Mitech News Guest Columns http://www.mitechnews.com Mitech News Guest Columns The Good, The Bad, The Ugly In The Pentagon's Cyber Strategy http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=12105 BIRMINGHAM - William Lynn,the US Deputy Secretary of Defense wrote the most succinct description of the US Pentagon Cyberstrategy yet in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly components of that strategy. Health Reform Act Gives Small Businesses Affordable Health Insurance http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11968 WASHINGTON DC - For decades, America's small business owners have asked for more affordable health insurance coverage and more tax relief. The new health reform law - the Affordable Care Act - provides both. Internet2 Commends FCC's Proposed Changes To Rural Health Care Program http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11958 WASHINGTON D.C. - Internet2 applauds the Federal Communications Commission's action late last week in announcing the Notice of Proposed Rule Making to modify the Rural Health Care Program. Through the RHCP, the FCC seeks to catalyze the formation of a ubiquitous advanced healthcare network that will serve the national interest by improving citizens' access to first class healthcare services, resources and research. Google's Wi-Spying, Intelligence Ties Prompt Call For Congressional Hearing http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11930 SANTA MONICA, CA - Citing new information about Google's classified government contracts and the Internet giant's admitted Wi-Spying activity, Consumer Watchdog Monday said it is more imperative than ever for the Energy and Commerce Committee to conduct hearings into possible privacy violations by Google. Forensic Fluids Laboratories - State-of-the-Art Drug Testing http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11927 KALAMAZOO - Bridget Lorenz Lemberg is a Forensic Toxicologist with more than 20 years of toxicology and pharmacology experience. She is also the founder and owner of one of the fastest growing biotech companies in west Michigan. In 2005, she started Forensic Fluids Laboratories, a woman-owned biotech company that specializes in oral fluid drug testing for employers and for the legal and medical professions. Forensic Fluids Labs, the only oral fluid testing laboratory in Michigan, started with one person, now employs 24 and is seeking to hire additional professional and technical workers. Cyberwar Becomes A Growth Market In The US http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11817 BIRMINGHAM - In 2001 Ralph Bendrath, a German cyber security writer and researcher, wrote a report that dug into the efficacy of the use of the term cyberwar. His report is remarkable in that most of what he covers ten years ago represents today's state of affairs. The Story Of How And Why I Wrote Surviving Cyberwar http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11816 BIRMINGHAM - After a five month period of editing, indexing, and finally printing Surviving Cyberwar has been published by Government Institutes, an imprint of Scarecrow Press, a division of the Rowman and Littlefield company. New Rules Of Engagement In Cyber Warfare http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11811 WASHINGTON DC - We don't know yet whether whistle-blowing Web operation Wikileaks has hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. State Department documents provided by U.S. Army Specialist Bradley Manning or whether it will publish them. But in the meantime Wikileaks' Julian Assange is providing ammunition to those who believe that the fragile new world of cybersecurity demands a more flexible approach to the rules of engagement. Nearly Two-Thirds Of IT Infrastructure Expected To Be Outsourced By 2020 http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11785 ST. LOUIS - An annual study commissioned by Savvis, a provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, predicts the number of companies that outsource their IT infrastructure will increase globally from 17 percent today to 64 percent in 2020. Social Media: No Longer A Means Of Socialization for Michigan Businesses http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11769 ANN ARBOR - The results are in and social media marketing for businesses is here to stay. The benefits of social media marketing to business are countless: it provides a way for businesses to market without having to loosen their financial belts. A survey by Re:NEW Michigan reported that 74.6 percent of respondents state social media to either be "very important" in their marketing strategy or that they were "trying and learning" to implement social media techniques in their businesses.