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A Waukesha County medical technology company will receive a $100,000 Technology Venture Fund loan from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. Eso-Technologies of Hartland also has been certified as a Qualified New Business Venture eligible for angel and early-stage capital under the Act 255 tax credit...

Red Praire Corp., which last year announced plans to move to a new Delafield technology park, has instead extended its long-term lease with its current landlord and will not make the proposed move. Red Prairie, a provider of supply-chain and retail operations systems, is instead...

The Satyam scandal continues to reverberate, with a host of competing companies aiming to pick up some U.S. business and some big firms facing questions about why they did business with the Indian outsourcer. First, we should note that Satyam's ADR traded on the Nasdaq. As...

From the dangers of social networks to the latest offerings in Unified Communications, we keep you up to date on what you need to know about the benefits and pitfalls of Web 2.0. Read more...

With many Big Pharma companies approaching the cliff of patent expiration, and recent changes in the executive suite at major companies, 2009 should be a year of transformation in the life science industry, writes columnist Michael Rosen. In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, Rosen...

The Washington D.C. Department of Health has tapped a Milwaukee-based provider of healthcare IT solutions to ensure that any medical emergencies are handled smoothly during today's Presidential Inauguration. EMSystems has provided emergency communication, bed availability and patient tracking solutions and staff to help D.C. officials manage...

Centrose, a Madison-based biopharmaceutical company, has secured another patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for CarboConnect, a platform sugar chemistry that can improve the efficacy of pharma drugs. The patent is licensed through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the licensing arm of the...

Friday is becoming a dreaded day at most companies. What used to be seen as the start of the weekend is now the day most employees are advised they no longer have a job. Since the beginning of the year, IT vendors have slashed more than...

In an effort to boost its provision of open source services, Paragon Development Systems has acquired Provident Technologies of Sheboygan. Provident provides identity management and Linux-based IT solutions to clients in eastern and south central Wisconsin. As part of the acquisition, all Provident staff will...