Author: WTN News

People love to quibble over cloud computing definitions, so let's lay this one out: This article's about infrastructure as a service, where companies rent virtual servers as needed for a variety of uses. Here, we're digging into gritty practicalities not often discussed, including pricing and...

The Scientist magazine released results today on the most current salary information in the life sciences. Over 4,700 professional life scientists in the United States reported their salaries, providing an insightful window on their job outlook based on gender, race, region and specialty. The...

For Det Ansinn, server capacity is critical. Last December, his 10-person software company, BrickSimple, released a popular application called Xbox Live Friends. that lets people use their phones to play Xbox games with each other and shows which other players are online. Requests to log...

The speaker of the state Assembly is reconstituting a panel that oversees lucrative state information technology work, after being criticized for keeping the posts vacant while expensive projects moved forward. Speaker Mike Sheridan on Wednesday appointed Democratic Reps. Gary Sherman of Port Wing, Marlin Schneider of...

The University of Wisconsin, Madison, is one of the country's leading centers of public biopharmaceutical research, and the campus has spawned dozens of spinout companies based on University research. Given the right conditions that growth could, over the next five years, support the emergence...

Bridge Community Health Clinic in Wausau, Wis., plans to automate both the clinical and business sides of its clinic with practice management technology rolled out in July and an electronic medical records system slated to go live by the end of the year. Clinic...

The American Health Information Management Association Foundation has landed a one-year, $1.2 million grant from the Office of the National Coordinator to continue the State-level Health Information Exchange (SL-HIE) Consensus Project. The project calls for the foundation – the philanthropic and charitable arm of AHIMA –...

With the acquisition of Confirma, Inc. complete, Merge Healthcare has enhanced its medical imaging capabilities in MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) applications. As part of the transaction Merge issued approximately 5.4 million shares of Merge Healthcare Common Stock. In addition, Merge will spend about $2 million...

The University of Wisconsin System plans to spend $81.4 million to implement a more efficient payroll and benefits computer system, with the majority going to outside consultants, officials said Wednesday. UW System President Kevin Reilly gave lawmakers the price tag and a projected completion date of...