The benefits of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program have been measured and reviewed in detail by many organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences. The program is generally credited with significant innovation, resulting in benefits such as patents, jobs and commercialized products. Reauthorization...
CHICAGO – A resume alone will not get you a job. It’s not a brochure that can speak for you. It may not even open any doors. Most employers use resumes to eliminate candidates for a job. You may be eliminated from the process without...
Washington Mutual's failure last September marked a precipitous moment of this recession. But for JPMorgan Chase, it was an opportunity. And for Guy Chiarello, JPMorgan Chase's CIO, it was the right time to invest in the company's IT infrastructure, including millions of dollars in new...
MILWAUKEE - Merge Healthcare today announced that Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX), the leader in software, services, information, and connectivity solutions for physicians, has selected its Cedara WebAccess™ software application to “image enhance” Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions. The Cedara WebAccess portal will provide a zero-footprint method...
"I agree on the one condition it's not going to be a girl power post, ok"? That's what Gali Ross requested when I asked to profile her for TechCrunch. So this isn't going to be a 'girl power' post, but the fact of the matter...
he Internet Society has tapped a precursor to the modern Internet - built under the leadership of a University of Wisconsin-Madison computer science professor - for the 2009 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award. Computer Science Network (CSNET), was built in the early 1980s to bring together...
TomoTherapy Incorporated, producer of the Hi·Art® treatment system for advanced radiation therapy, announced that the quarter 2009 revenue was $41.1 million, a decrease of 21% from $52.0 million in the second quarter of 2008. For the second quarter, the company posted a net loss of...
Silicon Valley’s money-making engine is stalled as technology start-ups find it harder to sell themselves or go public. Part of the blame, entrepreneurs and investors say, falls on the big investment banks. Even if a start-up ready to go public attracts the attention of the big...
The indiscriminate use of a popular online data-sharing technology has led to the disclosure of sensitive government and personal information -- including FBI surveillance photos of a Mafia hit man, lists of people with HIV, and motorcade routes and safe-house locations for then-first lady Laura...
When we first wrote about American Well, a start-up that offers doctor visits over a Web cam, a number of the Bits readers suggested that the service seemed well-suited to visits with therapists. The military will soon use American Well to do just that....