In 2003, when Foundation Capital, a venture capital firm, started looking for new investors for Silver Spring Networks, one of its portfolio of companies, it was rejected by every firm it called. Silver Spring Networks puts network cards in electric meters to more closely track power...
Two weeks ago, the Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity marked Earth Day by holding an electronic recycling fundraiser at its ReStore in Appleton. Organizers couldn't have predicted the six-hour event would yield 84 tons of recycling material, everything from televisions to phones. "I don't know...
CIO.com has a good little primer intended to uncover the truth behind myths about job references and background checks, some of which really surprised me. The article is written by Jeffrey Shane who works for a professional reference checking service (Allison & Taylor), so it...
GE announced that it will spend $3 billion over the next six years on healthcare innovation that will help deliver better care to more people at lower cost. In addition, the company will commit $2 billion of financing and $1 billion in related GE technology...
Today I'm at the IBM Impact show in Vegas. I've made the trek to this SOA event ever since the first one in 2007. This time, IBM is making a concerted effort to link SOA and cloud computing. No surprise there: When it comes to...
Building on its four-year-old environmental effort, ecomagination, General Electric Co. is launching a $6 billion health care initiative focused on improving health care for more people at reduced cost. GE officials said the initiative, dubbed "healthymagination," is expected to result in the creation of low-cost health...
If the future of health care is moving away from an activity-based model to one that is based more on value and quality of care, then health care executives need to start anticipating the future through scenario planning , says Thomas Handler, a research...
Dr. Barry Chaiken. co-chairman of WTN Media's seventh annual Digital Healthcare Conference 09 kicked off the event Thursday afternoon speaking on “Social Networking: A New Tool to Engage the Clinical Community.” As the use of personal and professional social networking has exploded online in the...
With unemployment on the rise and a corresponding decline in job openings across the board, many information technology (IT) professionals are turning to staffing firms to aid them in their job search. But it is not enough to simply provide a recruiter with your...
The three most critical issues facing Illinois today are job erosion, education and network infrastructure. These issues aren't unique to Illinois, James Carlini observed on last week's Comcast 'Newsmakers' program on the CNN channel. ...