ROYAL OAK - Mike Lomonoco Director of Marketing and Communications at Open System Technologies explains why anyone involved in software should attend the meetup of meetups on Wednesday Feb. 8 at OST’s Grand Rapids headquarters. GR DevNight and SoftwareGR team has invited 30 local user groups, meetups, and software events to come share about their
ROYAL OAK - Cyber bad guys are playing havoc with the Internet including an attack on Cyber Monday in Germany. Hackers drove about 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers off the Internet impacting Holiday sales. In October, hackers also launched a Distributed Denial of Service attack targeted at the Domain Name System (DNS) that makes sure information
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
LANSING - As more and more devices enter cyberspace, the online security concerns are growing just as fast. In fact, new Internet of Thingscv devices are being taken over and used as attack vectors. Here are some top DDoS stories from the past few months: June 2016 — IoT Botnet — 25,000 CCTV Cameras Hacked
GRAND RAPIDS - The Internet of Things, or IoT, is a hot topic, and one you are likely hearing and/or reading about often. At OST, we are knee deep in several IoT projects with our customers, and have a few under our belt already, such as the JCI project. We understand IoT is a complex
GRAND RAPIDS - The term Internet of Things (IoT) has been around for almost 2 decades. The concepts related to IoT have been bantered around since the early years of e-commerce. However, we are still in the phase of IoT’s evolution where we are dealing with significant design, process, technology, regulatory and social issues. Why are
GRAND RAPIDS - The use of connected technologies in today's workplace environments is changing skill sets required by the workers of today - and tomorrow - around the nation and around the world, and Michigan is no exception. As more and more industries in our state are engaging the use of the Internet of Things or
ROYAL OAK - Michael Lomonaco, Director of Marketing and Communications for Open Systems Technologies (OST), joins us on M2 TechCast to help celebrate the company's 20th year in business, and its fourth year in Detroit. OST specializes in business transformation, centered around custom software development, design and data analytics, as well as the Internet of
ROYAL OAK - Kathleen Norton-Schock, one of three members of Diva Tech Talk, interviews Tracy-Ann Palmer about what’s called the Internet of Things, on this segment of M2 TechCast. Palmer calls the IoT the most disruptive technology in the world today. By the year 2025, experts predict the IoT will be contributing $3.9 Trillion to
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. - Money-making opportunities associated with the Internet of Things are coming into focus for companies around the world, so says a new report released this week by the Computing Technology Industry Association. CompTIA’s Internet of Things Trends and Opportunities report finds that 23 percent of channel companies surveyed say they’ve already made
