ANN ARBOR - The increasing functionality of mobile devices, driven by products like Blackberry and Treo telephones, is quickly chewing away at the tether that linked users with their personal computers. Today's devices merge email, text messages and web traffic all in a small, handheld device, opening up yet another frontier for marketing and communications.
SOUTHFIELD - Kids today have grown up on computers: With ease they navigate the Internet, design PowerPoint presentations for class, and play realistic video games. Hours spent on Instant Messenger mean those small fingers pound the keyboard faster than their parents. So, it seems odd so many girls are shying away from pursuing technology careers.
GRAND RAPIDS - Last month IP3 convened the Second Annual VoIP Security Forum hosted by Illinois Institute of Technology. We again had experts from academia, the vendor community and industry. The breadth and depth of coverage was outstanding; but it left most of us with a growing discomfort over the lack of progress on technologies
FARMINGTON HILLS - Many are familiar with the process by which a user supplies credentials - whether it is a basic username and password or a more advanced strong schema of either 2-factor or certificate - to access a resource, much like using a key to open a lock in a door. This authorization to
PITTSBURGH - Your recent article, Telecom Reform in Michigan Could Save Consumers Money, Create Jobs, repeated a number of claims made by Bell telephone companies and their friends in their effort to get special favors from legislators. While they claim to support lower prices for consumers, what they really want is a leg-up over their
TROY - The United Inventors Association says that less than one in 20 patented inventions ever makes it to the marketplace. How can that be? If something is good enough to patent, won't people want to buy it? Short answer: Probably not. Patenting your whiz-bang may be the first step on a journey to the
ONTARIO, Canada - Executives express widespread dissatisfaction with the ability of their organizations to assimilate and respond to business change, according to a new study issued today by the Business Performance Management Forum (BPM Forum) and webMethods Inc. While recognizing the strategic role that IT can play in addressing these requirements, these executives also indicate
DETROT ? Want to know what impact the increase in Michigan's minimum wage will have on your business? Butzel Long, one of the state's largest law firms, has summarized the potential consequences in a Legal Alert prepared by attorney Robert Boonin. What are the unintended consequences? As of October 1, the following employees ? who
DETROIT - Several Michigan legislators were active in support of a voice vote amendment this week that extends the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative deadline by 18 months. The Stevens/Leahy amendment includes only the extension and was co-sponsored by both Michigan Senators Stabenow and Levin. The Detroit Regional Chamber has been heading efforts nationally to reduce
TROY - The Money Finders Inc. helps entrepreneurs running startup and early-stage companies find the funding needed to propel their products and services from concept or prototype stage to the market place where they can start generating revenue. The Money Finders also introduces qualified investors to pre-screened opportunities for participating in new businesses and in