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Oracle and SAP have not been shy about making strategic and expensive acquisitions during the past several years. The numerous deals have been both big and small—some costing billions, others millions—and have filled out specific vertical-industry product offerings that allowed the enterprise software vendors to...

CUNA Mutual Group has again been named to the CIO 100 and InformationWeek 500, two prestigious technology award rankings that recognize companies for their information technology prowess. The 22nd annual CIO 100 award program, sponsored by IDG’s CIO Magazine, recognizes organizations around the world that...

An investor group said Wednesday it has acquired PKWare Inc., a Milwaukee software company that popularized a data compression system commonly referred to as "zipping." Novacap Technologies of Montreal was the lead investor and acquired the majority of PKWare's stock. Also participating were Maranon Capital...

Milwaukee — After the Electronic Products Recycling Bill (SB 107) passed through the Wisconsin State Legislature yesterday, Wired Wisconsin, a nonprofit technology issue advocacy coalition, strongly encouraged Governor Doyle to sign the bill into law so consumers have safer options when getting rid of old...

In honor of today being National Stem Cell Awareness Day, Gov. Jim Doyle reaffirmed Wisconsin’s role as a major force in stem cell research. Doyle spokesperson Lee Sensenbrenner said Doyle has always been an advocate of stem cell research. “Starting with his first campaign, the governor all...

California's stem cell agency has teamed with Maryland's stem cell organization in the first interstate agreement designed to speed research progress through collaboration among scientists. The agreement, announced Tuesday by leaders of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Maryland Technology Development Corp., will encourage...

Eighteen companies seeking investors have been selected by Springboard Enterprises to make pitches for venture capital at AllThingsLifeSciences 2009 in Madison next week. The forum is part of a two-day entrepreneurial program which also includes a seminar for aspiring entrepreneurs - Equity Matters: The...