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ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, a nonprofit corporation owned and governed by Michigan's public universities, and Duo Security, a cloud-based access security provider protecting the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies, today announces that they have partnered to help higher education, K-12 and its members stop data breaches and phishing attacks using two-factor authentication. “We’re proud
LANSING - News that Michigan's unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in September, putting it below the national unemployment rate for the first time in 15 years, brought plenty of cheers Wednesday. The national unemployment rate in September was 5.1 percent. In the past year, the unemployment rate has fallen from 6.7 percent, and employment
LANSING - Wednesday was meant to be a cooling off day following Tuesday's impasse on talks to generate $1.2 billion in new funds for roads, but instead the disputes continued. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof (R-West Olive) said he was surprised at remarks by House Minority Leader Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) on road funding talks and how a proposal
LANSING - The state has reached tentative agreements with its bargaining units on new contracts for state employees. Two unions - the Michigan Corrections Organization and the Michigan State Employees Association - confirmed Wednesday the major aspects of the tentative deals between the state and their unions: a one-year contract for wages and health care
EAST LANSING - Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but they are also used for industrial purposes and will be "grown" in a laboratory housed at Michigan State University’s College of Engineering, thanks to a $5 million investment by MSU and corporate partner Fraunhofer USA. The facility – to be known as the MSU-Fraunhofer
SOUTHFIELD — On Oct. 20, local and national panelists from the Federal Reserve, Wayne State University College of Engineering, Innovation Accelerator Foundation and more will explore how leading edge technologies, such as 3D printing and connected and automated products, will transform Michigan’s world of work and business. The Workforce Intelligence Network will also unveil a
EAST LANSING - A new $1 million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. David Kramer, MSU’s John Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics at the MSU-DOE Plant and Research Laboratory, says the overall goal of the partnership is to
FERNDALE – On the road with co-host Matt Roush on the ESD Fall Tech Tour. Attorney Enrico Schaefer talks Drone Law. Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers talks about nearly two decades of technology networking in Oakland County and beyond. Andrew Basile Jr., a veteran of Silicon Valley attorney now living in Troy, will outline
STAMFORD, Conn. - A new report said worldwide PC shipments in the third quarter declined 7.7 percent with the biggest hit coming against the sales of desktop PCs. Still some 73.7 million units were sold in the three-months from July through September. PCs continued to show weakness with a high-single-digit decline, while the segment that
LANSING - While the Michigan Department of State and Hewlett Packard await continuation of a court hearing on their dispute over how they managed the Business Application Modernization project, HP has returned its workers to the state, a department spokesperson said. The state terminated its contract with HP and then sued the company. HP pulled
