Author: WTN News

When Audrey Spangenberg idly typed “FirePond,” the name of her small software company, into Google this year, she was not happy with what she saw. Her company’s site came up as the top search listing. But just above it, Google showed the ads of competitors that...

A good password can mean the difference between identity safety and identity theft. Unfortunately, too many otherwise intelligent people rely on ridiculously weak passwords, the kind that make hackers rub their hands with glee....

MADISON - Energy independence and an educated workforce are critical to a prosperous future for Wisconsin. To respond, the University of Wisconsin-Extension is charging in with a bold new degree: the nation's first online Sustainable Management bachelor's degree. For the first time, UW-Extension...

University of Wisconsin-Madison cancer researcher Jing Zhang received a Shaw Scientist Award last week from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation to support her novel research on the roles cancer stem cells may play in the causes and treatment of cancer. The Shaw Award - a $200,000 unrestricted...

According to some estimates, 68 percent of IT projects fail. That’s a sobering statistic, but there are ways to stack the deck in favor of IT project success. This episode of Sanity Savers shares five strategies to help you overcome some of the common problems...

West Allis-based Merge Healthcare today announced an alliance with Shanghai Kingstar Winning Co., a health care IT leader in China. The Merge Healthcare China office (“Merge China”) will make available clinical imaging solutions and professional services to Kingstar Winning for use by more than 800...

Sure, IT jobs are difficult to find. But making matters worse, many IT professionals lack the personality traits that make career change easier, even exciting, for others. Are you an ISTJ? That's Myers-Briggs-speak for Introverted Sensing Thinking and Judging. The ISTJ personality refers to individuals who...