Author: WTN News

Cell phone Internet speeds could move into the fast lane within a few years, changing the way people get online, the president of AT&T Wisconsin said Thursday. The wireless carrier plans to offer 4G, or fourth-generation technology, to boost Internet speed for mobile devices. It will make...

Navigating Microsoft's complex rules and programs for software licensing has been notoriously difficult for businesses -- a pain point not lost on the company, which for years has said it is trying to simplify the process for customers. But remarks made recently by Microsoft's top executive,...

Hewlett-Packard is the world's largest IT company and on paper has it all: software, services, networks, printing, servers, PCs, netbooks, a mountain of cash, great partners, a sterling global brand, and strong leaders. With all that going for it, HP should be a hog on ice:...

Biotech firm's investors listened to customers, changed the business and increased the value. Shortly after Tom Shannon invested in and began running Prodesse Inc., he realized no one wanted to buy the Waukesha biotech company's labor-intensive flu tests. Instead of abandoning Prodesse, Shannon decided to take it...

Why is the stress of putting together the board presentation so intense? "What makes board presentations so challenging to prepare for is not the deluge of data that gets assembled for discussion," says Anett D. Grant, president of Executive Speaking, Inc. "Executives at this level are...

Hong Kong is emerging from the global financial crisis in relatively good shape thanks to a combination of hard work, entrepreneurial spirit and the innovative use of Information Technology (IT), according Sunny Lee, the President of the Hong Kong Computer Society. It is clear that using...

The hype is at a fever pitch and driving much of cloud computing, if you've not noticed. You hear about cloud computing on the major 24-hour business TV networks on a daily basis, so it's on the lips of most CEOs, CFOs, and COOs. It's...

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $170 million to be paid over seven years to 18 teams of research scientists to develop the high-potential field of stem and progenitor cell tools and therapies. The awards...