ROYAL OAK - Justin Coffey, the Microsoft Solutions Manager for Red Level, talks about cyberattacks on this episode of M2 TechCast. Coffey said cyberattacks are real and businesses need to protect themselves from the bad guys who want to steal their intellectual property, hold them for ransomeware and other mayhem. The SBA estimates nearly half
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Nov. 21, Mark Becker, a partner at C/D/H, will talk about cybersecurity DDoS attacks on the Internet, Tom Kelly, executive director of Automation Alley, will talk about a new Video News Partnership with MITechNews.Com, Keith Brophy, state director, Michigan Small Business and Development Center, will interview a company
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, to learn more about new federal guidelines for driverless car development, the threat that artificial intelligence poses to jobs, Apple’s free app to reach children how to code and
ROYAL OAK - For episode 171, we were joined by Bamboo Detroit and the Detroit Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Bamboo Detroit is more than doubling its co-working space in downtown Detroit. Also Activ8’s gaming night tonight, ITInTheD networking event Thursday at Firebird Tavern, and December charity fundraiser at Falling Down Beer Company. To listen, click
SOUTHFIELD - Diva Tech Talk interviewed Jennifer Pfaff, a woman with a rich history of technology leadership accomplishments. Jennifer is now the Director of Store IT Services for Domino’s, a company averaging $2.3 billion in annual revenue, ranking as the 2nd largest franchisor of pizza retail outlets in the world. Jennifer’s 3 pieces of cogent
DETROIT - Bryan Cantrill is the CTO of Joyent , a cloud container company just purchased by Samsung. He found himself suddenly on stage at a tech conference the day after the election of Donald Trump. Most of the audience was in a state of shock but Bryan challenged them to see this as the long
ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann explains how the Dedicated Denial of Service attack that in October brought down large sections of the Internet on the U.S. East and West Coasts was orchestrated by hackers using a botnet connected to a variety of dumb and unprotected appliances on the so-called Internet of Things. Until
ROYAL OAK - Linda Daichendt, President and Executive Director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about the TiECon Midwest, Michigan’s largest entrepreneurial conference that attracted hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other professionals. This year’s theme was Ignite2Disrupt. Connected World. Main tracks will focus on Connected Mobility, Digital Health, Global Connectivity, Fintech and
ROYAL OAK - Maureen Miller Brosnan, executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, talks about the MVCA awards presented on Nov. 2, including the Above and Beyond Award for University of Michigan Finance Professor David Brophy. Brophy is the founder of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium that attracts hundreds of investors from around the
ROYAL OAK - Hector Acosta, research director at the Workforce Intelligence Network of Southeast Michigan, talks about how the second quarter set a new high in employment in the 16-county region dating nearly a decade to 2007 to the beginning of the recession. With employment expanding by 1.4 percent, some 35,000 jobs were added from
