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
ANN ARBOR - We're leading, Michigan. Yes, we're cornered. But does that put us at a disadvantage to other nations of the world? Are we really trailing the world in change? Or does that really mean that Michigan is ahead of the world?s nations in adapting to and adopting a new economic model, as Rich
WHITMORE LAKE - Security in the realm of IT is getting a great deal of attention lately. This is great news because IT security has been an ill-considered risk to organizations for too long. Ever since Open Systems gained prominence, we have been pretending away the often glaring security holes in most organizations' distributed computer
HOUSTON - While most efforts today are focused on defending the network perimeter and endpoint machines, worms and malicious attackers can easily bypass firewalls and exploit vulnerabilities to disrupt networks from within. Once inside perimeter defenses, intruders can conceal their presence, compromise confidential data stores, and remotely control machines for malicious purposes. These internal attacks
ANN ARBOR - A new study by the University of Michigan suggests that the competitive nature of research fosters an environment where scientific misbehavior takes place far more often than the misconduct that makes headline news. And because scientific misbehavior involves more mundane decisions and actions, it may be easier for researchers to look the
DETROIT - Their mission is to promote a safe and legal digital world. The Business Software Alliance is the self-proclaimed voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners are here here to again warn us about the penalties for software piracy. Not the guys with the eye patches and the peg legs,