ANN ARBOR - Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann, the cybersecurity dynamic duo, return to scare us with all the mischief afoot by hackers. They provide details on the latest malware aimed at businesses and homes and also talk about how to avoid getting hit with ransomware. A recent study showed that more ransomware was paid
DETROIT - The annual Hatch Detroit competition, to accelerate the growth of small businesses in Detroit, has scheduled its "Hatch Off" finals for July 21. Voting continues through July 7 for the People's Choice awards. Vittoria Katanski, Hatch executive director, provides all the details in this video interview. To check out the voting, click on
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Valley State University in West Michigan has expanded its Cannabis Tourism and Hospitality curriculum and the fall classes are filling up fast, John Lipford from GVSU says in this video interview. It’s another indicator that Cannabis tourism in Michigan is growing rapidly and his students, he says, are the pioneers in this business
ANN ARBOR - True North Collective, a grower and processor, has made a couple of executive hires, Kelly Garety as Director Of Sales and Strategic Development and Jamie Cooper as Director of Marketing. Kelly previously worked for ABKO Labs; and Jamie will continue to serve as Michigan manager for Sensi Magazine. More Information at True North
ANN ARBOR - FLO announced it will build an electric vehicle charger manufacturing plant in Auburn Hills, a $3 million investment that is expected to create 133 direct, indirect, and induced jobs in Michigan in 2023 as a result of the manufacturing facility activities. That breaks down to 125 jobs created from operations and maintenance
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV live on Facebook at 2 pm Rose Spickler, Director of Statewide Engagement Michigan Sustainable Business Forum provides details on the group’s June 27 annual meeting featuring Peter Meijer and Vickie Lewis. Cory Bullis is FLO’s Senior Public Affairs Specialist. He will provide details on the Canadian charging network operator FLO investing
ANN ARBOR - If you see helicopters flying low over high voltage electricity transmission lines owned by ITC-Holdings, don't worry. It's all part of the twice yearly inspection ITC does to make sure no vegetation has grown into the lines, or that the lines are not damaged so electricity continues to flow to homes and
ANN ARBOR - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a new emergency directive saying the vulnerabilities in VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager put federal networks and systems at immediate risk. Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon explains what this means.
ANN ARBOR - Vinit Gupta, ITC-Holdings Vice President for Operations, explains how the high voltage transmission company that transmits electrical power to last-mile providers DTE and Consumers Energy, makes sure those lines remain secure even during bad weather. For more information, click on ITC-Holdings https://youtu.be/X3I0Qvc7plc
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University President Tarek Sobh is interviewed by Matt Roush about his views on the future of higher education in general and the tech-oriented programs he is introducing at the Southfield-based private business and technology college. More information at LTU https://youtu.be/f1ze6l9X9z4?list=PL6GUBIAze2tZWi0oIe3paoFI0uvu5asXf
