Detroit and Minneapolis and discovered some

By |2016-11-28T10:18:21-05:00November 27th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Pinckney Community Schools To Become State’s First High School Cyber Range Hub

PINCKNEY - Pinckney Community Schools will become the latest Cyber Range Hub - and the only one connected to a high school in Michigan - with its Grand Opening on Dec. 7. The Pinckney Cyber Training Institute will provide high school and college students as well as I.T. professionals a site to take cyber security

By |2016-11-22T21:08:43-05:00November 22nd, 2016|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Groundbreaking Held For Autonomous Vehicle Testing, Training And R&D Center

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP - The groundbreaking held Monday for a 335-acre site expected to become a global center for testing connected vehicles was hailed by assembled government leaders as putting Michigan on the forefront of the autonomous car movement. On hand were Gov. Rick Snyder, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters and U.S. Sen.

By |2016-11-22T14:07:44-05:00November 22nd, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|